Norwich, New York-based Chobani, LLC, recently announced that 100 percent of its profits from a new limited-edition charity yogurt flavor – PB&J Food Bank Batch – will be donated to Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks that provides food to people in need. Since COVID-19 hit the U.S., Chobani has donated and delivered […]
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#SafeHands: Colgate Distributing Hygiene Essentials For COVID-19 Relief
As part of its global support of the World Health Organization’s #SafeHands Challenge, the New York City-based Colgate-Palmolive Company is distributing 25 million bars of specially made soap with packaging that features instructions for proper hand washing. In the U.S., 1.4 million #SafeHands soap bars are being distributed, as well as body wash, dishwashing liquid soap, toothpaste […]
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Highland Park Markets, Fellow Grocers Rising To Pandemic Challenges
by John McCurry/contributing writer Employees at Highland Park Markets, a Hartford, Connecticut, area grocer, are working hard to serve customers during the coronavirus crisis. Molly Devanney, a company VP interviewed during the first weeks of the pandemic, said activity has been crazy. Employees are working hard to restock shelves and perform extra cleaning of […]
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Specialty Food Association Releases New State Of Industry Report
Based on sales data from the past three calendar years, the new Specialty Food Association’s (SFA) annual state of the industry report reveals a specialty food industry hitting $158.4 billion in sales, a 10.7 percent increase since 2017. The full report includes commentary throughout that reflects the impact and ramifications of COVID-19. Foodservice and online sales continued to […]
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Recycle Razors, Packaging To Help Support Veterans
International recycling leader TerraCycle has begun a national recycling initiative with Gillette, CVS Pharmacy and Fisher House Foundation that calls upon CVS Pharmacy customers to recycle all brands of disposable razors, replaceable-blade cartridge units and razor plastic packaging to help win a playground for a military medical center. The state that collects the most waste per capita will […]
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Kimco Realty To Receive Additional Value From Investment In Albertsons
Kimco Realty Corp. recently announced that it received approximately $71.4 million from its Albertsons investment with the closing of its initial public offering. Kimco reports that it intends to use its share of proceeds to primarily reduce debt. Since its initial investment in Albertsons Companies Inc. in 2006, Kimco has invested a total of approximately […]
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Wakefern Partners With S4RB To Build Data Collection Portal
Wakefern Food Corp., the largest retailer-owned grocery cooperative in the United States, is teaming up with Solutions for Retail Brands (S4RB), a global, consulting-led software business, to provide new information-sharing software for Wakefern and its own brand vendors. S4RB’s Affinity platform for Wakefern will allow the retailer to use a proprietary online portal and database […]
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Fresh Thyme To Carry Farm Promise NAE Pork Brand
Hatfield, Pennsylvania-based global pork producer Clemens Food Group and Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, which specializes in affordable natural and organic offerings, have announced a collaboration. This new collaboration will allow Fresh Thyme to offer the Clemens’ pork brand, Farm Promise NAE (no antibiotics ever) across 11 Midwest states. The distribution deal replaces Fresh Thyme’s conventional […]