Procurement

Golden State Foods Appoints Hugues Labrecque as Vice President of Sales, GSF and Trisha Mcroberts as Group Vice President, Strategic Sourcing

March 30, 2022 Golden State Foods

Golden State Foods (GSF), one of the largest diversified suppliers to the foodservice and retail industries, is pleased to announce two recent appointments, including Hugues Labrecque as vice president of sales, GSF and Trisha McRoberts as group vice president, strategic sourcing. Based in Frisco, Texas, Labrecque leads GSF’s North American sales and customer strategy across multiple business groups, including Dairy Products and Liquid Products. Conyers, Georgia-based McRoberts designs and implements strategic sourcing strategies for packaging, food ingredients, and indirect spend categories across GSF’s North America food manufacturing divisions. …

Procurant Connect Brings New Services to Retail Grocery Procurement Platform

February 2, 2022 Procurant

Procurant, a cloud-based software company transforming the global food supply chain, today announced the release of Procurant Connect, a new module within the Procurant One platform. The new module consolidates critical third-party information for retail buyers and their trading partners and provides quick access to this information during the procurement process. Procurant Connect builds on Procurant One’s open network architecture, providing a hub for produce supply chain data that can be easily customized and personalized. …

Meijer Expands Third Supplier Diversity Event in Search of Diverse-Owned Merchandise Brands and Service Suppliers

February 1, 2022 Meijer

Meijer announced that it will expand its third Supplier Diversity event to include diverse-owned service providers, as well as retail-ready products for its shelves. The March 29-31 event will give diverse-owned businesses nationwide the opportunity to showcase their offerings for interested Meijer buyers and procurement teams. …

Good Food Impact Hub to Help Transform Food System

December 27, 2021 Center for Good Food Purchasing

LOS ANGELES–The nonprofit Center for Good Food Purchasing has launched its Good Food Impact Hub, a suite of online tools that assist large foodservice institutions like school districts calculate the health, environmental and economic value of adopting more sustainable procurement practices. …

Natural Grocers Scales High-Quality Product Sourcing with RangeMe

November 23, 2021 RangeMe

atural Grocers® is partnering with RangeMe, the industry standard online product sourcing platform for retailers and suppliers, to streamline the search for innovative products that meet their high-quality standards for customers. …