Sprouts Farmers Market will open its first store in 2021 and third store in the Reno-Sparks, Nevada, area at 299 East Plumb Lane at 7 a.m. on May 12. The store is part of the redeveloped Reno Public Market retail center and brings 95 jobs to the community. Sprouts is known for a curated selection of healthy […]
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Stater Bros. Markets, FirstFruits Marketing Donate Apples
Stater Bros. Markets and FirstFruits Marketing recently donated 19,600 pounds of fresh apples to Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino. The donation will ensure that local food banks are well-stocked with fresh produce. This donation is a result of Stater Bros. Markets’ participation in the Take a Bite Out of Hunger program sponsored by FirstFruits […]
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New Beyond Burger Launches At Grocery Stores Nationwide
Beyond Meat’s new version of its Beyond Burger will arrive in grocery stores nationwide beginning the week of May 3. This Beyond Burger, which offers advancements in taste and nutrition, will be sold in a two-pack, the brand’s first value four-pack (MSRP: $9.99) and a 1-lb. Beyond Beef pack. “We are continuously working on understanding beef flavor […]
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Fresh Market East Ogden And Police Pay Tribute To Officer Nate Lyday
Almost a year after Officer Nate Lyday was killed in the line of duty, Fresh Market of East Ogden, Utah, and the Ogden City Police Force honored his memory with the first Ogden City Police Fallen Officer Memorial Golf Scramble. All the funds raised from the event, which took place April 23 at the El Monte Golf Course, will be […]
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Ideas On Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Aired During Illuminators’ Conference
Group keeping discussion at forefront in 2021 by Mary Margaret Stewart / staff writer As part of its recent virtual Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Conference, the Illuminators Educational Foundation held a panel discussion featuring grocery industry leaders discussing what companies and society can do better moving forward. The panelists included: Sheryl Salazar, director of fresh […]
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Fall And Winter Holidays Drive Higher Avocado Sales
Holiday avocado sales continued to grow as shoppers purchased a record number of fresh Hass avocados during the 2020 fall and winter holidays. The Hass Avocado Board’s recently published fourth-quarter holiday retail report indicates that Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve all reached record-high volume and drove a combined 187 million units in retail […]
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Northgate González Market Honors Día De Los Niños With Celebration
Día del Niño is a commemorative date celebrated annually on April 30 in honor of children. To commemorate the Mexican holiday, Northgate González Market will be celebrating with a two-week-long program where kids can receive free books, cooking classes and a chance for a teacher to win $2,000 for their school. “This past year has not only […]
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Farmstead Partners With DoorDash On National Expansion
Farmstead, the first online grocer to offer fresh, high-quality groceries, delivered for free, has partnered with last-mile logistics platform DoorDash. The three primary elements of the partnership are: Making Farmstead’s grocery brand available through the DoorDash app and website for one-hour delivery in all of Farmstead’s active markets, covering 19 million households, including its upcoming 15 […]