Retail & FoodService

El Pollo Loco Unveils Iconic New Restaurant Design and Eyes Significant Expansion as the Brand Approaches 50th Anniversary

October 30, 2024 El Pollo Loco

While the new restaurant prototype includes existing brand elements – such as the fire stack gradient, logo, and font – that fans have come to know and love, these elements now reflect an updated color palette, footprint, and use of materials. Specifics include interior and furniture upgrades to create a bright and airy space; LED lighting; and energy-efficient hoods and HVAC. …

Eco-Products Debuts Veda Line of Reusable Containers

October 30, 2024 Eco-Products, a Novolex Brand

The new containers, called VedaTM, feature proprietary tracking and collection technology created by OZZI®, a leading reusable systems and container brand. The containers are primarily designed for closed-system foodservice environments like colleges and universities, corporate campuses, military bases and hospitals.  …

Amazon Grocery Stores Leader Tony Hoggett to Leave Company

October 29, 2024 PYMNTS

The company also announced Oct. 9 that it was developing its first automated micro fulfillment center at a Whole Foods store outside Philadelphia. Hoggett said in a press release that this center will allow customers to place orders on the Amazon app while they are shopping at a Whole Foods store, and then pick up those items minutes later at checkout. …

Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association Announces John Zimmerman as the New Director of Communications and Media Relations 

October 29, 2024 The Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association (PFMA)

In this role, he spearheaded video content creation and social media strategies to amplify the organization’s mission of fighting hunger. …

Uber Eats Now Accepting SNAP EBT Nationwide With Albertsons Companies, Walgreens

October 29, 2024 Uber

Available now, Uber Eats is accepting SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer) payments, starting with the regional grocery banners Albertsons, Safeway, Jewel-Osco and Vons as well as Walgreens locations nationwide and Duane Reade stores exclusively in New York. …