Meijer Seeks Midwest-Made Products at its Second Virtual Localization Summit

April 28, 2022 Meijer

Meijer announced today the return of its Lift Local Supplier Event, giving local businesses across the retailer’s six-state footprint the opportunity to virtually showcase their offerings to Meijer buyers and procurement teams.

Here’s How JOKR Became Gross-Profit Positive Amid a Cutthroat Grocery Delivery Industry

Delivery company JOKR was also not immune to some skepticism in its early months. Last October, The Information reported that the company, founded earlier this year, “lost $13.6 million on $1.7 million of revenue, as of the end of July. It spent $2.3 million just on purchasing and delivering goods.”

Food Distributor SpartanNash attracts Acquisition Interest -sources

April 28, 2022 Reuters

United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI.N) and Oak Street Real Estate Capital are separately working on bids for U.S. food distributor SpartanNash Co (SPTN.O), people familiar the matter said on Tuesday.

Bringg Sees 12% Reduction in Enterprise Retailers’ Carbon Emissions of Last-Mile Delivery Across the SaaS Platform

April 28, 2022 Bringg

 Bringg, the leading delivery and fulfillment cloud platform provider, today announced that with its BringgGreen Sustainability Tech Practice, they have provided retailers over the past year with the best practices and capabilities to prioritize, measure and report on sustainable last mile deliveries as part of their net-zero journeys.

EPC/SCDA 50th Anniversary Meeting

April 28, 2022 Eastern Produce Council

The Eastern Produce Council and South Carolina celebrated their 50th Anniversary together at TopGolf in Edison, NJ on Tuesday, April 26th.  This meeting marked the 50th consecutive year SCDA came up to New Jersey to sponsor a meeting for the council.  Marianne Santo, EPC President and Category Manager of Wakefern Food Corp., welcomed the group and thanked the Department for their decades of support.