Closing out 2022, public health officials have been warning for weeks that a “tripledemic” of COVID-19, flu and R.S.V. would strain an already weary health care system. Hospitalizations from the three viruses have been rising together. Nationally, R.S.V. appears to have peaked, and flu is peaking in a few parts of the country, but infections from the two viruses are expected to plateau at high levels.
In November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the food and beverage stores added 4,500 positions within a tight labor market, while bars and restaurants added 62,100 positions.
Outside from the most recent beautiful store in Beverly Hills, Erewhon is in the works of opening their 9th location in Culver City.
With a vision of “leveraging the power of the natural products industry to reverse climate change,” the nonprofit Climate Collaborative’s 2022 Tracking Progress Annual Report, published in December 2022, reflects the responses from 224 businesses in the natural channel.
Whole Foods Market temporarily halted the sale of Maine lobsters effective December 15th in response to a change in sustainability ratings by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). The MSC suspended its certification of Maine lobster due to the perceived impact on the local endangered North Atlantic right whale population.
Walmart has expanded its drone delivery program to an additional six states, including Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Utah, and Virginia.
Business is booming for GreenWise Market, a chain of small-format specialty grocery stores operated by Publix.
Associated Food Stores is teaming up with Mesmerize to install digital displays in the pharmacy areas of 40 retail locations.
About a year after withdrawing its plans to go public, Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers Inc., (SEG) is exploring a sale.
Boulder-based Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy Inc.’s parent company, Medly Health Inc., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December.
New Seasons Market has been selected as Oregon’s ninth “Most Admired Company” by the Portland Business Journal.
After six years with KeHE as their primary distributor, New Seasons Market has announced that they will be moving forward with a new single primary distributor, UNFI/TFF.
A new H-E-B in Austin on Lake Austin Boulevard has set a grand opening date of February 15th.
H-E-B broke ground on a new location in north Tarrant County, on the northern boundary of Fort Worth. The new store is scheduled to open in late spring 2024 at 3451 Heritage Trace Parkway in the Alliance neighborhood of Fort Worth.
H-E-B celebrated its 117th anniversary in Kerrville, Texas with the opening of its first brand shop.
Bashas’ division support and administrative employees will relocate to a new, upgraded facility in Chandler, Arizona, this coming spring.
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Canyon Market located in the Glen Park neighborhood in San Francisco since 2006 has been purchased by Gus’s Markets.
UNFI has stepped up investment in its Mid-Atlantic supermarket chain Shoppers, which not so long ago was earmarked for divestiture.
KeHE sent notification to suppliers regarding the new regulations in New York and California
KeHE communicated, that effective January 1st, 2023, Connecticut is expanding the “noncarbonated beverages” covered by the “Bottle Bill”
KeHE announces their new AOM (Advanced Order Management) requirements and sent a follow up action notification regarding the GTIN requirements.
KeHE is very excited to announce that with the partnership of KeHE and PRESENCE, Ethique graduated from the KeHE Elevate program on December 2nd, 2022.
UNFI announced it has opened a 125,000 square foot refrigerated distribution center in Londonderry, New Hampshire.
UNFI has announced updates to their handling service fee structure to provide consistency, align to current market rates, improve efficiency and service to their customers.
It has come to UNFI’s attention that a bad actor is posing as a UNFI employee and has tried to order product from at least one UNFI supplier, presumably without the intent to pay.
Lipari was recently acquired by Littlejohn & Co, a private investment firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Market announced last month restaurant industry veteran Alisa Gmelich has joined the grocery chain as Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer.
Albertsons Southern Division has confirmed the date and location for its 2023 Holiday Show for center store vendor partners.
Meijer donated $1 million to 250 Midwestern foodbanks after customers made 4 million purchases Thanksgiving week.
H-E-B’s holiday Feast of Sharing events were held in person again after two years of social distancing.
Oliver’s was proud to announce on their social media that they have exceeded their goal this year by generating $42,869 as of December 17th, 2022.
We are excited to share that our National Account Executive, Marie Karlsen, got married on December 3rd! Please help us congratulate this happy couple!
We welcomed another baby to the PRESENCE family!
Congratulations to our Executive Assistant, Lisa Schulz, and National Brand Specialist, Bradford Schulz, on the birth of their son Waylon Jeffrey Schulz. He was born on December 7th 2022 at 8:37 A.M. He is 7lbs, 1oz.
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