FMI Celebrates Seven Extraordinary Food Industry Executives

January 24, 2023 FMI

FMI—The Food Industry Association announces its 2023 Executive Leadership Awards recipients.

Walmart Commerce Technologies and Salesforce Team Up to Unlock Local Fulfillment and Delivery Solutions for Retailers

January 24, 2023 Walmart

Walmart Commerce Technologies and Walmart GoLocal announced a partnership with Salesforce to provide retailers with access to technologies and solutions that power frictionless local pickup and delivery for shoppers everywhere. Both Walmart Commerce Technologies Store Assist local fulfillment app and Walmart GoLocal local delivery solutions will be available through Salesforce AppExchangeto help retailers thrive in today’s hybrid shopping world.

Invafresh Deployed as a Single Solution for Grocery Operations for The Fresh Market

January 24, 2023 Invafresh

Invafresh, the industry standard for fresh food retail operations, today announced that The Fresh Market has expanded its relationship with Invafresh and is now utilizing the Invafresh Fresh Retail Platform for all of its grocery retail operations, from perimeter to center store. Invafresh has now been successfully deployed across all The Fresh Market’s categories including produce, meat, deli, dairy, bakery, grocery, bulk, and floral.

Owners of UK Supermarket Asda and EG Group Considering Merger, the Times Reports

January 24, 2023 Reuters

British supermarket chain Asda could be merged with petrol forecourts business EG Group under plans being explored by the owners of both companies, the London-based Times reported on Saturday.

JOH Announces Recipient of 2022 Harry O’Hare Award, Ron Briggs

January 24, 2023 JOH

JOH is pleased to announce that Ron Briggs has been awarded the prestigious Harry O’Hare Award for 2022. He is an Account Executive in our Pittsburgh/Cleveland office and a 23-year veteran of JOH.