Cardenas Markets held the 21st annual Cardenas Markets Foundation Golf Tournament on Sept. 16 at Pelican Hill Golf Club in Newport Beach, California, raising more than $900,000 to support scholarships for students in communities the grocer and Los Altos Ranch Markets serve. Cardenas Markets and Los Altos Ranch Markets are banners of Heritage Grocers Group, […]
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NGA Foundation Awards 23 Scholarships
The NGA Foundation, the 501(c)3 nonprofit arm of the National Grocers Association, has announced the 23 recipients of its annual scholarship program, awarded to students planning careers in the grocery industry. “Investing in students through scholarships is one of the most powerful ways the NGA Foundation can help secure the future of the independent grocery […]
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SEG Salutes Military Families With $300K Folds Of Honor Donation
Ahead of Independence Day, Southeastern Grocers (SEG) – parent company of Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie – is supporting local military families by donating $300,000 to Folds of Honor, a patriotic nonprofit. This donation, made possible by customers and employees who contributed during SEG’s eighth annual community donation program, will fund 60 educational scholarships for the […]
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WEST: Cardenas Markets Foundation Launches New Scholarship Program
With the support of Cardenas Markets, the Cardenas Markets Foundation is launching a new scholarship program intended to support students in California (Inland Empire, Imperial Valley and Bay Area), Arizona (Phoenix and Tucson) and Nevada (Las Vegas). Specifically, they will be granting a total of 59 scholarships—one $2,000 award per each of the stores they […]
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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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Minnesota Grocers Association Scholarship Programs Award $70,000
The Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation (MGAF) awarded $25,000 in scholarships to Minnesota Grocers Association (MGA) member companies’ employees or their dependents for the 2018-19 school year. Using funds raised from an annual golf event and silent auction, the MGAF is able to award scholarships and community grants to support the educational growth of students with ties to […]
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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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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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SUNY Delhi Wins Its First International Culinary Competition, And More…
Foodservice News In Brief… The culinary team from SUNY Delhi in Delhi, New York, won the Copa Culinaria Mundial Junior, representing the U.S. at competition in Costa Rica. Team Delhi earned gold medals in both the hot and cold food categories to earn its first victory in international competition. “Winning an international competition represents a […]