The majority of U.S. restaurants are now impacted by mandated dine-in closures, reports New York-based data analytics firm The NPD Group. Restaurant customer transactions dropped by 42 percent in the week ending March 29 compared to same week year ago, according to NPD’s Crest Performance Alerts, which provides a rapid weekly view of chain-specific transactions and […]
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Goya Sees Huge Spike In Demand For Shelf-Stable Foods
by John McCurry/contributing writer Food companies have been scrambling to keep grocery stores supplied for the past month as the Covid-19 pandemic spread across the U.S. Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic food company in the U.S., is one of many companies that has seen demand for its products—particularly those with long shelf lives such as […]
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Pandemic To Cause Projected 17% Drop In Pet Industry Sales
The pet industry is famously recession resistant, coming through September 11, 2001 attacks and the Great Recession of 2008-09 relatively unscathed. However, not even the new “pet parent” sensibility can make the pet industry recession proof in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic. In its just-published U.S. Pet Market Outlook 2020-2021, market research firm Packaged […]
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Lidl Opens Regional HQ And Distribution Center In Maryland
Lidl has opened opened its regional headquarters and distribution center in Cecil County, Maryland. The new 700,000 s.f. facility will serve Lidl’s regional store network, quickly supplying products to stores in five states. The chain invested more than $100 million in the project which will create more than 200 new full-time jobs. “As we work hard to meet […]
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AGNE Hosts Spring Food Show In Manchester, CT
Associated Grocers of New England Inc. (AGNE) held its spring food show March 10 at the Double Tree Hilton in Manchester, Connecticut. AGNE hosts food shows twice a year, in the spring and fall. The shows offer the retailer an in-depth look at the variety of products carried by AGNE vendors. The shows also feature […]
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C&S Provides PTO, Bonuses To Employees For Covid-19 Challenges
Keene, New Hampshire-based C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc., the largest wholesale grocery supply company in the U.S., said it will provide frontline workers with a special appreciation bonus and all employees with additional paid time off (PTO), among other benefits enhancements, in the wake of challenges caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. “For the last several […]
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Magnum Ice Cream Debuts 3 New Product Varieties
Magnum Ice Cream, a brand of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey-based Unilever, introduced three new product varieties: Non-Dairy Sea Salt Caramel Bars, Double Pistachio Honey Tubs and Double Almond Brown Butter Tubs. Joining Classic and Almond varieties, Magnum Non-Dairy Sea Salt Caramel Bars have a non-dairy sea salt caramel base dipped in a cracking non-dairy chocolate […]
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Fairway Market Receives Bids For Six Stores During Auction
Fairway Market, together with its debtor affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (Case No. 20-10161), has received winning bids for six Fairway stores on a going concern basis. The bids are for five New York stores to Village Supermarket Inc., a Wakefern member, […]