by Kristen Cloud/staff writer Supervalu on Wednesday announced a number of initiatives to make the company, as CEO and President Craig Herkert said, “more competitive and unlock value for our shareholders.” In addition for plans to aggressively lower prices in response to competitors’ actions and cut a quarter of a billion dollars in administrative and […]
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Kroger Celebrates Grand Opening of Marketplace in West Knoxville
The new 117,000-s.f. Kroger Marketplace at the Shops at Cedar Bluff in West Knoxville, Tenn., opened Wednesday, bringing an estimated 200 jobs to the Knoxville area. The Marketplace showcases an array of quality products, amenities and services to create a superior one-stop-shopping experience for the west Knoxville community. Located at 9225 Kingston Pike, the Kroger […]
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Scholarship Program Provides Family Businesses Insight Into Produce Advocacy
The United Fresh Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2012 Frieda Rapoport Caplan Family Business Scholarship Program. The program awards up to four scholarships for employees of family-owned businesses to attend United Fresh Produce Association’s Washington Public Policy Conference (WPPC) in October. Scholarship recipients will receive complimentary airfare, hotel and registration to attend the […]
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Del Sol Achieves 10 Years With No Lost-Time Accident
Del Sol Food, manufacturer of Briannas Fine Salad Dressings, celebrated 10 years without a lost time accident on May 18 at the company’s plant in Brenham, Texas. Employees were treated to a catered meal, a Briannas goodie bag, a bonus and the afternoon off. To further commemorate the occasion, Del Sol Food is flying a […]
Posted in, Equipment & Technology, Southeast
Publix Recognized as a Best Place to Work in IT
For the eighth consecutive year, Publix has been honored as one of IDG’s Computerworld top workplaces for information technology (IT) professionals. This honor is part of the weekly IT publication’s 19th annual Best Places to Work in IT survey, published in the June 18 issue of Computerworld and online at www.computerworld.com. “Our I/S associates’ contributions […]
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Frito-Lay Sales Associates Honored As PepsiCo’s Top Sales Performers Worldwide
PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America division congratulates its 42 U.S.- and Canadian-based sales associates who were recently honored as PepsiCo’s top sales performer in a ceremony held earlier this month at PepsiCo global headquarters in Purchase, N.Y. The honorees are among 226 sales people in 2012 inducted into the company’s “President’s Ring of Honor,” which was […]
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Giant Food Hiring 900 Part-Timers With Acquisition of Genuardi’s Stores
Giant Food Stores said it will hire 900 part-time employees as part of its acquisition of 15 Genuardi’s stores. The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that Giant made the announcement Friday after receiving Federal Trade Commission approval to buy the Genuardi’s Family Markets from Safeway Inc. The stores are in the Philadelphia area. Giant, of Carlisle, […]
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Pepsi Bottling Seeks Incentives For Winston-Salem Expansion
Pepsi Bottling Ventures is seeking up to $1 million in incentives from the city of Winston-Salem, N.C., to help expand its sales and distribution operations, the Winston-Salem Journal reports. Local officials told the newspaper that if Winston-Salem is selected for the expansion, the company plans to invest close to $80 million in a move that […]
Posted in, Northeast, Southwest
The Fresh Market Entering Three New States This Month
The Fresh Market is making an entry into three new states later this month: New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Kansas. The New Hampshire and Oklahoma stores will open June 27, while the Kansas store will open June 20. The Bedford, N.H., store at 79 South River Rd. will be 21,300 s.f. It will bring 90 new […]
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Fairway Market Opening in Woodland Park, N.J., on Wednesday
Passaic County, N.J., is getting a Fairway Market on Wednesday, June 6. The new store at 1510 U.S. 46 and Browertown Road in Woodland Park will open at 11 a.m. The store’s opening will mark the second Fairway Market in the Garden State. The approximately 62,000-s.f. location offers a combination of traditional, organic and specialty […]
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Pearson Foods Workers Elect Union Representation
Workers at Pearson Foods in Grand Rapdis, Mich., voted for union representation Friday, authorizing the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 951 to represent them in contract negotiations with their employer, a fresh-cut food processing company. “Workers at Pearson Foods were looking for some help,” John Cakmakci, UFCW 951’s secretary-treasurer, said. “They wanted to […]
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Chip O’Hare Honored as MFA’s Person of the Year
The Massachusetts Food Association (MFA) honored JOH’s Chairman and CEO Harry “Chip” O’Hare last weekend as its 2012 Person of the Year with the presentation of the Milton W. Segel Distinguished Service Award. O’Hare’s selection was based on his decades of service to the MFA and the CPG industry. O’Hare joined the MFA Board of […]
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Colorado Farm Linked to Listeria Outbreak Files for Bankruptcy
The Colorado farm that grew cantaloupes linked to a listeria outbreak that killed more than 30 people last year has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, court documents showed. Reuters reports that Jensen Farms of Holly, Colo., listed $2.1 million in assets and more than $2.5 million in liabilities in documents filed on Friday in […]
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Whole Foods Market Names New Regional Presidents
Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market has named Scott Allshouse, Omar Gaye and Rob Twyman as regional presidents following the promotion of David Lannon and Kenneth Meyer to EVPs of operations. Allshouse fills Meyer’s former role as president of the company’s Mid-Atlantic region. He moves from his position as president of the South region. Allshouse began […]
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Coke Among Most Valuable Brands
Atlanta remains home to three of the world’s most valuable brands, including Coke—and those brands’ values are still growing. According to a study by annual BrandZ study by market researcher Millward Brown, The Coca-Cola Co., UPS and The Home Depot are among the 100 most valuable brands on earth. The Atlanta Business Journal reports that […]
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Contract Talks Continue at Grocery Store Chains
Labor contract talks between union leadership and Raley’s continue with a mediator, and Save Mart Supermarkets has extended it contract with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, according to the Sacramento Business Journal.
Posted in, Midwest
General Mills Cutting 850 Jobs
General Mills said today that it is eliminating 850 jobs worldwide in an effort to cut costs. Golden Valley, Minn.-based General Mills said in a news release the move would cost $109 million, with most of that being recorded in the fourth quarter, which ends May 27. General Mills said the move is “designed to […]
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Wegmans Completes Distribution Hub In Pottsville, Pa.
The opening of the third building at Wegmans Food Markets’ Retail Service Center in Pottsville, Pa., completes a distribution hub that helps the company bring a full range of products to stores, fresher and more quickly than ever before. It also reduces transportation costs, so the company can continue offering customers consistent low prices. Wegmans’ […]
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Campbell Soup Co. Names Adam Kmiec Director of Digital Marketing, Social Media
Campbell Soup Co. has appointed Adam Kmiec as director of digital marketing and social media. Kmiec, 32, will lead Campbell’s digital marketing and social media efforts to enhance consumer demand and build equity for the company and its brands. Kmiec will be responsible for leading a global digital marketing and social media strategy that encompasses […]
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Atlantic City Finally Gets Full-Service Grocery Store As Save-A-Lot Opens
Save-A-Lot, one of the nation’s leading hard discount, limited assortment grocery chains and a wholly owned subsidiary of Supervalu, will open its first Atlantic City, N..J., store today, May 17—becoming the first full-service grocery store within a 21-mile radius of the city. A grand opening ceremony for the store, located at 1501 Atlantic Ave., was […]