Tom Stenzel, president and CEO of the United Fresh Produce Association, is presenting an overall upbeat picture of the produce industry. Supporting his assessment is an independent consumer panel, whose members say they look forward to buying quality produce and are willing to pay more for it to feed their families. Stenzel opened the New […]
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Unified’s Director Of Market Centre Sales To Talk HBW At CGA Strategic Conference
Tod Marks, executive director of Market Centre sales at Unified Grocers, will be a featured speaker at the upcoming California Grocers Association (CGA) Strategic Conference 2016, which begins Sunday, Sept. 25, in Palm Springs. Marks will discuss “Merchandising Health and Wellness” in an educational session from 7-8:30 a.m. Sept. 26 at the Palm Springs Renaissance Convention […]
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Arkansas Grocers To Hold Annual Meeting Next Week
The Arkansas Grocers & Retail Merchants Association will hold its annual membership meeting and chairman luncheon from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Capital Hotel (Brooks Parlor Room) in Little Rock. Registration opens at 10:30 a.m. Leon Jones Jr., director of the Arkansas Department of Labor, will be the guest speaker at the […]
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Teamsters And Beverage Group File Suit Against Philadelphia Soda Tax, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief… Teamsters Local 830 and the American Beverage Association jointly filed a suit against Philadelphia’s plan to implement a soda tax. The suit seeks to block the tax from going forward until a court can hear arguments about the proposed tax. At the June rally, the Teamsters were joined by members […]
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Three Groups Form Political Action Committee Fundraiser, And More…
Foodservice News In Brief… The Massachusetts Restaurant Association, Rhode Island Hospitality Association and National Restaurant Association will host a joint political action committee fundraiser Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Kowloon Restaurant in Saugus, Massachusetts. The goal is to build up a grassroots coalition for the upcoming legislative session… The Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival […]
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Report: One In Five Seafood Samples Mislabeled Worldwide, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… Oceana has released a report detailing the global scale of seafood fraud, finding that on average one in five of more than 25,000 samples of seafood tested worldwide was mislabeled. In the report, Oceana reviewed more than 200 published studies from 55 countries, on every continent except for Antarctica. The […]
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Stop & Shop Makes Its Largest-Ever Donation, And More…
Grocery News In Brief… Stop & Shop and its customers donated $2.9 million as part of the annual Help Cure Childhood Cancer campaign benefiting The Jimmy Fund at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. This year’s campaign, which ran in Stop & Shop stores in June and July, yielded the largest donation Stop & Shop has ever made… […]
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NECSEMA Meeting Set For Oct. 27, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief… The New England Convenience Store & Energy Marketers Association will hold its inaugural meeting at the Sheraton Needham Hotel in Needham, Massachusetts, beginning at 5 p.m. Oct. 27… The J. Polep Distribution Services fall show is planned for Sept. 21 at the Twin River Casino in Rhode Island… Sheetz will […]
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Upcoming Event Touted As A Must-Attend For Buyers, Suppliers Of ‘Main Course Proteins’
The American Grassfed Association has become a supporting partner of MainCourse 1on1, a new event from FirstSource Events bringing together high-volume retail and foodservice buyers with suppliers of all “main course proteins” such as meat, poultry and seafood. The event will be held Nov. 2-3 in St. Augustine, Florida, at the Renaissance World Golf Village […]
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NYACS Fall Conference Coming In September
New York’s illegal tobacco trade and the skyrocketing costs for New York’s labor market will be hot topics at the New York Association of Convenience Stores (NYACS) annual fall conference, to be held this year on Sept. 21-22. The conference at the Thousand Islands Harbor Hotel in Clayton will feature a general membership meeting with the […]
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Former House Speaker Boehner To Keynote 2017 NGA Show
Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John Boehner will deliver the opening keynote address, sponsored by The Kraft Heinz Co., during the National Grocers Association’s (NGA) 2017 NGA Show, Feb. 12-15 at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. A former small businessman, Boehner served for nearly five years as […]
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KeHE Distributors Launches Care Trade With Companies That Do Good
During its show in Indianapolis in June, KeHE Distributors launched what it calls its “Care Trade” program. Scott Silverman, VP of growth solutions and own brands, made the announcement with a panel of speakers representing brands that are part of it. “I’ve known their brands as a consumer for quite a while, so we’re really […]
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GMA Presents Annual Awards
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) over the weekend honored McCormick & Co. and Pinnacle Foods with the 2016 CPG Awards for Innovation and Creativity and presented its Hall of Achievement Award to Ed Crenshaw of Publix. The awards were presented Saturday at the GMA Leadership Forum at The Greenbrier in Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Crenshaw, who retired […]
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Trading Company Stores President: Humor Is A Differentiator
Trading Company Stores President Paul Matejovsky had no intention of being in the grocery business. He grew up in Montana, spending “half my time on a saddle horse and the other half on a tractor. I was going to be a cowboy, baby.” He told those gathered for the ROFDA Spring Conference in Coeur d’Alene, […]
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Baker: FMI Connect Will Continue To Adapt As Industry Needs Change
As the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) brings together food retailers and manufacturers for its FMI Connect conference each year, it adjusts the offerings as industry needs change, just as grocers adapt to meet the evolving needs of their shoppers. This year, for example, FMI Connect’s “Supermarket Chefs,” a two-day immersion experience for culinary professionals, replaced […]
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NCA’s Whiteside: Sweets & Snacks Expo Booming
The National Confectioners Association (NCA) once again saw record attendance at its Sweets & Snacks Expo, held May 24-26 at McCormick Place in Chicago. According to the organization, the Expo drew in more than 17,000 industry professionals from more than 90 countries. The expo hosted more than 750 companies exhibiting their products across nearly four […]
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Veteran C-Store Executive Decides To Leave Global Partners, And More…
C-Store News In Brief… Rob Corona, noted member of NECSEMA (New England Convenience Store & Energy Marketers Association) and senior category manager for Xtramart-Global Partners has left Global Partners for a new career… Registration has begun for the 2016 NACS Show in Atlanta, Oct. 18-21 at the Georgia World Congress Center. The first 2,000 retailers […]
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San Francisco Law to Single Out Soft Drinks, And More…
C-Store News In Brief… San Francisco could become the first U.S. city to require health warnings on advertisements for soda and other sugar-added drinks. The new law, which takes effect July 25, requires billboards, posters and bus shelters throughout the city to include the following: “WARNING: Drinking beverages with added sugar(s) contributes to obesity, diabetes […]
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U.S. Organic Sales Post New Record, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… The U.S. organic industry posted new records in 2015, with total organic product sales hitting a new benchmark of $43.3 billion, up a robust 11 percent from the previous year’s level, according to the Organic Trade Association. The industry saw its largest annual dollar gain ever in 2015, adding $4.2 […]
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USC FIM Capstone Team: Bring Store Technology Into 21st Century
Team Invisible Hands, one of two USC Food Industry Management (FIM) Program teams chosen to present their capstone projects at the Western Association of Food Chains (WAFC) convention in April in Hawaii, wants to drastically change the way grocery stores operate. With the rise of online and high-tech retailers like Amazon, the average brick-and-mortar grocer […]