Harvest Market in Northern California has become the first grocery store in the country to offer healthy food incentives onto a customer’s EBT card. The California independent grocer began participating in this health food incentive rebate program March 7. The instant rebates are provided to participants in CalFresh (California’s federally funded food assistance benefits program, […]
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Sprouts Farmers Market Partners With Ancient Nutrition
Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Market has partnered with Ancient Nutrition’s R.A.N.C.H. Project. The R.A.N.C.H. (Regenerative, Agriculture, Nutrition, Climate and Health) Project operates regenerative organic certified farms in Tennessee and Missouri that use a holistic approach to grazing and livestock management. The goal is to rebuild top soil, increase carbon capture and grow food sustainably. As a specialty […]
Posted inPackaging News, West
Bold Reuse Launches Retail Reusable Packaging Pilot
Portland, Oregon-based Bold Reuse has launched Retail Reuse, a retail reusable pilot packaging program for glass retail packaging. Retail Reuse has the backing of Oregon Metro, New Seasons Market, Waste-Free Advocates and PNW Packaged Food & Beverage Group’s Hannah Kullberg. Thanks to an $87,000 investment and innovation grant from Metro in 2022, Bold Reuse has developed […]
Posted inMeat/Seafood/Poultry, Amazon Fresh, West, Whole Foods
Country Archer Launches Zero-Sugar Smoked Sausages
San Bernardino, California-based Country Archer Provisions has launched its new snack line: Zero-Sugar Smoked Sausages. “Our mission at Country Archer is to deliver a premium snacking experience, with clean, better-for-you ingredients and mind-blowing tastes and textures,” said Eugene Kang, co-founder and CEO of Country Archer Provisions. “Based on the overwhelming love for our zero-sugar jerky line and grass-fed […]
Posted inExecutive News, West
Heritage Grocers Group Appoints Karst As CFO
Ontario, California-based Heritage Grocers Group, an ethnic food retailer and the parent company of Cardenas Markets and Tony’s Fresh Markets, has appointed Darren Karst as CFO. Reporting to CEO Doug Sanders, Karst will oversee the financial and accounting initiatives for all Heritage Grocers Group business units. As Karst assumes the role of CFO, Matthew Holt will transition to the position […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Albertsons, West
Albertsons Co.’s Sincerely Health Platform Integrates With Apple
Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons Companies Inc. has announced a collaboration with Apple to bring activity data from Apple Watch and iPhone to the Sincerely Health digital health and wellness platform. Sincerely Health is a free tool available on 16 Albertsons Cos. grocery banners and websites, including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Shaw’s, Jewel-Osco, Acme and Tom Thumb. Customers who wear Apple […]
Posted inBeverage News, Corporate Store News, Organic Natural, West
New Seasons Market Releases Sustainable Hazy IPA
Portland, Oregon-based New Seasons Market has collaborated with Hopworks Brewery on the release of Carbon Farmer, an organic hazy IPA crafted with Kernza. Kernza is a grain grown in a perennial polyculture system, which echos the natural prairie ecosystems and helps to improve soil health, reduce water use and provide habitat for pollinators. Because Kernza’s root system reaches more […]
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The Raley’s Companies Donates Apples To California Food Banks
Two divisions that operate as part of The Raley’s Companies – Bashas’, which has grocery stores in Arizona and New Mexico, and Raley’s, which has them in California and Nevada – were selected by FirstFruits to participate in the “Take a Bite Out of Hunger” initiative. They donated about 40,000 pounds of apples to local food […]