Steve Persitza, Food For All's vice president of sales and marketing in the Western region, knows firsthand about food industry consolidation. It brought him to Food For All nearly 10 years ago after a 20-year career with Hughes Family Markets...
SUPERVALU CHAIN CONCENTRATES EFFORT ON ONE DRIVE LANHAM, Md. Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, a price-impact chain here, has reached a healthy fund-raising stride over the past seven years with Food For All. The chain is one of eight Supervalu banners...
Tracey Taylor may have landed the perfect job when she joined Food For All about 14 years ago. After graduating college and serving two years as an AmeriCorps*VISTA volunteer, Taylor found herself in Washington at Food For All headquarters as...
Giant Eagle expanded its $4 generic prescription program this month to include over 400 medications in 20 therapeutic categories. Originally launched in late 2006 with just over 300 drugs, the program covers 30-day supplies. In addition, the...
Safeway has joined with the Prostate Cancer Foundation in Washington, D.C., to donate $3 million apiece to fund a program called Special Team Amplification of Research (S.T.A.R.) — a research initiative that will explore the role of targeted...
In an effort to foster a constructive dialogue about food safety among academics, food industry executives, consumer advocates and government officials, Cooperating for Food Safety recently held a one-day symposium at the Embassy Suites Convention...
Consumer attitudes about natural and organic products, as well as the environment, are decidedly mixed, according to Parade magazine's 2007 What America Eats Survey, which was released last week. Only 8% of respondents said it was very important...
WEGMANS SELLS EGG FARM ROCHESTER, N.Y. Citing economies of scale, Wegmans Food Markets here has sold the Wayne County, N.Y.-based egg farm that had produced the chain's private-label eggs. There has been a lot of consolidation in the egg industry...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that it will require all Canadian meat and poultry products to be tested for E. coli, salmonella and listeria monocytogenes before they can enter the U.S. for sale or additional processing. The move...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association has praised the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's new Food Protection Plan: An Integrated Strategy for Protecting the Nation's Food Supply. Released last week, the report presents a set of integrated...