Month: March 2016

Arbor Investments Acquires South Coast Baking

March 2, 2016 Arbor Investments

Arbor Investments announced today the acquisition of California-based commercial bakery, South Coast Baking, LLC ("South Coast" or the "Company"). Founded in 2011 by baking industry veteran Kent Hayden, South Coast is one of the preeminent frozen cookie dough manufacturers in North America with an outstanding reputation in the baking industry for product quality, innovation and customer service. The Company operates out of two state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located in Irvine, California and Springdale, Arkansas and is a trusted partner to a number of North America's leading club stores, grocery retailers, foodservice distributors and quick-service restaurants. …

Bakers Appreciative Of Senate Ag Bipartisan Approval Of Uniform GMO Labeling Standard

March 2, 2016 American Bakers Association

The American Bakers Association (ABA) thanks the Senate Agriculture Committee for its strong bipartisan support for Chairman Pat Roberts’ uniform national GMO labeling standard. Passage is critical to protecting bakers from an unnecessary and unworkable patchwork of state labeling laws. …

Americold & Feed The Children Supply 500 Backpacks To Seaborn Lee Elementary School

March 2, 2016 Americold

Americold (www.americold.com), the global leader in temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics to the food industry, and Feed the Children are providing 500 backpacks to students at Seaborn Lee Elementary School (4600 Scarborough Road) in Atlanta, GA in a backpack build activity. …

Grocery Chains Buck Retail Tide With Wave Of New Stores

March 2, 2016 Leon Stafford, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Times may be tough for brick-and-mortar stores in the rest of the retail industry, but not for those selling food. After a slowdown during the Great Recession, grocery store construction has been on a tear in metro Atlanta, with close to 50 new stores going up in the last five years, according to store opening announcements and representatives of various chains.

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ALDI Charges Forward: Now Accepting Credit Cards At Stores Nationwide

March 2, 2016 ALDI Inc.

ALDI, one of America's top three favorite grocers*, will now accept credit cards – including Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express – at all of its stores across the country. This move is yet another way ALDI is making grocery shopping as simple and enjoyable as possible for its more than 30 million customers each month. …