Selah, Washington-based Rainier Fruit is holding its second annual holiday marketing program, Pears for Pairs. The campaign, designed to exemplify Rainier Fruit’s “Wholesome to the Core” company values of giving back to the community, launches in stores in September. Rainier will contribute a portion of the proceeds of bulk pear and bag pear sales this […]
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Food 4 Less Appoints Nancy Lebold VP Of Merchandising
Los Angeles-based Food 4 Less/Foods Co, a subsidiary of The Kroger Co. has hired Nancy Lebold as VP of merchandising for the company, effective Sept. 23. She reports to Bryan Kaltenbach, president of the Food 4 Less/Foods Co division. Lebold succeeds Mike Servold, who was recently promoted to VP of operations of Kroger’s Atlanta division. […]
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Blue Diamond Growers Opens New Energy-Saving Manufacturing Facility
Blue Diamond Growers celebrated the official grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony of its new 52,000-s.f., energy-saving manufacturing facility in Salida, California. The event marks the addition new pasteurization technology and processing lines, and follows the cooperative’s recent groundbreaking of its receiving warehouse on the same property in Salida, which is the largest almond receiving station […]
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AFS Licenses Its First Location—A Macey’s Owned By Ridley’s
The new Macey’s store that opened Sept. 18 in Highland, Utah, is the first first store licensed by Salt Lake City-based Associated Food Stores (AFS). The store’s owner is Ridley’s Family Market. Being an AFS licensee mean that all business operations for the store will be performed in accordance with AFS policies and procedures, but […]
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Gelson’s First Grocery Retailer To Offer The Impossible Burger
The Impossible Burger will make its worldwide debut in grocery stores Friday at all 27 outlets of Gelson’s Markets in Southern California—the first time that the general public will be able to buy and experience the Impossible Burger at home. The Impossible Burger is the award-winning, plant-based meat that rivals ground beef from cows for […]
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Robomart, Avery Dennison Offer Frictionless Checkout-Free Experience
Robomart, the Silicon Valley-based company known for its store-hailing autonomous vehicles, is collaborating with Avery Dennison Corp., a Fortune 500 company that designs and manufactures of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials. Robomart founder and CEO Ali Ahmed says, “We are excited to cooperate with Avery Dennison, a global leader in RFID technology […]
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Three Save Mart Banners Reach Agreement With Teamsters
UFCW 8-Golden State said Sept. 12 that it has reached tentative three-year contract agreements with the Save Mart, FoodMaxx and Maxx Value supermarket chains, which are owned by Save Mart Cos. Save Mart operates 83 Save Mart stores in California and Northern Nevada and remains the largest family-owned grocer in California. The Save Mart announcement follows […]
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New Seasons Market Picks Up Lazarus Naturals CBD Products
With a mission to make consciously crafted, hemp-derived CBD as accessible and affordable as possible, Lazarus Naturals finalized a regional distribution deal with West Coast-based New Seasons Market to sell its range of wellness products at 28 stores in Oregon, Washington and California. Demand for CBD is booming among consumers seeking its purported beneficial effects […]