Every year, Jersey City, New Jersey-based Goya Foods, America’s largest Hispanic-owned food company, grants $20,000 Culinary Arts and Food Science Scholarships to four students nationwide entering their freshman year of college with an undergraduate degree in culinary arts and/or a food science. Goya’s Culinary Arts Scholarship is available on a competitive basis to students entering […]
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People To Watch: John Fraro, Big Y’s Deli, Bakery, Foodservice Director
The Shelby Report and The Grocery Group have introduced a new series entitled People to Watch that focuses on current and future leadership in the grocery industry. In this installment, The Grocery Group founder and CEO Cindy Sorensen interviews John Fraro, director of deli, bakery and foodservice for Big Y Foods, which is based in […]
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New Hampshire Walmart Supercenter Adds Alphabot Technology
A Walmart Supercenter in Salem, New Hampshire, now has Alphabot, a new technology aimed at revolutionizing the online grocery pickup and delivery process for employees and customers. Developed exclusively for Walmart by startup Alert Innovation, Alphabot helps to enable quicker, more efficient order picking. The system operates inside a 20,000-s.f. warehouse-style space, using autonomous carts to […]
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Pre Continues Distribution Expansion To Northeast
Pre Brands, a Chicago-based provider of branded grass-fed and finished beef, continues its expansion strategy with a launch in the New York and New Jersey markets. “Pre delivers category-leading basket size, repeat and household trips, due to our excellent product quality and strong consumer and customer investments,” said Pre Brands CEO Kevin Ponticelli. “We’re […]
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Truly Hard Seltzer Launches Truly Lemonade Hard Seltzer
Truly Hard Seltzer launched its Truly Lemonade Hard Seltzer, a mix of hard seltzer and lemonade made with real lemon juice. Hitting shelves now, four styles of Truly Lemonade will be available nationwide in 16-oz. and 24-oz. single-serve cans of Original Lemonade, and a variety 12-pack featuring Original Lemonade, Black Cherry Lemonade, Mango Lemonade and […]
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Magnum Launches Ice Cream Made With Ruby Chocolate
Magnum ice cream has introduced Magnum Ruby Minis, said to be the first national ice cream brand in the U.S. to launch an ice cream featuring the new chocolate variant, Ruby. Magnum Ruby Minis are available in packs of six bars at select retailers and will be available at grocery stores nationwide for a suggested […]
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Campbell Snacks President Abrams-Rivera Leaving Company Feb. 1
Campbell Soup Co. said Jan. 7 that effective Feb. 1, Carlos Abrams-Rivera, president of Campbell Snacks, will leave the company to accept a role at another corporation. Campbell has launched a search for a successor. Abrams-Rivera will continue to lead the Snacks division through the end of the company’s fiscal second quarter. At that time, […]
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Big Y Donates More Than $215,000 To Local Breast Cancer Groups
In order to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer, all Big Y Supermarkets donated proceeds from their October initiative “Partners of Hope” to 29 local breast cancer support groups throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut. The results have been tabulated and, in October, Big Y raised $215,742. During October, Big Y donated a portion of the […]