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Rouses Markets Opens New Store On Freret Street In New Orleans

Add another foodie destination to Freret’s restaurant row between Napoleon and Jefferson avenues in Uptown New Orleans. The new Rouses Market at 4645 Freret St. features a wide selection of prepared foods, from chopped salads made to order to Rouse-In-House prepared entrees and sides, to freshly-made sushi, poke, stir-fries and ramen. The market also houses the company’s first full-scale […]

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Sprouts Farmers Market Opens Produce DC To Support Florida Expansion

Sprouts Farmers Market has opened a new produce distribution center in Orlando, marking its first DC in Florida and its seventh across the country. Since opening its first store in the state in 2017, Sprouts has been rapidly expanding across Florida. The DC will serve all the grocer’s current 23 stores in the state and the […]

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NWPB Is Celebrating Disney And Pixar’s New Movie Luca

It will be a summer of adventure for the National Watermelon Promotion Board, thanks to a month-long collaboration with Disney and Pixar’s original feature film Luca, which streams exclusively on Disney+ starting June 18. “Luca” is a fun and heartwarming story about friendship, stepping out of your comfort zone and an extraordinary pair of sea monsters […]

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DS Smith Invests $140 Million In R&D To Create Stronger Packaging

Sustainable packaging company DS Smith recently unveiled a $140 million investment in research and development, including developing new materials to replace plastics and a testing program to strengthen corrugated cardboard and reduce G-force shock in home delivery packaging. The manufacturing and design company’s focus on applying science to fiber is a key driver of its […]

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Acosta And The Core Group Form Core Foodservice

Acosta, an integrated sales and marketing services company, and The Core Group, a foodservice sales agency, have created an agency focused on providing solutions for the foodservice industry’s new operating environment. Core Foodservice will bring together industry-leading capabilities from both Acosta and The Core Group, creating an organization designed to meet the requirements of new […]

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Forbes Ranks Publix One Of America’s Best Employers For New Grads

Forbes ranked Lakeland, Florida-based Publix No. 59 out of 250 companies on its 2021 list of America’s Best Employers For New Grads, and Publix ranked No. 5 out of 25 companies in the Retail and Wholesale industries category. “Publix focuses on our core values and workplace culture,” said Publix Director of Communications Maria Brous. “We […]