Connecticut Foodshare has been awarded an $85,850 grant by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., or MassMutual, through the Mutual Impact community investment program. Mutual Impact is funded by MassMutual employees through the company’s annual employee giving program and matched by the MassMutual Foundation. This is the second year that Foodshare has received a Mutual Impact […]
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Stavis Seafoods Opens Additional Facility In Peabody, Massachusetts
Stavis Seafoods of Boston has opened an additional 40,000-s.f. warehouse facility, located just north of Boston in Peabody. The new facility will serve as the primary home for the company’s line of frozen seafood products. It will enable the company to put most of its frozen inventory under one roof, improving order fulfillment and warehouse efficiencies, […]
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Organic Farmers Association Elects Leadership Committee
To create a vehicle for organic farmers to weigh in on national policy issues and raise the profile of U.S. certified organic farmers, Rodale Institute’s Organic Farmers Association has unified with a parallel grassroots national organic effort called the Organic Farmers Alliance. Going forward as the Organic Farmers Association (OFA), sponsored by Rodale Institute, a […]
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Weis Markets Unveils Flagship Community Market
Weis Markets has debuted its flagship store in Enola, Pennsylvania, featuring the company’s new community market design. The 65,000-s.f. supermarket’s layout features a food court offering a selection of fresh cooked meals and hand-rolled sushi made in the store, service-focused fresh departments and more. The Enola location has the company’s first in-store pub, complete with a rotating […]
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Price Chopper-Market 32 Delivers On Make-A-Wish Request
A challenge recently was issued to Price Chopper-Market 32 to participate in a campaign to help fund a local Make-A-Wish request. “This Make-A-Wish campaign for Kacey Sisco was special because our teammates knew her story, had heard about her struggles and her progress, and wanted to help fulfill her wish to visit Hawaii,” said Mona Golub, Price […]
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Group Pursues Lottery Commission Increase For New York Retailers
The New York Association of Convenience Stores (NYACS) is campaigning to convince the New York Legislature to increase the commission for lottery retailers for the first time in 50 years. The goal is to elevate the commission rate from 6 to 8 percent as part of the new state budget currently being negotiated. “While lottery […]
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C-Store Design Firm Rebrands
Global design firm MoseleyBona Retail, which works with the c-store and fuel retailing industry, has rebranded and reincorporated as New York-based Bona Design Lab LLC. The change follows the sudden passing last March of longtime foodservice consultant Thomas Moseley Jr., who had co-founded Massachusetts-based MoseleyBona Retail with veteran c-store/petroleum designer and consultant Joseph Bona in December 2015. In launching the […]
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Perdue Farms Gets New CEO For First Time In 25 Years
Randy Day has been promoted to CEO of Perdue Farms, effective immediately. Day has served as COO since May 2016. He also will serve on the company’s board of directors. “Randy has done an outstanding job as chief operating officer over the past year, and he has my trust and the trust of our leadership […]