Month: August 2015

Net Access, a leading provider of hybrid data center solutions, today announced that Woodbridge, N.J. based Grocery Haulers, Inc. (GHI) will be leveraging their FLEXCloud platform as the backbone for their proprietary G-Haul system. Grocery Haulers provides fully integrated logistics solutions and dedicated transportation services to various sectors of the food industry, from individual suppliers to regional supermarket chains. …

Health care policy makers have long fretted about how to make more fresh foods available to low-income Bronx residents who live in so-called food deserts that are devoid of fruits and vegetables. They have introduced farmers' markets in some Bronx communities, but breaking down other barriers to access has been difficult. There has been some recent progress. …

Aldi became one of the world’s biggest food retailers using a simple formula of no-frills stores offering a small assortment of products at rock-bottom prices. After decades of expansion in Europe, it followed the same strategy in the U.S., where it gets about $8 billion in annual sales and is growing from 15 percent to 20 percent a year, estimates Jim Hertel, managing partner at food-retail consultant Willard Bishop. Now the low-end discounter is working to also make itself more attractive to a different consumer: the type that shops at Trader Joe’s. …

Door to Door Organics, a leading natural and organic online grocer, today announced expansion into two new markets, Des Moines, Iowa, and Columbus, Ohio, as well as additional areas of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Pueblo. …

The Board of Directors of Daymon Worldwide announced today the appointment of Jim Holbrook as Chief Executive Officer of Daymon Worldwide, effective September 1, 2015. Holbrook also joins the Daymon Board of Directors. …