Dole Fresh Vegetables is voluntarily recalling 2,598 cases of bagged salad. The product being recalled is Dole Hearts of Romaine coded 0540N165112A or B, with a use-by date of June 26 and UPC 7143000956 due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes. Dole Fresh Vegetables is coordinating closely with regulatory officials. No illnesses have […]
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Farmers Market Program In Pa. Offering Vouchers To Older Adults, WIC Participants
Low-income older adults and Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program participants can now use vouchers to purchase fresh, local produce at farmers markets and farm stands across Pennsylvania. Agriculture Secretary George Greig, Aging Secretary Brian Duke and Health Secretary Dr. Eli Avila joined U.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary of Food Nutrition and Consumer Services Dr. […]
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Frito-Lay Sales Associates Honored As PepsiCo’s Top Sales Performers Worldwide
PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America division congratulates its 42 U.S.- and Canadian-based sales associates who were recently honored as PepsiCo’s top sales performer in a ceremony held earlier this month at PepsiCo global headquarters in Purchase, N.Y. The honorees are among 226 sales people in 2012 inducted into the company’s “President’s Ring of Honor,” which was […]
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Giant Food Hiring 900 Part-Timers With Acquisition of Genuardi’s Stores
Giant Food Stores said it will hire 900 part-time employees as part of its acquisition of 15 Genuardi’s stores. The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that Giant made the announcement Friday after receiving Federal Trade Commission approval to buy the Genuardi’s Family Markets from Safeway Inc. The stores are in the Philadelphia area. Giant, of Carlisle, […]
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‘Old Croc’ Australian Aged Cheddar Adds Bold Flavor to Cheese Case
A new line of vintage Australian cheddar cheeses has been launched in the U.S. under the Old Croc brand name. The cheeses, featuring the playful warning, “Careful. It Bites!”, are being introduced by Millburn, N.J.-based Trugman-Nash, an affiliate of MCT Dairies, a supplier of cheese and dairy ingredients that also is based in Millburn. The […]
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Big Apple Forms Grocers Association
Attorneys Brad Gerstman and David Schwartz have announced the formation of NYAGS, the New York Association of Grocery Stores. “We have formed NYAGS, New York Association of Grocery Stores, in order to stop the assault against grocery stores as well as the foodservice industry all over New York by the mayor and other government officials,” […]
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The Fresh Market Entering Three New States This Month
The Fresh Market is making an entry into three new states later this month: New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Kansas. The New Hampshire and Oklahoma stores will open June 27, while the Kansas store will open June 20. The Bedford, N.H., store at 79 South River Rd. will be 21,300 s.f. It will bring 90 new […]
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Fairway Market Opening in Woodland Park, N.J., on Wednesday
Passaic County, N.J., is getting a Fairway Market on Wednesday, June 6. The new store at 1510 U.S. 46 and Browertown Road in Woodland Park will open at 11 a.m. The store’s opening will mark the second Fairway Market in the Garden State. The approximately 62,000-s.f. location offers a combination of traditional, organic and specialty […]