Albertsons Cos. has launched its online marketplace, moreforu.com, powered by Mirakl, a global marketplace solutions provider. The marketplace will offer customers the ability to discover more specialty food items alongside beauty and wellness products from a network of third-party sellers. With a focus on natural, organic, ethnic and alternative products, Albertsons aims to provide a […]
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Harvey Mabry, A Homerun Hitter In Baseball, Life And H-E-B, Turns 80
In 1951, Harvey Mabry hit a grand slam in the semi-final game of the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He was 12 years old at the time and was the first Little League player to ever have accomplished such a feat in the series. Fans wanted Mabry’s autograph and, back in Austin, Texas, […]
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Big Y Produce Manager Honored By United Fresh Produce Association
United Fresh Produce Association has named Big Y World Class Market Produce and Floral Sales Manager Wade Michels a 2018 Produce Manager of the Year as part of its Retail Produce Manager Awards Program. This year, Michels was honored among 25 outstanding produce managers representing supermarket chains, commissaries and independent retail stores from 15 different […]
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Prime Delivery From Whole Foods Reaches Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Others
Amazon has launched grocery delivery from Whole Foods Market through Prime Now in Annapolis, Cleveland, Louisville, North and Central New Jersey and Pittsburgh, as well as additional locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prime members in those cities now can shop through Prime Now for thousands of items, including fresh produce, meat and seafood, […]
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Kraft Heinz Invests In Emerging Tech With $100M Venture Capital Fund
Kraft Heinz has launched Evolv Ventures, a venture fund that will invest in emerging tech companies transforming the food industry. Kraft Heinz has committed up to $100 million to Evolv Ventures and brought on venture investor Bill Pescatello to lead the fund. “New technological innovations in the food industry create endless new opportunities to strengthen […]
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PCC Community Markets Commits $1M To PCC Farmland Trust
PCC Community Markets, Seattle’s community-owned food market, is giving a $1 million gift to PCC Farmland Trust, an organization it founded nearly 20 years ago. The gift comes at a time when rising land costs and sprawling development—with more people moving to Pierce and Snohomish counties than anywhere else in the country—are impacting the future of local farming, the company says. PCC’s intends for […]
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Study: Trader Joe’s, Costco, Aldi Offer Best Customer Experiences
Budget-friendly, community-oriented grocery stores like Trader Joe’s, Costco and Aldi offer some of the best customer experiences of 2018, according to a new study from global customer agency C Space. The study demonstrates that it is the emotional aspects of customer experience that help companies stand out from the competition and create growth. C Space, […]
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PLMA Honors 53 Products With 2018 Salute To Excellence Awards
Grocery retailers across the country are turning to innovative store brands products to attract loyal shoppers as competition heats up between brick-and-mortar and online retailers, says the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA). “Gone are the days when supermarkets offered only commodity products that imitated national brands,” the organization adds. This trend is evident in PLMA’s […]