Chicory and MilkPEP Partner to Release Shoppable Digital Milk Aisle

The Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP)—a national board funded by the nation’s milk companies to promote the consumption of fluid milk—and Chicory—the New York City-based grocery tech company. In partnership with Campbell Ewald and Arc Worldwide, Chicory and MilkPEP announced today that they have joined forces to stimulate ecommerce growth of dairy milk using a first-to-market digital milk aisle experience.

Cobourg Bakery Expanding Operations, Hiring 50 new Full-time Employees

Maplehurst Bakeries produces a line of white and chocolate cakes as well as Swiss rolls and fruit cake. Manager Larry Brandt says the plant is expanding and adding more full-time roles due to increased demand.

A Beloved Bread, Updated to Be Even Better

January 15, 2019 Zingerman's Bakehouse

We have already been making a great (if we do say so ourselves) Vollkornbrot (Vollk 1.0) that our guests have come to love and appreciate over the years. But part of the Zingerman’s ethos is “constant improvement,” and we believed this bread could be revised to have improved flavor and texture.

Beloved SF Bakery Scales Back On Wholesale Accounts — Temporarily

Recently, a sign was posted in The Market’s bread aisle stating that the bakery was “refocusing their efforts and will no longer be selling their breads outside of their locations” and that the last expected delivery of bread would be today, January 11.

CEO of Kroger Explains why the Harris Teeter Merger Positions Them to Take on Amazon and Whole Foods

January 15, 2019 Áine Cain, Business Insider

He said his company, which has a $22.39 billion market cap, had worked for years under the assumption that the online retail giant would either establish its own grocery business or acquire a retail chain. The latter happened in 2017 when Amazon gobbled up Whole Foods.