Posted inCorporate Store News, Food Lion, News, Southeast

Food Lion Feeds Donates 28M Meals To Local Families

Food Lion Feeds, Food Lion’s hunger-relief platform, donated almost 28 million meals to local communities during the “Holidays Without Hunger” campaign. The annual campaign ran from Nov. 5-Dec. 9, supporting Feeding America. “Holidays Without Hunger” also supports 33 local Feeding America partner food banks and hundreds of partner agencies throughout Food Lion’s 10-state operating area. […]

Posted inExecutive News, Association News, News, Superior Grocers, West

CGA Names Superior Grocers’ President, CEO Wardwell As Board Chair

The California Grocers Association has named Richard Wardwell, president and CEO at Superior Grocers, as its board chair. With the gavel passed, Wardwell will lead the board’s strategy regarding CGA’s legislative, educational and industry-related programs over the next year. Wardwell succeeds Michel LeClerc, chief administrative officer of North State Grocery. At Superior Grocers, Wardwell spearheads the […]

Posted inCorporate Store News, National, News, Whole Foods

Mill, Amazon Partner On Food Waste Technology For Whole Foods Market

Amazon and Mill Industries Inc. are partnering to bring food waste conversion technology to Whole Foods Market stores, marking the grocery industry’s first on-site solution of its kind. Starting in 2027, fruit and vegetable scraps from back-of-house operations will be processed by Mill Commercial, the company’s automated, high-capacity food recycling infrastructure, and converted into a […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Affiliated Foods, Corporate Store News, National, News

Food Industry Accelerates Traceability Ahead Of FSMA 204 Deadline

The push for traceability is being driven by market forces rather than federal timelines, according to ReposiTrak. During a recent MorningNewsBeat interview, ReposiTrak Chairman and CEO Randy Fields and Affiliated Foods Inc. Amarillo President and CEO Randy Arceneaux discussed how retailers and wholesalers are accelerating traceability implementation well ahead of the FDA’s FSMA 204 enforcement […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Midwest, News, SpartanNash

SpartanNash Foundation Donates $780K To Local Food Pantries

SpartanNash and the SpartanNash Foundation have given a record-breaking $780,000 donation to more than 100 local food pantries across the Michigan-based company’s retail footprint, helping provide meals to families facing food insecurity this holiday season. The funds were raised during the SpartanNash Foundation’s fifth annual in-store fundraiser of 2025, which ran from Oct. 24-Nov. 26 […]

Posted inMeat/Seafood/Poultry, News, Southeast, The Kroger Co.

Smithfield Foods Distributes 1K Holiday Hams In Hampton Roads, VA

Smithfield Foods, in collaboration with The Kroger Co., distributed 1,000 free holiday hams and grocery bags filled with side dishes Dec. 16 as part of its Season of Serving event in southeastern Virginia. The effort was held in partnership with the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank and the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore. “The […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, National, News, The Kroger Co.

Looma Expands Retail Media Network Into 600 Kroger Stores

Looma, an in-store retail media platform, has raised $13 million in new capital to accelerate expansion of its digital media network, including a rollout into nearly 600 Kroger stores nationwide. The funding includes $10 million in Series B investment led by Staley Capital and a $3 million credit facility from Silicon Valley Bank, a division […]

Posted inIndependent Store News, Hy-Vee, Midwest, News

Hy-Vee Opens Food Pantry At Iowa Elementary School

Students at Olmsted Elementary School in Urbandale, Iowa, have easier access to nutrition with the opening of a food pantry at their school through a partnership between Hy-Vee and the Food Bank of Iowa. Leaders from the retailer, food bank and the Urbandale Community School District celebrated the opening Dec. 8 with a ribbon-cutting, all-school […]