Supermarket Sense 2016 To Welcome Leaders And Learners In Food Retail Industry

August 10, 2016 Hillphoenix

Supermarket Sense 2016 will bring together retail operations, thought leaders and dedicated food retail industry professionals for a comprehensive and collaborative training event next month in the Atlanta metro area. Sponsored by Hillphoenix, Unified Brands, Datassential and Harold Lloyd Presents, the two-day event will be held in Conyers, Ga. on September 21-22.

European Grocer Lidl To Open Regional Headquarters In Cecil County, MD

European grocery chain Lidl will open a regional headquarters and distribution center in Cecil County as it plans its first stores in the United States.

Sprouts Farmers Market Confirms Five State Expansion Plan

Sprouts Farmers Market, a Phoenix-based chain, listed North Carolina in a regulatory filing Tuesday as a "mid-term expansion market," along with Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas.

Freightflow Aims To Level The Playing Field For Produce Industry

August 10, 2016 Freightflow

Progistix®, a technology company based out of Nevada, is excited to launch Freightflow®, the next generation of a cloud-based transportation management system (TMS), at Fresh Summit in Orlando, FL. Designed specifically for the produce industry, Freightflow gives users complete visibility to their transportation planning, execution and settlement needs without costly technology investments.

PEI Potato Industry Partners Launch Enhanced Agronomy Initiative

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board, Cavendish Farms, and the PEI Department of Agriculture and Fisheries are excited to announce the creation of the Enhanced Agronomy Initiative.  This Initiative has a goal of improving marketable yields of processing potatoes and profitability of potato growers in PEI while also improving environmental sustainability of the industry.