ShopRite supermarket’s newly launched “Registered Dietitian Virtual Chat” program offers information about food trends and nutrition. The service can be accessed at shoprite.com. Once on the site, after clicking through the home page, customers will see a pop-up box that prompts them to chat with a dietitian. The service is supported by ShopRite’s team of […]
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CFA Elects Adams Hometown Markets Exec As Board Chairman
The Connecticut Food Association (CFA) elected Adams Hometown Markets’ SVP Russ Greenlaw as its chairman of the board. CFA made the appointment official at its Annual Membership Meeting reception on Feb. 27, at the Society Room in Hartford. Members and attendees nominated and elected new officers and directors at the meeting, which included a networking […]
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Inline Plastics Infuses Products With Post-Consumer Content
Inline Plastics has integrated rDPET across its full product line, making Inline the first food packaging manufacturer in the U.S. to develop high performing food-grade packaging material infused with post-consumer content born from recycling at the molecular level, known as chemical recycling. By using rDPET coupled with the energy efficient proprietary manufacturing ‘direct to sheet’ […]
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Key Food Stores Opens Newest Liberty Market In Liberty, NY
Key Food Stores Co-Operative Inc., a chain of primarily independently owned and corporate grocery stores, held a grand opening of its newest Liberty Market location at 261 North Main Street, Liberty, New York, on March 6. Local officials and Key Food executives including CEO Dean Janeway, COO George Knobloch, CFO Sharon Konzelman, CIO Tammy Teague […]
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Tom Fisher, Former COO And 31-Year Veteran Of JOH, Dies At 78
Tom Fisher, former COO and a 31-year veteran of JOH, died on March 1 in Estero, Florida, from complications of pneumonia. He was 78 and living in retirement in Florida. Mr. Fisher was born and raised in Littleton, New Hampshire, where he graduated from Littleton High School. He worked at the local First National Supermarket […]
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Nellie’s Free Range Eggs Introduces Grass-Fed, Slow Churned Butter
Nellie’s Free Range Eggs expanded beyond the egg aisle March 5 with the launch of Nellie’s Free Range Butter, the first and only free-range butter on the market. According to a press release from the company, the butter contains 84 percent butterfat and is made with cream from humanely raised cows that are free to roam […]
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Common Man Roadside Market & Deli Opens In New Hampshire
The Common Man Roadside convenience store chain is rapidly expanding in New Hampshire. The company touts that its stores have a uniquely New England look and feel. Building on the success of The Common Man Roadside at the Hooksett Welcome Centers on Interstate 93, The Common Man Roadside Market & Deli is a restaurant within […]