Redwood, California-based Impossible Foods has hired tech industry veteran Sheetal Shah as SVP-product and operations. Effective May 13, Shah oversees the product, operations, manufacturing, supply chain and logistics business units for the food tech startup. Shah previously was COO at Verifone, where he oversaw global operations including supply chain, customer care, quality and program management […]
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Cardenas Markets Expanding With Four New Stores In 2019
Ontario, California-based Hispanic grocer Cardenas Markets is opening four new stores in Nevada, California and Arizona in 2019. The first of these is a store in Las Vegas that opened in early May. It is the company’s fifth store in Las Vegas and the 56th store for the grocer overall. The other Cardenas Markets that […]
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Network of Executive Women SoCal Region Celebrates 10th Anniversary
The Network of Executive Women (NEW) is celebrating the Southern California Region chapter’s milestone 10th anniversary. The Southern California chapter NEW was founded by Sue Klug, Caroline Cotton Nakken and Amy Oates Fitzgerald in 2009. Since then, the SoCal Region chapter has grown to 1,100 members. For its 10-year anniversary, NEW is inviting members and […]
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GrubMarket Acquires San Diego Food Supplier VIP Wholesale
San Francisco-based GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of VIP Wholesale, a produce and specialty foods supplier to restaurants and grocery stores in San Diego. This is GrubMarket’s second Southern California acquisition in 2019 in alignment with its mission to “make fresh and healthy food accessible to everyone.” It works directly with small farmers to supply […]
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Lip Smacker, Crayola Create Lip Line With Flavor And Color
Two popular American brands have combined to create the Lip Smacker x Crayola collection. The collection pairs Lip Smacker’s popular best flavors with Crayola crayon colors. The Lip Smacker x Crayola Collection includes a five-piece liquid lip gloss party pack, a lip balm trio and an eight-piece lip balm party pack. “At Lip Smacker, our […]
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Sprouts Farmers Market’s Net Sales Up 10 Percent In Q1
Phoenix, Arizona-based Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. reported results for the 13-week first quarter ended March 31. First quarter highlights include net sales of $1.4 billion, a 10 percent increase from the same period in 2018; comparable store sales growth of 1.4 percent and two-year comparable store sales growth of 4.1 percent; net income of $56 […]
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Riff Cold Brewed Lands In San Francisco With UNFI Partnership
On the heels of other recent west coast expansions, Riff Cold Brewed now is available throughout Northern California as part of a new partnership with United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI). “We couldn’t be more excited to enter California. It’s the home state for three of Riff’s co-founders,” said Steve Barham, Riff’s co-founder and president. “It feels like a homecoming.” […]
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Columbia Distributing Selects Canby, Oregon, For New Warehouse
Portland, Oregon-based Columbia Distributing, along with partners Meritage and Trammell Crow Co. (TCC), have selected Canby, Oregon as home to Columbia’s new Portland metro area warehouse. The approx. 530,000-s.f. facility, located at SE 1st Avenue and S. Walnut in Canby, will consolidate the beverage distributor’s three current locations situated on Portland’s Swan Island, NW Yeon Avenue and NW Guam […]