Ferraro Foods, an Italian food distributor headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey, has selected Financial Transmission Network Inc.’s (FTNI) fully-hosted Online Payment Portal and Mobile App to deliver increased security, convenience and efficiencies across accounts receivable operations. FTNI is a provider of industry-leading integrated receivables solutions. Ferraro Foods will launch these new services early in Q2 […]
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Giant Food To Open New Olney, Maryland Store; Old Location Will Close
Giant Food, a greater Washington, D.C., regional grocery chain headquartered in Landover, Maryland, will open a new store at 6 a.m. on Friday, April 12, at 18140 Village Center Drive. The store will feature more than 40,270-s.f. of selling space. The location will be the grocer’s first store to be entirely comprised of a new […]
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Plant Based World Expo Taps Goldman As Keynote Speaker
Plant Based World Conference & Expo will have Seth Goldman as the keynote speaker. Goldman, co-founder of Honest Tea and executive chair of Beyond Meat, will present “Turning a Mission-Driven Business into a Mainstream Revolution” during his talk that will kick off the expo on June 8 at the Javits Convention Center in New York […]
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Wegmans Harrison Hiring Employees Ahead Of Spring 2020 Opening
Wegmans Food Market in Harrison, New York, the Rochester-based supermarket chain, is now seeking 220 full-time employees to staff the new 121,000-s.f. store in advance of the spring 2020 opening. Full-time jobs include positions from customer service and entry-level management to a wide range of culinary positions such as chefs and line cooks. The Harrison […]
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Wakefern And Chicory Launch Shoppable Recipe Partnership
Wakefern Food Corp. and Chicory, a technology company, have partnered for a shoppable recipe initiative. The partnership will make it easier for shoppers to send recipe ingredients directly into online shopping baskets on ShopRite’s e-commerce ordering site, shoprite.com. The new integration streamlines grocery ordering for consumers and makes it easier for shoppers to instantly save […]
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Big Y Foods Announces Company-Wide Appointments
The management of Big Y Foods, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, has announced the following appointments: Tracy Dobosz, store manager, Springfield, Massachusetts, Big Y Express Vittorio Contabile, senior network engineer, Springfield, Massachusetts, Store Support Center Sean Achorn, center store sales manager, Springfield, Massachusetts, Fresh Acres Market Yvonne Forget, bakery sales manager, South Hadley, Massachusetts, World Class […]
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Giant Food Donates 3,000 Hams To Food Banks In Time For Easter
Giant Food Stores and Martin’s Food Markets will donate 3,000 hams to its partner food banks to help feed those in need this Easter. An annual tradition for Giant, headquartered in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the ham donations support the company’s mission of ending hunger in the communities the company serves as well as giving back to […]
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Hormel Foods Hosting ‘Small Change Big Impact Food Summit’
Hormel Foods and Harvard University Dining Services are hosting the Small Change Big Impact Food Summit to discuss creating a more transparent, secure and sustainable food system. More than 100 leaders in the food industry are meeting at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 3 and 4, to discuss ideas and insights for an improved […]