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Walmart and BuzzFeed’s Tasty are serving up shoppable recipes. Now, customers can add the entire ingredient list from a menu of 4,000 Tasty videos right to their Walmart Online Grocery carts with one click. From there, they can place their order for pickup from more than 2,500 stores nationwide or have the groceries delivered to their homes from more than 1,100 stores across the country.
“Finding that perfect recipe, creating...
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Today's Headlines
- Fresh Arctic apple slices launching into foodservice markets
- FPAA to celebrate 75 years at November convention
- Target's new brand has everything from Avocado toast salad kits to Z
- Rainier Fruit moves beyond organics to regenerative agriculture
- Wisconsin cranberry crop gets a boost from summer heat
- Giant acquires Pennsylvania chain
- Superior Fresh leading the way in aquaponics
- In the Trenches: Nothing happens until you sell something
What's New
A consolidated sales effort is being launched this fall in the Michigan apple deal.
The sales desks of Michigan Fresh Marketing LLC, in Comstock Park, MI, and BelleHarvest Sales Inc., in Belding, MI, are for the first time uniting.
Chuck Yow, who is now the director of sales at Michigan Fresh, is leading the coordinated effort. The sales teams, which will operate...
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“For us it’s simple” in the Michigan apple business. “We focus on and stress having a quality pack,” said Tyler Hodges, a salesman for the firm. The customers of Superior Sales, Inc. receive “round-the-clock service,” he added.
Tyler Hodges in the Hudsonville, MI, warehouse of Superior Sales Inc.In early September, Superior Sales, which is based in Hudsonville,...
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Progressive Produce has hired Howard Nager as its vice president of business development and marketing.
“We are excited to have someone of Howard Nager’s caliber and experience joining the company," said Marty Kamer, president of Progressive Produce. "Howard is an excellent fit with Progressive’s...
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Buyers give rave reviews of PMA Foodservice show
MONTEREY, CA — With over 1,800 attendees from across the foodservice produce supply chain and more than 40 ...
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Pat Steider (center) of Summeripe with Dan McAllister and Greg Veneziano of Bozzuto's Inc.
British Columbia cherries warming up as Chile gets winter heat wave
British Columbia, which is large producer of cherries and berries this time of year, will experience a heat wave starting today an...
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