New Channels News In Brief… Sea Watch International will host the ninth annual Creative Clam Challenge at the Boston International Seafood Expo on Sunday, March 6, at the Sea Watch booth (No. 423) from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. The challenge champion will receive $2,000 and the runner up will receive $1,000. With 37 years of experience, […]
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Posted in, Corporate Store News, Midwest
Spartan Stores Converting One Banner, Slowing Growth Of Another
by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor The company that will result from the merger of Spartan Stores and Nash Finch Co. will without doubt have one thing in abundance: brands. Plans are to begin integrating the two companies before the end of the calendar year, as shareholder approval is pending but expected. Edina, Minn.-based Nash Finch operates […]
Posted in, Corporate Store News, Midwest
Spartan Stores, Nash Finch To Combine For Significant Scale And Reach
Nash Finch will be wholly owned subsidiary of Spartan Stores Eidson will be president and CEO, Covington to be in advisory role Sturken: Military business an important part of transaction Regional grocery distribution and retail company Spartan Stores and distributor Nash Finch Co. have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which the two companies […]
Posted in, Marketing News, National
Waldo Hidden On Wrapper Of New Chocolate Bar
Praim Group, the food licensing, marketing and distribution company, announced on Monday its agreement to create and distribute a line of all-natural chocolate bars featuring Where’s Waldo?® The four limited-edition collectible designs feature two everyday and two holiday SKUs. The 3.5-oz. milk chocolate bars are kosher; MSRP is $1.99-$2.49. The packaging features Where’s Waldo scenes […]
Posted in, West
Unified’s 2011 Earnings Down Over Last Year
Unified Grocers, the largest wholesale grocery distributor in the Western United States, announced earnings of $7.4 million for the fiscal year ended Oct. 1, as compared to earnings of $11.0 million for the same time a year ago. The value of one share of stock held in the company rose to just more than $312, […]
Posted in, National
Cuties California Clementines and Mandarins Go National
Cuties® California Clementines and Mandarins are now available coast to coast and, in support of the national launch, the brand has introduced a $20 million national television and print advertising campaign. “We know how much parents love sharing Cuties Clementines with their kids on the West Coast and we are excited to now offer this […]
Posted in, Southeast
Miller Takes Helm at AG of Florida
by Ashley Bates/staff writer Chris Miller, who was tapped as the president of Associated Grocers of Florida on Nov. 15, said he plans to run the organization on the principles that his father, Calvin Miller, instilled in him throughout his life. “I believe in straight, honest business. Don’t ever deviate from honesty. That is the […]
Posted in, Southwest, Suppliers
US. Foods Opens New Distribution Center
US. Foods opened its Albuquerque distribution center Dec. 1 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3700 Prince St. SE. The 135,000-s.f. facility will enable the company, formerly called U.S. Foodservice Inc., to provide 40 percent more products to its more than 1,200 customers throughout New Mexico and El Paso. The center has 150 employees and is […]
Posted in, Southwest
Affiliated Foods at 65: A Passion for Business
by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor Ask Randy Arceneaux, president and CEO of Amarillo, Texas-based Affiliated Foods Inc., about his concerns for the grocery industry as a whole, and he will tell you that what keeps him up at night sometimes is “the fear that the independent operator, No. 1, loses the passion for the business. “Part […]