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  • Spill & Dish: A Specialty Food Association Podcast
    Industry Operations April 17, 2024

    Retailers Share Their Sourcing Philosophies

    On Spill & Dish: A Specialty Food Association Podcast, SFA hosts sit down and talk with specialty food industry retail leaders. Below they go into their philosophy when working with makers.
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  • aerial rendering of Wegmans in Charlotte

    Wegmans Plans North Carolina Location

    Wegmans Food Markets and Northwood Investors LLC have announced plans for a new Wegmans location on the Ballantyne campus.
  • Aldi entrance

    Aldi Deploys Checkout-Free Shopping

    Aldi has launched Aldigo checkout free shopping in partnership with Grabango at a Chicago-area store.
  • Yes, Apple packaging
    Industry Operations April 17, 2024

    Produce Gets a Branding Push

    The everyday apple and other fruits and vegetables are getting a glow-up thanks to reimagined packaging and marketing strategies that borrow from big CPG brands, reports The Wall Street Journal.
  • Meijer BeBot

    Meijer Helps Launch Litter Clean-Up Technologies

    Meijer is making a $250,000 donation to the Council of the Great Lakes Region Foundation to launch a set of litter capture and clean-up technologies, the BeBot and PixieDrone.
  • stacks of bills

    Headwinds Slow M&A Market for Food, Beverage Products

    Small companies seeking an investment or sale to a buyer face a challenging environment, according to a recent Food Institute webinar on mergers and acquisitions in the food industry.
  • Powered By Gopuff
    Industry Operations April 16, 2024

    Gopuff Launches Third-Party Integration

    Ultrafast food delivery service Gopuff unveiled Monday Powered by Gopuff, a logistics and technology platform...
  • coffee beans

    Global Coffee Consumption on the Rise

    There has been a significant surge in global coffee consumption, signaling an opportunity for coffee brands worldwide, according to Circana.
  • Panera New Menu Items
    Industry Operations April 16, 2024

    Panera, Starbucks Revamp Menus

    Panera and Starbucks recently debuted additions to their foodservice menus that emphasize flavor diversity.
  • The Fresh Market Mother's Day dishes

    The Fresh Market Debuts Mother's Day Deals

    The Fresh Market said Monday it is offering deals on gifts and groceries to celebrate Mother’s Day.
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  • Picture of plant
    Industry Operations April 16, 2024

    Food Shortages, Price Hikes Hit UK

    Extreme weather events have hampered crop yields on farms locally and internationally, causing the U.K. to experience food shortages and price increases.
  • interior shot of Metcalfe's Market

    SpartanNash to Acquire Metcalfe's Market

    SpartanNash today announced its acquisition of Metcalfe's Market.
  • Woman enjoying sandwich outside.

    BP Accelerates Foodservice, Private Label

    BP said Thursday that locations around the world are expanding the range of food and drinks available to customers, merchandising freshly prepared offerings and new private-label snacks.
  • Senior citizen shopping for groceries.
    Industry Operations April 15, 2024

    NY Bill Would Require Automatically-Applied Digital Coupons for Seniors

    New York State Senator George Borrello introduced legislation to ensure that digital-only coupons and deals are automatically applied to eligible grocery store purchases of senior citizens...
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  • Trader Joe's storefront
    Industry Operations April 15, 2024

    Report Alleges Amazon Looked to Adopt Trader Joe's Strategy

    When Amazon was working on a private-label food brand, Wickedly Prime, management resolved to replicate top-selling items from Trader Joe’s.