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MamaMancini’s Launches Campaign To Promote Plant-Based Meatballs

MamaMancini’s is promoting its new plant-based meatballs and sauce, made with Beyond Beef, a plant-based ground meat made by Beyond Meat. East Rutherford, New Jersey-based MamaMancini’s Holdings Inc. has begun a major national marketing campaign on Sirius XM Radio to promote the new product. The campaign is airing on an estimated 25 Sirius XM channels […]

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WEST: WAFC Announces New Officers, Board Members For 2020-21

The Western Association of Food Chains (WAFC) elected its 2020-21 officers and board of directors on May 2, during a WAFC Executive Committee meeting. The new officers are: President and Chairman Greg McNiff, president of Stater Bros. Markets; Vice President Scott Drew, EVP of Smart & Final Stores; Treasurer Pat Posey, VP of non-perishable procurement […]

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United Supermarkets Acquires Rights To August Pies

Lubbock, Texas-based United Supermarkets has acquired the rights to the name and recipes of August Pies, an iconic West Texas brand. The company began making fried pies in 1937 but stopped production earlier this year.  “When we learned August Pies had ceased operations, we moved quickly to ensure the legendary brand would continue to be […]

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Albertsons Cos. Announces $1.75B Preferred Equity Investment

Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons Cos. Inc. says that funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management Inc. have led the purchase of $1.75 billion of convertible preferred stock of Albertsons Cos. Following a repurchase of a portion of the common stock owned by the company’s current shareholders, on an as-converted basis the preferred stock will represent […]

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Albertsons Cos. Appoints Dosenbach SVP Of Labor Relations

Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons Cos. has promoted Dan Dosenbach, currently VP of human resources and labor relations in the company’s ACME Markets division, to the newly-created role of SVP of labor relations. Reporting to Dosenbach in the new role of group VP of labor relations is Brent Bohn, currently VP of human resources and labor relations […]

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Instacart Launches New Customer Product Features To Speed Up Service

Instacart has launched two new product features designed to speed up service and unlock more delivery windows as demand for grocery delivery continues to surge in North America. The new features—”Fast & Flexible” and “Order Ahead”—which the company has been testing over the last few weeks, increase delivery availability for customers across North America and provide more choice […]

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Market Profile: Oil Industry Fueling Food Retail Growth In West Texas

by John McCurry/contributing writer Gary Huddleston, a former longtime Kroger executive now serving as grocery industry consultant for the Texas Retailers Association (TRA), describes the grocery business as being robust across most areas of Texas. “Western Texas is certainly unique. There are three or four metro areas, but the vast majority is rural. The four […]

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Instacart Hiring 300,000; Western Grocers Taking Actions In Response To Pandemic

The number of cases of Covid-19 continue to increase across the United States daily and while some industries are at a virtual standstill, the grocery industry is hard-pressed to keep up with consumer demand. While California-based Instacart is planning to hire 300,000 people nationwide, Western grocers Smart & Final, Superior Grocers and Albertsons Cos. are […]