The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has selected seven retailers to participate in a new project designed to enable Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to purchase their groceries online. The two-year pilot is slated to begin this summer, with many of the chosen retailers based in the Northeast. “Online purchasing is a potential lifeline for […]
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Merchant Groups Ask New Congress To Protect Debit Reforms
Now that a new Congress is in session, the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) and 170 state and national merchant groups are communicating to both branches of Congress about the importance of keeping debit reforms intact, which were enacted as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. In a letter sent […]
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Baldor Specialty Foods Eliminates Food Waste From Production Facility
Baldor Specialty Foods, a New York City produce processor and distributor, has diverted 100 percent of the organic waste generated in its Fresh Cuts operation from landfill—thanks to its food waste initiative known as SparCs (the word “scraps” spelled backward). SparCs is a waste prevention strategy developed by Baldor’s sustainability director, Thomas McQuillan. Baldor processes […]
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New York’s Fieldbrook Foods Completes Expansion
Fieldbrook Foods Corp., a producer of private label ice cream and novelty products, has completed a $4 million expansion to increase ice cream production at its headquarters in Dunkirk, New York. The expansion allows the company to add 61 full-time jobs and retain 586 full-time positions. The expansion of the company’s 234,000-s.f. Dunkirk facility included […]
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National C-Store Sales Grow In 2016; NACS Optimistic About New Year
Low gas prices helped drive sales increases at convenience stores in 2016—and retailers expect those strong sales to carry over into 2017, according to a survey of retailers released this week by the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS). More than two in three convenience retailers (68 percent) said their fuels sales increased in 2016 […]
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7-Eleven Completes 77 Drone Deliveries
7-Eleven and Flirtey, a drone delivery service, have completed 77 autonomous drone deliveries to customers’ homes in the U.S. The test began in July with the world’s first autonomous drone delivery to a customer’s residence. Flirtey conducted regular weekend deliveries during November from a 7-Eleven store in Reno, Nevada, to a dozen select customers who were […]
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U.S. Raises Bar For Seafood Imports To Curb Fraud
A U.S. program will trace specific fish products from international harvest to entry into the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries will administer the Seafood Import Monitoring Program to further curb Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing practices and to identify misrepresented seafood imports before they enter the U.S. market. The program requires […]
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Dover Fueling Solutions Completes Purchase Of Wayne Fueling Systems
Dover Fueling Solutions has completed its purchase of Wayne Fueling Systems, a global provider of fuel dispensing, payment, automation and control technologies for retail and commercial fuel stations. The Wayne acquisition is Dover’s fourth purchase in the retail and commercial fueling space in 2016. Dover is now combining these companies into a new business called […]