Utz Quality Foods LLC has completed the merger with Kitchen Cooked Inc. The acquisition includes the Kitchen Cooked snack food brand, direct store delivery operations and its manufacturing operations. The snack food brand brings with it a range of potato chips, Kettle Kurls, Kettle Pops, popcorn, pretzels and more. “We are very excited about the opportunity […]
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Alltown Fresh Opens Fresh Convenience Market In Ayer, Massachusetts
Alltown Fresh officially opened the doors to the second fresh store in the state of Massachusetts. Located at 28 Harvard Road in Ayer, the farmstand-style market features organic coffee, fresh food choices and made-to-order meals including organic, natural, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian and locally sourced food and ingredients. The concept store hosted a grand opening event […]
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Edgewell Completes Sale Of Infant, Pet Care Business To Angelcare
Edgewell Personal Care Co. has completed the sale of its infant and pet care business to Le Holding Angelcare Inc. for $122.5 million in cash. Shelton, Connecticut-based Edgewell says it will use the net proceeds from the sale to strengthen its balance sheet. “Completing this transaction is a key step in the transformation of Edgewell’s […]
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C&S, Dumac Business Systems Partner For POS Software Solution
C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. has entered into an exclusive strategic partnership with Dumac Business Systems Inc. to distribute Dumac’s point of sale (POS) software solution portfolio, RORCv6, to 1,000 C&S independent grocery retail customers across the U.S. RORCv6 is a robust POS solution with customized, feature-rich capabilities and integrations. As a longtime partner with Dumac, C&S […]
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Hyve Group Acquires Shoptalk And Groceryshop Conferences
Shoptalk and Groceryshop, U.S. conferences in the retail, grocery and consumer packaged goods industries, have been acquired by Hyve Group plc, an organizer of international exhibitions and conferences, for $145 million. In connection with the acquisition, Anil D. Aggarwal and Simran Rekhi Aggarwal, Shoptalk and Groceryshop founders are now major shareholders of Hyve. “We’re thrilled […]
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Giant Forms New Partnership With The Berenstain Bears
Giant Food Stores will introduce the company’s new partnership with the iconic Berenstain Bears franchise at the grand opening of The Berenstain Bears Treehouse at Giant at its Pennsylvania flagship store in Camp Hill on Dec. 18. The newly remodeled child care space is the first in the company’s larger plan to elevate the ways […]
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BJ’s Launches Exclusive Line Of Wellsley Farms Premium Spirits
BJ’s Wholesale Club, a Westborough, Massachusetts-based operator of membership warehouse clubs in the eastern United States, launched a premium spirits collection from the retailer’s exclusive brand, Wellsley Farms. Members can find the new spirits, which include vodka, Canadian Whisky and Irish Whiskey, in select BJ’s clubs now, just in time for holiday entertaining. The new collection […]
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Ordergroove Awarded Patent For One Checkout Technology
Ordergroove, a relationship commerce firm, was awarded a new patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Initially filed in 2013, U.S. Patent No. 10,453,112 describes the incorporation of a subscription ordering system into online merchants’ websites as an integrated part of the existing checkout experience unlike other subscription solutions that require a […]