Excitement and confidence were the feelings that dominated the Unified Grocers Expo 2013 in Long Beach, Calif., this week. Bob Ling, president and CEO of the Commerce-based wholesaler, said those sentiments were shared by both Unified employees and vendors. “Nobody is going to declare victory over the recession just yet,” Ling told The Shelby Report […]
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Essentia Water Sponsoring Super Summer Hydration Giveaway
Essentia Water will kick off its Super Summer Hydration Giveaway on Friday, June 21. The 50-day online promotion that runs through Aug. 9 is hosted at www.EssentiaWater.com/Super and on Essentia’s Facebook page. Contestants over the age of 18 will share their favorite ways to stay hydrated by posting a brief paragraph or photo on Essentia’s […]
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Raley’s Hit By Cyber Attack
Raley’s Family of Fine Stores says it recently discovered that a portion of its computer network systems may have been the target of a complex, criminal cyber attack. The company reports that it immediately initiated an investigation to determine whether cyber criminals may have obtained customer credit and debit card information. At this time, the […]
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Save Mart’s Q1 Perishable Grocery Donations Top One Million Pounds
Save Mart Supermarkets reports that perishable grocery donations from the chain’s 226 stores topped one million pounds in the first quarter of this year (January-March). The food, which includes bakery, dairy, deli, frozen products and produce items, is collected daily by local area food banks as part of the Fresh Food Rescue program launched in […]
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Northwest Pear Growers Forecast Full-Size Crop From Washington, Oregon
Representatives of the Northwest pear industry met last week in Portland to project the size of the 2013 fresh pear harvest. With reports of a crop of excellent quality from the Pacific Northwest growing regions of Wenatchee and Yakima, Washington and Mid-Columbia and Medford in Oregon, the total projection is showing approximately 19.8 million standard […]
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Pro’s Ranch Sets Up Informational Website About Its Chapter 11 Filing
Pro’s Ranch Markets, which voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Arizona earlier this week, has set up an informational website about the reorganization. The site URL is www.prosranchreorg.com. The Ontario, Calif.-based grocery chain with 11 stores in Arizona, Texas and Mexico made the filing Tuesday. “We made this important move to improve the overall […]
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Longtime Calif. Food Broker Cleland Passes Away At 73
Mr. Robert “Bruce” Cleland, 73, of Glendora, Calif., died May 20 at home with his loving family by his side. Mr. Cleland worked in the grocery industry for most of his life, first in his father’s store in Raton, N.M., then in California at Buy-Fair Markets. He began a more than 40-year career as a […]
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Klug Joins Popchips’ Sales Team
Longtime Coca-Cola executive Todd Klug recently made the move to Popchips, where he joins the company’s national sales team with a focus on retail customers in the western U.S. Klug transitions to the snack company with more than 20 years in the beverage business within the Coca-Cola system. Popchips, which boasts an all-natural “never baked, […]