Month: September 2013

Wonder, Merita, Home Pride, & Butternut Breads Return To Grocery Stores In Flowers Foods' Market Area

September 25, 2013 Flowers Foods

Four of America's best-known bread brands, including the classic Wonder bread, are returning to grocery store shelves across the country starting this week. Flowers Foods, a leading producer and marketer of packaged bakery foods in the U.S., acquired the brands from Old HB, Inc. (formerly Hostess Brands) in July. The brands have been off the market since Hostess declared bankruptcy 10 months ago. …

CFIA: Undeclared Allergen In Certain Farm Boy Brand Plain Croissants

September 25, 2013 Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Farm Boy 2012 Inc. are warning people with allergies to eggs and milk not to consume the Farm Boy brand Plain Croissants described below. The affected product contains egg and milk which are not declared on the label. …

Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market Opens In L.A.’s Chinatown

September 25, 2013 Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times

A hotly contested Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market had its soft opening Friday in Chinatown, where it was met by some of the protesters who have fought its arrival for more than a year. …

New York’s Largest Grocery Workers Union & Supermarkets Agree To Two Week Contract Extension

September 25, 2013 United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 1500

United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 1500, New York State's largest grocery workers Union, and representatives of Stop and Shop and King Kullen Supermarkets have agreed to extend negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement beyond the September 28th, 2013 contract expiration date. Due to the challenges the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has presented during the ongoing discussions, both parties have agreed to extend the term of the existing contract until October 12th, 2013. …

Gopher Grocery Injects Technology Into Age-Old Business

September 25, 2013 Nick Woltman, Pioneer Press

Although online grocery delivery seems like a no-brainer in the age of Amazon and Netflix — and William Orkin is quick to admit that he is far from the first entrepreneur to capitalize on the idea — Gopher Grocery …