Krasdale Foods promoted Steve Silver to the role of president in January 2019 as part its succession plan. Silver, who has been with Krasdale for 37 years, continues to serve as COO and as a member of the board of directors. He does not expect much of his day-to-day responsibilities to change with his new […]
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Season Brand Extends Distribution Of New Savories
The Season Brand, located in Newark, New Jersey, will extend distribution of Season Savories. Now available at select retailers nationwide, each ready-to-eat kit includes a skinless and boneless flaked sardine salad, blended with select vegetables and spices, along with six fat-free organic brown rice crackers and a foldable spoon for scooping. Savories are available in […]
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Grocery News, Northeast, Store News
Weis Markets’ ‘Life Is Why We Give’ Campaign Supports American Heart Association
Weis Markets is launching a new in-store program in support of the American Heart Association’s (AHA) mission to build healthier lives free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. On Feb. 14, Weis Markets’ stores—appropriately full of heart decorations and products for Valentine’s Day—kicked off their AHA “Life is Why We Give” campaign to raise funds in […]
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Pathmark Supermarkets Banner To Return With Brooklyn Store
Allegiance Retail Services LLC today announced the return of Pathmark Supermarkets, a banner that disappeared from the Northeast grocery scene in the early 2000s. Pathmark was founded in the 1970s and was known as an innovator in the supermarket industry, according to Allegiance. The first store under the resurrected banner is a 49,000-s.f. Pathmark store […]
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Dietz & Watson Deli Slicing Meats To Be Free Of Nitrates, Nitrites
By the end of 2020, Philadelphia-based Dietz & Watson deli slicing meats including turkey and chicken breast, ham and roast beef will be uncured. The company will not use nitrates or nitrites in the curing process for these products. “We will be removing nitrates and nitrates from many of our other products including franks, sausages […]
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Wahlburgers Adds Certified Angus Beef Line To Retail Offering
Wahlburgers, the casual dining restaurant brand founded by brothers Paul, Donnie and Mark Wahlberg in Boston, Massachusetts, along with other investors, have again collaborated with ARKK Food Co. to launch new Certified Angus Beef blends to add to the Wahlburgers At Home retail beef program. The updated line of consumer products, which is available now in the Midwest at Meijer stores and […]
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Edgewell Personal Care Makes Executive Changes
Edgewell Personal Care Co. of Shelton, Connecticut, has named Rod R. Little, who has served as CFO since March 2018, as president and CEO effective March 1. Little also has been appointed to the company’s board of directors effective March 1, which will expand the board by one member. Little succeeds David P. Hatfield, who will retire from the company […]
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Independent Grocery Stores Experience ‘Significant Growth’ With Mercato
Mercato, an online ordering and delivery marketplace for independent grocers, is helping food retailers “significantly increase” online sales, with some more than tripling year-over-year, the company says. Mercato analyzed year-over-year and fourth quarter 2018 sales for retailers on the Mercato.com platform and found there were sharp increases ranging from 45 percent to 400 percent, with additional increases […]