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HOLLIS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, JUNE 17, 2022— Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to provide up to $200 million in assistance for specialty crop producers who incur eligible on-farm food safety program expenses to obtain or renew a food safety certification in calendar years 2022 or 2023. USDA’s new Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops (FSCSC) program will help to offset costs for specialty crop producers to comply with regulatory requirements and market-driven food safety certification requirements, which is part of USDA’s broader effort to transform the food system to create a more level playing field…

BJ’s Wholesale Club recently announced that it is entering the Hoosier State with a new club planned for Noblesville, Ind. The Westborough, Mass.-based club, which reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter earnings, said it will also open three additional clubs, to be located in New Albany, Ohio., Wayne, N.J.., and Midlothian, Va., as part of the next phase of its 2022 development plans. BJ’s said the new locations will have a BJ’s gas station. The new stores will offer fresh foods, deli, produce, sundries, seasonal products and BJ’s exclusive brands such as Wellsley Farms and Berkley Jensen. Curbside pickup, ExpressPay and same-day delivery will also be available. “We’ve seen tremendous…

Food Lion, which continues to lead brand performance in the U.S. as an Ahold Delhaize banner, held a June 15 ribbon-cutting ceremony for its newly-renovated Goose Creek, S.C., store at 142 St. James Ave. The remodeled store features an expanded hot food bar that offers a wide selection of Asian menu items and an assortment of wings. The Salisbury, N.C.-based banner said renovations also included a new front end for quick and easy check-out experience, and the store now offers Food Lion To Go grocery pickup. Store manager Tyrell McPherson welcomed the opportunity to reintroduce the fully remodeled store to the Goose Creek community. “I grew up about 20 miles…

Carlisle, Pa.-based The Giant Co. has a busy summer planned as it announced June 10 that it will open two new Philadelphia area stores. The first location will be at 501 N. Broad St. in Philadelphia, which will open June 24, and the second will open July 1 at 1025 Second St. Pike in Richboro, Penn., The Giant Co. said in statement. As part of its continued growth within greater Philadelphia, The Giant Co. said its 50,700-square-foot store in Philadelphia will employ close to 150 full- and part-time employees. The 49,800-square-foot Richboro store will operate from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week…

Private equity firm Apollo Funds announced that funds managed by its affiliates have agreed to acquire Cardenas Markets — the 59-store Hispanic grocer with stores in California, Nevada and Arizona — from current owner KKR. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Once the transaction is complete, Apollo Funds will combine Cardenas with the recently acquired Tony’s Fresh Market to create a nearly 80-store Hispanic and ethnic grocer that has around $1.8 billion in combined revenues. The companies expect the transaction to close by the third quarter of this year. Both Cardenas and Tony’s will continue operating under their existing…

13/06/2022 LOUISVILLE, KY/ATLANTA, GA – June 13, 2022 – Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE: BFA) (NYSE: BFB) and The Coca‑Cola Company (NYSE: KO) today announced a global relationship to debut the iconic Jack & Coke cocktail as a branded, ready-to-drink (RTD) pre-mixed cocktail option. Jack Daniel’s & Coca‑Cola RTD, inspired by the classic bar cocktail, will be made with Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey and Coca‑Cola. The beverage will be available in markets around the world, with initial launch planned for Mexico in late 2022. “This relationship brings together two classic American icons to deliver consumers a taste experience they love in a…

Florianópolis (SC) – After negative results in the first quarter, sales in the Santa Catarina supermarket sector grew in April, both in the comparison with April 2021 (+4.86%), and in the comparison with March 2022 (+5.02%). The accumulated figure for the first four months of 2022 is at +1.70%, all indices already deflated by the IPCA. The data was collected in the monthly survey of the Sales Thermometer, carried out by the Association of Supermarkets of Santa Catarina (Acats) . Companies of all sizes and regions of Santa Catarina participated in this sample. For the president of the Association of…

10-06-2022 Food-at-home prices increased 11.9% over the past year — the largest 12-month increase since the period ending April 1979 — according to Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for May released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Friday. The monthly food-at-home index rose 1.4% in May, up from the 1% increase recorded in April. Shelter, gas and food price increases were the main factors behind the annual CPI increase for all items of 8.6% in May — the largest 12-month increase since the period ending December 1981. May marked the fifth consecutive monthly increase of at least…

June 09, 2022 Ontario, California-based Cardenas Markets announced June 9 that it will acquire six Rio Ranch Market stores, expanding its presence in Southern California. “Cardenas Markets, a member of The Hispanic Retail Chamber of Commerce, will grow stronger every day as this acquisition will further solidify the company’s position as one of the leading Hispanic supermarket chains,” Doug Sanders, president and CEO, said in a statement. Cardenas Markets executive. «As we look to the future, we will continue to identify strategic opportunities to grow our business while providing a new and authentic shopping journey for our customers.» Cárdenas operates…

07-06-2022 Grupo Carrefour Brasil announces, today (07), the conclusion of the acquisition of Grupo Big. With this, the retailer expands its cash & carry formats, hypermarkets and supermarkets, and joins new models, such as the Sam’s Club shopping club. In the coming months, most of Grupo Big’s stores will be converted to Carrefour banners, with the majority being for Atacadão. In this way, the company will have more than 1,000 points of sale throughout the country and will receive 15 million new consumers, expanding its current base of 45 million customers per month. In the Northeast, more than 250 units…