The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation is improving school garden learning, nutrition education and expanding equitable access to food with $3 million in grants to 115 nonprofit organizations. Since its inception in 2015, the foundation has granted $15 million to more than 300 nonprofit partners which have brought hands-on, garden-based learning to 1.5 million children and provided nutrition […]
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Vallarta Supermarkets Opens New Store In Bakersfield, CA
Vallarta Supermarkets, one of the largest Latino-owned supermarket chains in California, announced the grand opening of its 53rd store on Oct. 13 in Bakersfield, California. Mayor Karen Goh, local officials and dignitaries joined Vallarta Supermarket’s executive team for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, following public health guidelines, to mark the official grand opening. The new store is located […]
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Cardenas Markets, DoorDash Partner For On-Demand Grocery Delivery
Cardenas Markets, one of the largest Hispanic grocery chains in the country, and DoorDash have formed a new partnership to offer on-demand grocery delivery from all 59 Cardenas Markets store locations. “We understand our customers’ shopping preferences continue to evolve, and Cardenas Markets is committed to providing convenient methods for our customers to shop with […]
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The Pattison Food Group Acquires Roth’s Fresh Markets In Oregon
The Pattison Food Group is acquiring Oregon-based Roth’s Fresh Markets and will grow by nine stores on Oct. 26, pending regulatory approval. Joining the likes of Save-On-Foods, Western Canada’s largest grocery retailer, along with Buy-Low Foods, Quality Foods, Choices Markets and more than a dozen other retail food, drug and specialty banners, Roth’s Fresh Markets will […]
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Jacksons Food Stores’ Acquires 62 Speedway, 7-Eleven Stores
Jacksons Food Stores Inc. has acquired 62 Speedway and 7-Eleven convenience stores with fuels in California, Arizona and Nevada from 7-Eleven Inc. The closing on the final store included in the transaction occurred Oct. 4. The stores acquired were among the 293 locations that 7-Eleven Inc. is divesting to satisfy an agreement with the Federal Trade […]
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Sprouts Natural Remedies Livestream Features Expert Health Panelists
Sprouts Farmers Market has scheduled an exclusive wellness livestream event with selected panelists addressing how food and nutrients can ease anxiety and inflammation while supporting a healthy immune system. The event will take place at 5 p.m. PDT on Oct. 20. Attendees can participate in live polling and those who submit questions to the panelists will […]
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Calavo Growers Names Montgomery Chief Human Resources Officer
Graciela Montgomery has joined Santa Paula, California-based Calavo Growers Inc., a leader in the avocado and value-added fresh food industries, as its first chief human resources officer, effective Oct. 11. In this role, Montgomery will oversee human resources, training, talent development and recruitment for Calavo, which has nearly 4,000 employees across the U.S. and in Mexico. Montgomery […]
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Mashgin Touchless Self-Checkout Surpasses $100M Global Sales
Mashgin, a touchless self-checkout system powered by AI and computer vision, unveiled new milestones that illustrate how touchless checkout may soon dominate retail, convenience stores, sports concessions, airports and even cafes. Mashgin Touchless Checkout kiosks have processed more than 16 million global transactions to date and recently surpassed more than $100 million in sales transactions […]