The New York Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) is investigating Whole Foods after allegedly finding that the company’s New York City stores overstated the weights of its pre-packaged products—including meats, dairy and baked goods—resulting in customer overcharges. DCA says it tested packages of 80 different types of pre-packaged products and found all of the products had packages […]
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Cumberland Farms Scholarship Program Surpasses $1M Mark, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief… Cumberland Farms has awarded 130 high school seniors from nine states “Believe and Achieve Scholarships” to help them attend college this fall. Since the program began nine years ago, the company has provided more than $1 million in financial assistance to more than 1,000 people. This year, Cumberland Farms also […]
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Brinker International Acquires 103 Franchised Chili’s Restaurants, And More…
Food Service News In Brief… Brinker International has acquired Pepper Dining Holding Corp., a franchisee of 103 Chili’s Grill & Bar restaurants primarily located in the Northeast and Southeast for $106.5 million. Overall, Brinker owns, operates or franchises 1,629 restaurants under Chili’s Grill & Bar (1,580 restaurants) and Maggiano’s Little Italy (49 restaurants)… Rhode Island […]
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Former Trader Joe’s Chief To Speak At Summer Fancy Food Show About New Venture
Doug Rauch, former president of Trader Joe’s and CEO of Conscious Capitalism Inc., will speak about his latest venture, “Daily Table,” a new Boston supermarket format, at the Summer Fancy Food Show. Daily Table is a pioneering retail venture designed to provide healthy, ready-to-eat meals at fast-food prices, fresh produce and other items to individuals […]
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Private Bottled Water Recall Expands To 14 Brands
A California bottling firm has announced a voluntary recall of multiple bottled water brands sold in many Northeast supermarket retailers after one of its sources was found to be contaminated with E. coli. Niagara Bottling, based in Ontario, California, said it was voluntarily recalling bottles of water produced at its Pennsylvania manufacturing facilities between June 10 […]
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Anheuser-Busch To Invest More Than $1.5B In U.S. Operations
Anheuser-Busch plans to invest more than $1.5 billion in its U.S. brewing, agriculture, packaging and distributing operations by 2018. The beer company plans to spend an estimated $850 million on brewery and packaging expansion projects, $220 million on product innovation initiatives and $720 million in sustaining and increasing efficiency of its existing footprint. In 2015, […]
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CVS Health Opens Digital Innovation Lab In Boston
CVS Health has opened its new Digital Innovation Lab in Boston, a facility that is focused on developing cutting-edge digital services and personalized capabilities that offer an accessible and integrated personal pharmacy and health experience. The lab will serve as a hub for the growing digital team at CVS Health, which will remain headquartered in […]
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General Mills Removing Artificial Flavors And Colors From Cereals, And More…
Supermarket News In Brief… General Mills Cereals will remove artificial flavors and colors from artificial sources from the rest of its cereals in response to consumers’ changing preferences. Today, more than 60 percent of General Mills cereals are already without artificial flavors and colors from artificial sources. According to a survey conducted by Nielsen on […]