There are not too many things people can truly count on these days. Food Lion makes every effort to be one of those things to its shoppers. So much so that it is embedded in its strategy — “Easy, Fresh & Affordable. You can count on Food Lion… Every day!”

The strategy drives every element of the company’s business, from the services offered to merchandising and marketing. It is more than a promise, it’s an approach that sums up how they help provide affordable groceries to the communities it serves.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against US Fresh Corp. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. The company, operating from New York, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 38 produce sellers in the amount of $952,319 from April 2021 through April 2022.

Flashfood added Nicholas Bertram to its leadership team in a newly created position of president and chief operating officer.

‍Bertram joins the company with more than 20 years of experience in the retail industry where he has dedicated his career to achieving sustainability, innovation and growth for companies including Jewel-Osco, Walmart and most recently as president of The Giant Co., an Ahold Delhaize brand.

Vick Family Farms has been growing sweetpotatoes since the early ’80s and its Carolina Gold brand has been on the shelves since 1996. 

Jac. Vandenberg’s Sunrays brand was celebrated for excellence in package innovation and sustainable design at the prestigious PAC Global Awards. The company’s branding and marketing team took home the Award of Distinction for its Sunrays home compostable grape bags in what marked a record-breaking year of submissions to the competition. This was the first entry Jac.

U.S. Customs & Border Protection Officers seized another narcotic shipment concealed within pallets of radishes at the Calexico Port of Entry — less than a week after another illicit shipment was rooted out. This delivery weighed in at 4,563 pounds, an estimated street value of $5.48 million.