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Christine LaFave Grace

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Christine LaFave Grace

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Center Store

Check Your Spam Folder: Hormel Acquires Planters

Hormel said the deal broadens its scope for future deals in the snacking space.

Fresh Food

Meat Trends Favor Snacking, Affordability

From charcuterie to lunch meat and jerky, consumers clamor for convenient protein.

Adult Beverages

Walmart Debuts Black Is Beautiful Beer From Weathered Souls Brewing

For Walmart, building supplier diversity means helping smaller suppliers scale up. To bring Weathered Souls' Black Is Beautiful stout to store shelves, that included enlisting the help of eight other craft breweries.

Retailers

Q&A: Whole Foods Global EVP Christina Minardi on Building a Local Love Story

With no food sampling in-stores and many consumers doing at least some of their grocery shopping online, how can a brand support new-product discovery—and the basket sales boost that comes from it?

Retailers

Walmart Says it Will Appeal Dismissal of Its Lawsuit in Opioid Dispute

A Texas district court judge dismissed Walmart's lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Agency.

Retailers

Grocery Stores See Job Gains in January

Food and beverage stores added more jobs in January than they did in December, according to BLS data, while warehousing and delivery jobs declined for the month.

Technology

Stop & Shop Debuts Grocery Lockers in Boston

Stop and shop ... or not: Massachusetts-based Stop & Shop, an Ahold Delhaize brand, adds order pickup from temperature-controlled lockers at Boston store.

Fresh Food

Raley's Seeds Growth for Food Innovation Incubator

Raley's will have a namesake food lab as part of its sponsorship of the AgStart food and agriculture incubator, a public-private partnership to support next-generation food entrepreneurship.

Retailers

Pharmacies to Get COVID-19 Vaccines Directly From Federal Government

Walmart says its pharmacies are ready to go; FMI praises the move to expand vaccination access.

Retailers

Walmart, Kroger Announce Racial Equity Grants

Walmart and the Walmart Foundation have announced the recipients of a first round of grants supporting racial equity initiatives across the U.S. Meanwhile, the Kroger Foundation picks four beneficiaries for its "Build It Together" initiative.

Fresh Food

Robotic-Farming Specialist Inks Expanded Deal With Giant Eagle

Fifth Season produce will now be available at more than 75 Giant Eagle and Market District grocery stores in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Retailers

5 Lessons Learned: Moving the Needle on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Grocery Industry

"You have to keep asking yourselves, 'Are we solving the right problem? How do we keep listening?'" Schnucks CEO Todd Schnuck says at FMI's Midwinter Executive Conference.

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