Ground turkey production has resumed at Cargill’s meat processing facility in Springdale, Ark., after the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved an enhanced food safety plan. The company suspended ground turkey production after voluntary recalls in August and September. Due to the resumption of ground turkey production, Cargill has brought back approximately 50 employees who were […]
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US. Foods Opens New Distribution Center
US. Foods opened its Albuquerque distribution center Dec. 1 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3700 Prince St. SE. The 135,000-s.f. facility will enable the company, formerly called U.S. Foodservice Inc., to provide 40 percent more products to its more than 1,200 customers throughout New Mexico and El Paso. The center has 150 employees and is […]
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Snyder’s-Lance Will Close Corsicana Plant
Snyder’s-Lance Inc. announced Nov. 9 plans to close its salty snacks manufacturing facility in Corsicana, Texas, effective Feb. 10. As a part of integration efforts since the company was formed in a merger on December 9, 2010, Snyder’s-Lance conducted a comprehensive review of their total manufacturing network. Based on that review, management has decided to […]
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Poll: Most Austinites Support Alternative to Bag Ban
A recent poll of Austin residents indicates that an overwhelming majority—72 percent—would support an alternative to a proposed plastic bag ban, which if enacted, could prevent local retailers from providing plastic bags to customers when they check out. More than 400 registered voters were contacted by phone between Sept. 25 and Oct. 2 by data […]
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International Market Opening Second Location in Downtown Houston
Family-owned and operated Phoenicia Specialty Foods, a Houston-based international food market, will open the doors to its new downtown location in November 2011. Phoenicia Specialty Foods downtown is located at 1001 Austin Street in the One Park Place luxury high-rise, next to Discovery Green Park. According to a company press release, state-of-the-art food market featuring […]
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Affiliated Foods at 65: A Passion for Business
by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor Ask Randy Arceneaux, president and CEO of Amarillo, Texas-based Affiliated Foods Inc., about his concerns for the grocery industry as a whole, and he will tell you that what keeps him up at night sometimes is “the fear that the independent operator, No. 1, loses the passion for the business. “Part […]
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Winn-Dixie Expands fuelperks! Throughout Central Florida
Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., is expanding the fuelperks! Rewards® Program throughout Central Florida. This expansion will include 62 Winn-Dixie stores in Orlando and Daytona, Fla., areas, and guests using the new Winn-Dixie Customer Reward Card (CRC) can begin earning significant fuel discounts at more 150 participating Shell stations. Winn-Dixie guests have already saved more than $26 […]
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Sunflower Farmers Market Announces Second Oklahoma Location
Sunflower Farmers Market, the full-service natural and organic grocer famous for “serious food at silly prices,” has announced it will open its second Oklahoma store in Edmond in 2012. The new market will be a free-standing store located at 24 E. 2nd St., on the southeast corner of E. 2nd and S. Broadway, and will […]