Whitney MacMillan, former chairman and CEO of Cargill and noted patron of education and philanthropy, died March 11, 2020, in Vero Beach, Florida. He was 90. Over his 44-year career with the company, Mr. MacMillan led Cargill to a remarkable era of growth and diversification that continues today. He guided a major transformation in the […]
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PMA Bringing ‘The Joy of Fresh’ to Austin’s SXSW
The Produce Marketing Association (PMA) will return to South By Southwest (SXSW) again this year as a part of the organization’s ongoing work to bring the produce and floral industries to center stage. SXSW attracts half a million attendees each year to Austin, Texas, for 10 days of collaboration. From March 13-22, SXSW will feature speakers, […]
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2019 NRA Show Education Lineup Offers Recipes For Business Success
Sponsored content by the National Restaurant Association The 2019 National Restaurant Association Show announces its centennial education program—five tracks designed to improve every aspect of your operation. For 100 years, the National Restaurant Association Show has provided foodservice professionals the latest innovations, techniques, and technology to grow their businesses and satisfy their customers, and this […]
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Piggly Wiggly’s Bullard Got Education In More Than One Form In The Army
ROFDA Member: Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co. Editor’s note: The following is a portion of 2018’s ROFDA Report honoring ROFDA vets. The full report is available in the December 2018 editions of The Shelby Report. David Bullard, president and CEO of Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co. (PWADC), took a break from college to serve in […]
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FMI Foundation, SQFI Award 15 Food Safety Auditing Scholarships
The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Foundation in conjunction with the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), recognized 15 recipients of the 2018 Food Safety Auditing Scholarship and Education Travel Grant at the SQF International Conference. The scholarship recognizes exemplary students enrolled in a university food and agricultural science program who are interested in pursuing a career in food systems auditing. The FMI […]
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Tyson Foods Awards $500K To Nonprofit Partners In West Tennessee
Education, hunger relief, housing and other community needs are the focus of $500,000 in community grants from Tyson Foods to six nonprofit organizations in West Tennessee. The grants are focused in the City of Humboldt and Gibson County, where earlier this year Tyson broke ground on a new chicken processing facility. A group of Gibson […]
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Alabama Grocers Education Foundation Hosts Fall Golf Outing
The Alabama Grocers Education Foundation held its Annual Fall Golf Outing on Oct. 18 at Inverness Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama. The tournament raised funds for the foundation, which provides scholarships to Alabama Grocers Association companies’ employees and their children and which funds a Tuition Reimbursement Program that helps current AGA member employees further their […]
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H-E-B, Charles Butt Foundation Fund Medical High School Startup
H-E-B and its chairman and CEO, Charles Butt, are donating $2 million to support startup costs and renovations for San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) and Centers for Applied Science and Technology (CAST) Schools’ future CAST Med High School campus located at Brooks, a mixed-use development on San Antonio’s South Side. The school will be […]
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Hershey Takes Mobile Customer Insights Center On The Road
The Hershey Co. has launched its new 53-ft., expandable Mobile Customer Insights Center (MCIC) tractor-trailer. The rolling educational center will take the company’s shopper insights and snacks category expertise directly to its retail partners across the country. “The retail landscape is shifting at an unprecedented rate. To stay ahead, today’s retailers need a new playbook and that’s […]
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Wonderful Co. Celebrates First Class Of Ag Prep Program Graduates
On Saturday, The Wonderful Co. Co-Owners Lynda and Stewart Resnick led a celebration of the 90-strong inaugural graduating class of the Wonderful Agriculture Career Prep program (Ag Prep) at a special event held at Wonderful College Prep Academy in Delano, California. More than 300 family, friends and community members gathered to honor students graduating with an […]
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NGA Celebrates 38 Executive Leadership Development Program Grads
The National Grocers Association (NGA) Foundation is celebrating the graduation of 38 grocery executives from its 2018 Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP), which took place June 3-7 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. “The next generation of leaders and executives will continue to face the shifts and ubiquitous change within the supermarket industry, and […]
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Festival Foods Fresh Market Exhibit Opens May 31 At Children’s Museum
The Festival Foods Fresh Market Exhibit—an interactive educational marketplace—is set to open at Above & Beyond Children’s Museum in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The open-air marketplace concept harkens back to the way people shopped for groceries in earlier times and the importance of supporting and interacting with local, sustainable food systems. Each of the market stands displays local […]
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USC Marshall Launches Master Of Science In Food Industry Leadership
The USC Marshall School of Business has launched a new online degree program. The master of science, food industry leadership (MS.FIL), is designed for current and future food industry executives. Developed through conversations with senior-level food industry management (FIM) program alumni and the Western Association of Food Chains (WAFC), the MS.FIL will deliver relevant and […]
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Goya Offering Five $20K Scholarships To Culinary, Food Science Students
Goya Foods is offering five $20,000 scholarships, granted annually, to five students entering their freshman year of college with an undergraduate degree in culinary arts and/or a food science. One of the five national scholarships will go to a student enrolled in the Culinary Arts program at County Prep High School in Jersey City, New Jersey. Goya’s Culinary […]
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FIM Program Celebrates 60th Class At USC Marshall School Of Business
“We are delighted to welcome the 60th class of food industry executives to USC Marshall,” said Food Industry Management (FIM) Director Cynthia McCloud. “Each year companies choose their best emerging leaders to spend four months immersed in Marshall’s top ranked business education. It’s an investment of time that pays off greatly for them in the […]
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Loyola University New Orleans Introduces Food Studies Program
Loyola University New Orleans’ College of Arts and Sciences is rolling out a new interdisciplinary food studies program. Beginning this fall, Loyola students can pursue a major in food studies designed around food policy, commerce and culture. Food studies programs have been on the rise for the last two decades at American colleges and universities. Loyola’s […]
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New Pack Expo Scholarship Program Will Include Six $5K Rewards
The new Pack Expo scholarship program will provide $30,000 annually to support the future packaging and processing workforce. Each year, six $5,000 scholarships will be awarded to students studying packaging and processing at PMMI partner schools. A portion of the proceeds from the Pack Gives Back events at Pack Expo International and Pack Expo Las Vegas […]
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NJFC Awarded $240K Grant To Train Food Workers
The New Jersey Food Council (NJFC), in collaboration with Rutgers University, has been awarded more than $240,000 to support food safety and management leadership training series. The grant, funded by the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development, will pay for one year of training, beginning this month. Areas of training include entry-level food handler […]
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HP Hood Now Accepting Apps For Sportsmanship Scholarships
HP Hood, one of the largest branded dairy operators in the U.S., is accepting applications for its 2017 Hood Milk Sportsmanship Scholarship program, which celebrates student athletes in New England who demonstrate integrity and sportsmanship on and off the field. With more than $600,000 awarded since 2009, the Hood Milk Sportsmanship Scholarship program has become one […]
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Q&A With ‘Joe The Grocer,’ A Man ‘Too Ornery To Die’
Joseph Welsh is a lifelong grocer with nearly 40 years of experience, holding virtually every position there is in a retail operation and many at the wholesale level. He got his start in the family business, which first was established in 1926 in El Paso, Texas. Welsh made the decision to sell the business after […]