Fort Worth, Texas-based Ben E. Keith Foods has announced its purchase of Florida Food Service Inc. The acquisition, which closed Feb. 2, includes all assets of the company – including the 86,000-square-foot distribution center in Gainesville, Florida. This acquisition will create the ninth division of Ben E. Keith Foods across 15 states. “The acquisition of Florida Food […]
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UNFI Elects Mohammad To Board Of Directors
Providence, Rhode Island-based United Natural Foods Inc. has appointed Shamim Mohammad to its board of directors. The company believes that this appointment will reflect UNFI’s commitment to refreshment, adding technology expertise in areas that can help advance UNFI’s long-term strategic objectives. “Shamim’s proven track record in strategic leadership and development of forward-thinking technology solutions will make […]
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Park City Group/ReposiTrak Appoints Hannum As Chief Customer Officer
Salt Lake City, Utah-based Park City Group/ReposiTrak has promoted Derek Hannum to the newly created role of chief customer officer. He recently served as SVP of customer success, overseeing the company’s marketing and customer success activities. In the new role, Hannum is responsible for expanding customer relationships, growth and revenue performance, including sales, marketing and customer […]
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AWG, IRI To Launch AWG Partner Gateway
Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. and IRI have teamed up to launch AWG Partner Gateway, a portal to enable integrated collaboration between members and their vendor partners using IRI Liquid Data technology. “Our members represent more than $23 billion in retail sales, making the collective cooperative the sixth largest supermarket group in the United States,” said David Smith, […]
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C&S Wholesale Earns Top Score In 2022 Corporate Equality Index
Keene, New Hampshire-based C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. has received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. C&S Wholesale Grocers joins the ranks of more than 840 major U.S. businesses that also scored […]
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IGA Experiences Growth In Sales, Market Share, Store Count
by Eric Pereira / content creator The past year was a great one for the Independent Grocers Alliance, according to John Ross, president and CEO. For many of its retailers, 2021 was the best in modern history for top-line sales and market share growth. “For a 100-year-old-chain, that’s an amazing thing to say,” Ross said. […]
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Pedersen To Join ROFDA As New President And CEO
The ROFDA (Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates) Board of Directors has appointed Jeff Pedersen as its new president and CEO, effective Feb. 1. Pedersen comes to ROFDA from a career of almost 25 years with Associated Wholesale Grocers in Kansas City, Kansas, where he most recently served as the EVP, chief sales and support […]
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SpartanNash Promotes McClellan To SVP, Chief Marketing Officer
Grand Rapids, Michigan-based SpartanNash has promoted Amy McClellan to SVP and chief marketing officer, effective immediately. McClellan will lead the marketing function and report to SpartanNash President and CEO Tony Sarsam. “Promoting from within is a key component of our People First culture. Amy has brought invaluable expertise and leadership to SpartanNash, and this role […]
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Lipari Foods Acquires Market Distributing To Expand Footprint
Warren, Michigan-based Lipari Foods has finalized an agreement to acquire Minnesota-based Market Distributing, a distributor of quality, innovative foods. This opportunity will expand Lipari’s distribution footprint into the adjacent markets of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and the Dakotas. Located in Burnsville, Minnesota, the Market Distributing team has been servicing retailers in the Upper Midwest for 25 years. Market […]
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SpartanNash Foundation Raises $325K For Midwest Food Pantries
Grand Rapids, Michigan-based SpartanNash continues to support local food pantries across the Midwest, recently donating $325,000 through in-store fundraising efforts and a pledge from the SpartanNash Foundation to provide hunger relief for those who are food insecure. This fundraising campaign complements SpartanNash’s year-round food donations to local pantries nationwide, totaling more than four million pounds […]
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The Chefs’ Warehouse Acquires Capital Seaboard
Ridgefield, Connecticut-based The Chefs’ Warehouse Inc., a distributor of specialty food products in North America, has acquired substantially all of the assets of CGC Holdings Inc., dba “Capital Seaboard,” based in Jessup, Maryland. Since its inception, Capital Seaboard has provided produce and seafood to the Mid-Atlantic. “We are very excited to welcome the Capital Seaboard […]
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National Convenience Distributors Acquires Century Distributors
National Convenience Distributors LLC has acquired Century Distributors Inc., one of the Mid-Atlantic region’s largest full-line wholesale distributors to the convenience and grocery store industries. Financial terms were not disclosed. Century Distributors, founded in 1976 and located in Rockville, Maryland, will join New York-based NCD as a newly created division. Currently, National Convenience Distributors is […]
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C&S Wholesale Grocers Names Winn COO, Fiore As Strategic Advisor
Keene, New Hampshire-based C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. has named Eric Winn as chief operating officer. In this newly created position, he will lead both the commercial and supply chain organizations. C&S Supply Chain Officer Peter Fiore will remain on the leadership team as a strategic advisor until his retirement at the end of 2022. “C&S […]
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UNFI Recognizes 2021 Master Marketer Award Winners
Elmer’s County Market, a family-owned, full-service grocery operator based since 1956 in Escanaba, Michigan, has been named UNFI’s 2021 Grand Master Marketer for overall consistent performance. The Providence, Rhode Island-based wholesaler made the announcement as part of honoring the 22 category winners in its annual Master Marketer competition, which recognizes best-in-class marketing efforts by independent […]
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UNFI Names Garibaldi As New Pacific Region President
United Natural Foods Inc. has promoted Bob Garibaldi as the new president of its Pacific Region, effective immediately. In this role, Garibaldi will lead UNFI’s Pacific Region sales team with full accountability to support customers in the region with UNFI’s full portfolio of comprehensive products and services. Prior to this promotion, Garibaldi served as UNFI’s […]
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SpartanNash To Reduce Carbon Footprint By Cutting Fleet Mileage
Grand Rapids, Michigan-based SpartanNash plans to reduce the company’s carbon footprint in 2022 through an annual fleet mileage decrease in excess of seven million miles, representing 10 percent of total fleet mileage. This network optimization eliminates nearly 10,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions and provides faster, fresher and more cost-effective deliveries for SpartanNash’s food retailer customers. […]
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McLane Grocery Names Smith As New President
Temple, Texas-based McLane Co. Inc., a supply chain services company providing grocery and foodservice solutions, has hired Chris Smith as the new president of McLane Grocery, a $33 billion business unit providing supply chain solutions to more than 70,000 retailer locations. Before joining McLane Co., Smith worked at Walgreens Boots Alliance as SVP and chief […]
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Pike Street Capital Invests In Fair Market Inc.
Pike Street Capital LLC, a private equity firm, has invested in Fair Market Inc., a family-run wholesale specialty food distributor based in Wentzville, Missouri. FMI serves a large, steadily growing market and provides a unique value proposition to both its customers and suppliers. The Pike Street investment will serve to accelerate this growth trajectory by […]
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Kellogg’s, AWG Donate Thousands To Feeding America Food Banks
Kellogg Company and Associated Wholesale Grocers donated $22,000 to Feeding America network food banks, with the donation being made through AWG Cares, the employee-managed charitable foundation of AWG. “We share Associated Wholesale Grocers and its member retailers’ commitment to ensure families are fed and fulfilled, and we’re proud to stand alongside them to support our […]
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Krasdale Partners With Fat Joe To Give Away Free Groceries In NYC
Krasdale Foods and hip-hop artist Fat Joe are teaming up to give away 3,000 grocery bags filled with over $36,000 worth of Thanksgiving food. The giveaways will be taking place Nov. 24 at UP NYC (Fat Joe’s sneaker store) retail locations across NYC. Supplied by CTown Supermarkets (a banner store of Krasdale’s), the bags will include food products to […]