Halloween will be here shortly, though trick or treating is going to be a bit more tricky this year amidst COVID-19. Now more than ever, consumers are searching for better-for-you snacks without spooky ingredients to keep kids as healthy as possible. Parents are willing to pay a higher price for a healthy treat, as they understand the long-term value of choosing nutritious, quality snacks over cheaper options that can lead to scary consequences.

Food Lion Feeds is donating 9.5 million meals to Feeding America partner food banks throughout its 10-state footprint through The Faces of Hope campaign, aimed to help support kids and families impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This widespread, far-reaching effort will impact local communities across Food Lion’s 10-state service area and assist their 30 Feeding America partner food banks in meeting unprecedented demand as a result of the pandemic.

Wonderful Pistachios, a leader in championing whole-food plant-based protein, will host a virtual seminar to further educate the nutrition community about plant protein on Friday, Oct. 9. The event will feature two separate 60-minute educational sessions: the first, held from 9:30–10:30 a.m. PT, will be dedicated to registered dietitians in nutrition education, and the second, held from and 11 a.m. to noon PT, will be tailored to sales executives, retailer partners, and supermarket retail dietitians.

Sev-Rend is pleased to announce the addition of Karl Hertel as its new chief financial officer.

Houston, Orlando, New Orleans, Anaheim, and Atlanta — no matter what city the PMA Fresh Summit is held in, Mastronardi Produce is always known to bring flavor in a big way. This year is no exception. With the PMA Fresh Summit taking to a virtual platform, Mastronardi Produce is inviting the industry to join them in Flavorville — the place where its innovative and revolutionary ideas come to fruition, and where its flavorful products go from seed to shelf.

Ball’s Food Stores announced the certification of 100 employees by the American National Standards Institute and the Conference for Food Protection.  Ball’s Foods employees participated in an intensive, seven-hour training course focused on proper food handling, food preparation and food storage along with food safety and sanitation standards that are required by the FDA and USDA through the Food Safety Modernization Act.