World Plant-Based Awards To Be Presented At The 2nd Annual Plant Based World Conference & Expo

Plant Based World Conference & Expo (PBW) and FoodBev Media are pleased to announce The World Plant-Based Awards will be presented during the opening day of the 2nd annual event taking place at the Javits Center in New York, October 2-3, 2020.

Nielsen First Quarter Numbers Show Growth of Store Brands as Shoppers Stock Up During Crisis

Store brands posted double-digit sales increases across U.S. supermarkets, discounters, and drug stores as shoppers stocked up on products during the first stages of the coronavirus pandemic.

FourKites to Host Largest-Ever Virtual Conference Focused on Carrier and Broker Operations

May 12, 2020 FourKites

Presenters and panelists will include Nick Cook, VP and CIO at FFE Transportation Services; Tim Higham, President and CEO at AscendTMS; Keith Mowery, SVP of Logistics at United States Cold Storage; James Laveck, Senior Director, Transportation & Logistics at GE Appliances; George Henry, SVP of Logistics at USA Truck; Jeff Tucker, CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide; and Terry Finnegan, Senior Director at Sysco.

FDA Issues Re-opening Best Practices Checklist and Infographic for Retail Food Establishments that Closed or Partially Closed Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 12, 2020 FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two documents, a checklist and an infographic, designed to assist retail food establishments that might have been closed or partially closed during the COVID-19 pandemic in preparing to reopen.

Giumarra to Expand Mystic Grape Program for Mexican Season

May 12, 2020 Giumarra Companies

The Giumarra Companies announces the expansion of its exclusive line of Mystic-branded premium grapes to fruit grown in Mexico. This is a first for the program, which originally included only Chilean red seedless grapes and expanded earlier this year to include both Peruvian and Chilean-grown red, green, and black seedless premium varieties.