Alaska-based Ocean Beauty Seafoods LLC has reached an agreement to be the U.S. distributor for Findus, the Swedish-based frozen food giant. Under the agreement, Findus products will be sold through Ocean Beauty’s U.S. distribution network with foodservice products available in the second quarter of the year, and in retail products available in August. Ocean Beauty […]
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The Shelby Report of the West covers grocery retailers, wholesalers and suppliers in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Follow the latest store openings, remodels, leadership changes and market news from the region.
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Mark Miller Named Arizona Food Marketing Alliance’s New President
The Arizona Food Marketing Alliance (AFMA) announced Feb. 22 that it has selected Mark J. Miller as its new president. Miller most recently was a consultant for the City of Hope. Before that, he spent three years with Talking Rain Beverage Co., and before that, he spent 36 years as an SVP for Hensley & […]
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Safeway Opens Five More AI-Powered Medical Clinics In Phoenix
Arizonans living in the Phoenix area now have access to five more Akos Med Clinics, located in Safeway stores in Scottsdale (2), Ahwatukee, Chandler and Laveen. Five other locations, which opened last November, are in Gilbert, Phoenix, Glendale, Mesa and Tempe. An 11th clinic will open in Casa Grande later this month and a 12th in Boise, […]
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Beyond Meat’s List Of All-Star Athlete Investors Is Growing
Beyond Meat has some big names in sports investing in the company as the athletes have found benefits in plant-based eating. The new Beyond Meat investors and ambassadors include athletes Kyrie Irving, Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Paul, DeAndre Hopkins, Victor Oladipo, Lindsey Vonn, DeAndre Jordan, JaVale McGee, Harrison Barnes, Malcolm Jenkins, Derrick and Charity Morgan, Alex Honnold, […]
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Farmstead Using Compostable Bags For Delivery Of Perishables
Farmstead, the online grocery delivery service in San Francisco, California, is using compostable produce bags for deliveries to customers. Prior to the shift to compostable produce bags, the company was using thin-plastic film typically seen in the supermarket produce aisles. Responding to customer demand and in an effort to reduce plastic and provide a more […]
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Craft Joins Bashas’ As Procurement, Marketing And Merchandising VP
Bashas’ Family of Stores has hired Barry Craft as VP of marketing, merchandising and procurement for more than 100 grocery stores in Arizona. After a transition period, Craft will take over responsibilities from Phil Hawkes, a longtime Bashas’ veteran who is retiring. Craft comes to Bashas’ with a supermarket background in merchandising, marketing and category […]
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Calbee North America To Debut Popper Duos At Expo West
Calbee North America, of Fairfield, California, known for Harvest Snaps, will launch its Popper Duos at this year’s Natural Products Expo West. Popper Duos will be the first product unveiled under the marquee brand Honestly Veggie, which promises the first ingredient will always be vegetables. “We’re thrilled to launch Popper Duos at Expo West,” said Paul Laubscher, […]
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WinCo Foods To Open Two Stores In Montana On March 3
Employee-owned WinCo Foods will open its first two stores in the state of Montana—and its 125th and 126th stores overall—on Sunday, March 3. Montana is the 10th state of operation for Boise, Idaho-based WinCo Foods. “We believe Helena and Billings are both a perfect fit with WinCo Foods and a prime opportunity for the company and for the […]
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Wonderful Halos Launches New Multimillion-Dollar Marketing Campaign
Los Angeles-based Wonderful Halos launched a new integrated marketing campaign this season, “The Checks-All-The-Boxes Box,” to encourage parents to choose Halos mandarins as the perfect solution when assigned snack duty. The campaign is based on the insight that snack duty can be a stressful and annoying chore, made worse by the fact that parents know […]
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Darigold Introduces High-Protein Milk With Less Sugar
Darigold is expanding its portfolio of milk products to include Fit, an ultrafiltered, lactose free, high-protein milk. Fit delivers Darigold’s same taste with 75 percent more protein and 40 percent less sugar than regular 2 percent milk. The farmer-owned co-op’s ultrafiltration process naturally concentrates protein and removes sugars. As research indicates, nearly half of Americans strongly […]
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OHi Food Co. Unveils Peanut Butter Superfood Bar
OHi Food Co., a California-based natural food company, has unveiled a new superfood-dense peanut butter bar. This plant-based, refrigerated bar offers a modern take on traditional health bars without the preservatives and chemical additives. The new Peanut Butter Superfood Bar incorporates organic peanuts, the brand’s unique seed blend, organic coconut nectar, organic cacao butter, organic coconut, organic […]
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Tillamook Unveiling New Packaging And Logo For 100th Anniversary
The Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) turned 110 years old on Feb. 13, 2019. The farmer-owned co-op, located on Oregon’s Pacific Coast, will mark the occasion by rolling out what it says is a “bolder, friendlier and more consistent look” across its entire line of dairy products. The new logo will appear on all company […]
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URM Continues Upgrading Operations, Adding New Members
Ray Sprinkle, president and CEO of URM in Spokane, Washington, sat down in mid-November with Shelby Publishing’s president and publisher, Ron Johnston, at Sprinkle’s office in Spokane. URM Stores Inc., formerly called United Retail Merchants, began in 1921 when five retailers banded together to form a corporation. Today, URM comprises many more retailers than that, […]
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Blueberries Gain American Heart Association Heart-Healthy Certification
As American Heart Month kicks off, the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council has announced that blueberries now are certified as heart-healthy through the American Heart Association Heart-Check Food Certification Program. The Blueberry Council and its grower members can use the official heart-check mark on blueberry packaging and throughout online, print and other promotional materials and activities. The American Heart […]
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Online Grocer Farmstead Lowers Prices With Refill & Save Program
Farmstead, a San Francisco-based online grocer offering fresh groceries, delivered for free, is rolling out a new offering that it says brings prices for certain popular staples down even lower than local supermarkets. Farmstead’s new “Refill & Save” program provides customers with recurring orders of certain staples—like milk, eggs, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and bread—with significant […]
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Blue Diamond Expanding California Manufacturing Plant
Blue Diamond Growers, a nonprofit grower-owned cooperative and a processor and marketer of almonds, has begun expanding its processing facility in Turlock, California. The company held a groundbreaking ceremony Jan. 29 at the 200,000-s.f. manufacturing plant. The new addition is part of Blue Diamond’s continued plans to expand its value-added product lines and deliver new almond products […]
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Recommended: Smart & Final Explores Sale, Sources Say
By Harry Brumpton and Joshua Franklin (Reuters) – Smart & Final Stores Inc (SFS.N), a U.S. food retailer controlled by private equity firm Ares Management Corp (ARES.N), is exploring options that include a sale of the company, according to people familiar with the matter. An outright sale would allow Ares to cash out on its […]
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UNFI Plans To Consolidate Five Of Its Distribution Centers
UNFI today revealed plans to optimize its distribution center network in the Pacific Northwest. As part of that optimization, UNFI says it will consolidate five distribution centers into a new 1.2 million-s.f. facility in Centralia, Washington, and a newly expanded, 800,000-s.f. facility in Ridgefield, Washington. UNFI says the new facility and expansion will “enhance customer […]
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Bashas’ Celebrates Grand Reopening Of Whiteriver Store
Bashas’ celebrated the new year as it unveiled a fully-remodeled and remerchandised supermarket at Highway 73 and Main Street in Whiteriver, Arizona on Jan. 23. Representatives of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation and several members of the Basha family were on hand for a grand reopening ceremony and ribbon cutting. Tribal Chairwoman Gwendena Lee-Gatewood, along with […]
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A Dozen Cousins Launches New Line Of Authentic Regional Beans
Berkeley, California-based A Dozen Cousins, a new culturally-inspired natural food brand, has unveiled a line of slow-simmered beans. These ready-to-eat beans offer a modern take on traditional African American and Latino dishes while using premium ingredients such as avocado oil, apple cider vinegar, turmeric and other high-quality spices. All three varieties are non-GMO, vegan and […]