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Sprouts Farmers Market Opens Jacksonville, FL, Store April 29

Sprouts Farmers Market opened in Jacksonville, Florida, at 12675 Beach Boulevard at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, April 29. The new location is the second Sprouts in the city and will be open from 7 a.m.-10 p.m. daily. Sprouts is closely following CDC and local health authority guidelines related to COVID-19, while regularly providing store team members, who are required […]

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Food Lion Feeds To Support Thousands Of Children During Pandemic

Continuing its mission to nourish neighbors in the towns and cities impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19), Food Lion Feeds is partnering with school districts across its footprint to help in their efforts of delivering meals to children and their families. Beginning April 17 and occurring weekly, Food Lion Feeds will donate reusable food bags to […]

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Krewe of Red Beans, Rouses Markets Partner For Feed The Second Line

The Krewe of Red Beans is joining forces with New Orleans-based Rouses Markets, Market Umbrella, the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic & Assistance Foundation and Preservation Hall Foundation to launch Feed the Second Line. On March 17, the Krewe of Red Beans, a Lundi Gras walking parade, began raising money to buy food from locally owned-New Orleans […]

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Lifelong Food City Associate Thomas Hembree Dies At 69

The Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association has announced the death of lifelong Food City associate Thomas R. Hembree, 69. He died Saturday, April 18, 2020, at Naples Community Hospital in Naples, Florida, surrounded by his family. Mr. Hembree served as Food City SVP of marketing prior to his retirement in 2010. During his service, he […]

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Natalie’s Among Juice Companies Seeing Sales Spike With Covid

by John McCurry/contributing writer Orange juice has been among the products flying off grocery store shelves since the coronavirus pandemic took hold. That has resulted in dramatically increased sales for juice companies. Among them is Fort Pierce, Florida-based Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Co. “When the virus kicked in, there was a lot of panic buying […]

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Retired Division VP DiBenedetto Joins Publix Board Of Directors

During its annual stockholders’ meeting April 14, Joe DiBenedetto, retired Atlanta Division VP, was elected to Publix Super Markets’ board of directors. “We are pleased to have Joe rejoin the Publix family in a different capacity,” said Publix Chairman of the Board Ed Crenshaw. “His more than 44 years of Publix experience, including being instrumental […]

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Niagara Bottling Expands Jupiter, FL Water Bottling Operations

Niagara Bottling plans to invest $38 million to expand its operations in Palm Beach County, Florida. Responding to increased demand for bottled water, the company added two new production lines at its 409,000-s.f. manufacturing and distribution facility located in the Palm Beach Park of Commerce, a 1,200-acre master planned industrial park in Jupiter, Florida. This expansion […]

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Produce For Kids Launches Stock The Food Pantries Initiative

Orlando, Florida-based Produce for Kids has provided more than 12 million meals to families in need through Feeding America over the years, and now the organization is looking to rally the produce industry and beyond to support Feeding America’s Covid-19 Response Fund through its new Stock the Food Pantries fundraising initiative. On April 1, Feeding America announced an estimated $1.4 […]