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Retailers

Schnucks Seeks to Expand Supplier Diversity

The St. Louis-based grocer says it wants its supplier base to be "reflective of the diverse communities" Schnucks serves.

Industry Partners

FMI Makes Board Appointments, Joins Climate Change Alliance

The association adds five members to its board of directors, including the CEOs of C&S Wholesale Grocers and SpartanNash. Meanwhile, it joins the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance to help create a "safe, affordable and sustainable food supply."

Industry Partners

Retailer-Supplier Collaboration: It’s Time to Step up the Game

By Brian Ross on Oct. 20, 2020

While retailers and suppliers believe collaboration between them is improving, they give a mediocre assessment to elements of their partnership and reveal lots of room to improve shopper-centicity, the author says.

Technology

AI Done Right: Assortment Planning in the Age of COVID

By Gary Saarenvirta on Oct. 19, 2020

The post-COVID environment won't look like the pre-COVID world, the author says, so retailers better look hard at predictive demand.

Technology

Vertical Farm Startup Wins Ahold Delhaize Pitch Competition

By Jon Springer on Oct. 06, 2020

Evergreens Farms, a startup that grows produce indoors, was selected as the most viable technology in Retail Business Services' supply chain innovation mentoring program.

Wholesalers & Distributors

KeHE, National Co+Op Grocers Complete Supplementary Supply Agreement

By WGB Staff on Oct. 05, 2020

The partnership provides the retailer’s members with an alternate source for natural, organic, specialty and fresh products.

Retailers

Meijer Commits to Diversity in Supply Chain

By Kat Martin on Oct. 01, 2020

The retailer will hold its first Supplier Diversity Summit for underrepresented business owners.

Retailers

Kroger Appoints Gabriel Arreaga as New Supply Chain SVP; Robert Clark to Retire

By Jon Springer on Sep. 29, 2020

Arreaga, most recently supply chain SVP for Mondelez, will lead logistics, inventory and replenishment as Clark retires after a 35-year career with the Cincinnati-based grocer.

Fresh Food

Rural Wisconsin Is Going Hyperlocal During COVID-19

By Phil Lempert on Sep. 29, 2020

The Lempert Report: One pilot program is striving to eradicate food, health and economic disparities by embedding hyperlocal food production in everyday community spaces.

Technology

The Food Systems Dashboard Is Remarkable

By Phil Lempert on Sep. 24, 2020

The Lempert Report: The new tool displays a complete picture of more than 230 countries' food systems and identifies what is and isn't working across the supply chain.

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