Providence Brought Tandy Harvey to Supervalu by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Midwest Tandy S. Harvey will tell you she loves Supervalu, a company she has spent more than three decades serving. Her first job was a part-time summer gig in a warehouse in Champaign, Illinois, in the mid-1980s. She was in college earning a mechanical engineering technology degree […]
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Associated Food Stores ‘Stuff A Truck’ For Hurricane Relief
In an effort to support its neighbors in Texas and southwest Louisiana who have been impacted by Hurricane Harvey, area shoppers can donate at the registers of their local Associated Food Store, supplied by Associated Grocers (AG) of Baton Rouge. Shoppers can visit mylocalafs.com to see if a store in their area is participating in […]
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Iconic Bronx Baker-Wholesaler Comes Back From Devastating Fire
Artuso Pastry Foods Corp., an iconic Bronx, New York-based baker and wholesaler, is finally getting back to normal and is even ready to expand following a devastating fire in November 2014. Although its main retail location in the Bronx was not affected, rebuilding a new manufacturing facility and handling all the insurance matters has taken […]
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SpartanNash Expands Double Up Food Bucks To 46 Michigan Stores
SpartanNash is again expanding its participation in the Double Up Food Bucks healthy food incentive program, bringing on an additional 29 stores. That triples SpartanNash’s participation in the Double Up program in 2017, with 46 stores now taking part in Michigan. Double Up Food Bucks matches Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food […]
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The Chefs’ Warehouse Buys Fells Point Wholesale Meats
The Chefs’ Warehouse, a Ridgefield, Connecticut-based distributor of specialty food products in North America, acquired Fells Point Wholesale Meats of Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1993, Fells Point is a specialty protein manufacturer and distributor serving the metro Baltimore/Washington, D.C., area. Christopher Pappas, chairman and CEO of The Chefs’ Warehouse said, “We believe that this acquisition […]
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Q&A With Supervalu’s New West Region Wholesale President Leon Bergmann
Leon Bergmann has been named president of West Region Wholesale for Supervalu, effective immediately. “Leon’s experience at both Unified (Grocers) and Supervalu will allow him to hit the ground running as we incorporate customers from the western United States into the larger Supervalu family of retailers. I’m thrilled he has accepted this opportunity to be […]
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MGA Recognizes Oleson’s, Lipari With Outstanding Achievement Awards
Michigan Grocers Association (MGA) has named Oleson’s Food Stores in northern Michigan and Lipari Foods, headquartered in Warren, as its 2017 Al Kessel Outstanding Achievement Award winners. “The award is named to honor former MGA Director Albert F. ‘Al’ Kessel Jr., who passed away in 2012,” said MGA President & CEO Linda M. Gobler. “Al […]
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AWG’s Fort Worth DC Hits The Sale Block
Associated Wholesale Grocers’ (AWG) Fort Worth, Texas, warehouse officially is on the market. The announcement comes after the wholesaler said last month that it would close its Fort Worth division. CBRE’s National Food Facilities Group, consisting of Kevin Kelly, David Sours and Lucy Durbin, has been retained to exclusively market the former AWG distribution center at […]