Month: August 2014

World Trade Center Miami launches its 2014 social media campaign for the Americas Food and Beverage Show with a special free registration code to get into the event. Followers can visit the new blog, or like the Facebook Page. Follow the twitter feed @WTCMiami. The Americas Food and Beverage Show will also have Pinterest, Instagram and Linkedin Accounts for more ways to get the free registration code. This show will take place on October 27-28 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. …

SpartanNash has named company veteran Larry Pierce executive vice president of merchandising and marketing for the Byron Township-based national grocer. …

Farmigo, Benzi Ronen's five-year-old 30-employee startup, sells produce and other products like milk and cheese purchased directly from farmers for 10%-20% less than equivalent grocery store items. He does it by shrinking the supply chain, essentially taking out the middleman. Users place an order online; the order is fulfilled by a farmer who transports it to a centralized packing hub; and then Farmigo delivers it to community drop-off points for the customer to pick up. This all happens within 48 hours. …

Leading online fresh food grocer FreshDirect and Foodily, the world's largest social recipe network, announced today the launch of Popcart, the first web technology in the U.S. that instantly turns any online recipe into deliverable groceries. Developed and powered by Foodily, Popcart allows consumers to browse any recipe – across more than 150+ million food websites and blogs – and seamlessly integrates the ingredients right into a shopping cart. FreshDirect is the first food business to launch this new technology. …