Dawn Foods: Opens Boston-Based Digital Innovation Hub
Jackson / MI. (dfp) Global bakery manufacturer and ingredients supplier Dawn Food Products Inc. announced the opening of its first-ever Digital Innovation Hub, located in Boston. Under the leadership of Dawn’s Chief Digital Officer, Bob Howland, the Innovation Hub team will play an instrumental...
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Yum! Brands: Announces Technology-Centric Appointments
Louisville / KY. (yb) Yum! Brands Inc. announced that it has hired Clay Johnson, 49, as the Company’s Chief Digital and Technology Officer, and promoted Gavin Felder, 40, to Chief Strategy Officer. These newly created leadership positions will partner with the global brand divisions to elevate the...
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Nestle: inaugurates packaging research institute
Vevey / CH. (nsa) Swiss Nestle S.A. officially inaugurated the Institute of Packaging Sciences, the first-of-its-kind in the food industry. The new Institute enables Nestle to accelerate its efforts to bring functional, safe and environmentally friendly packaging solutions to the market and to address...
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Packaging Suppliers Focus on Sustainable Solutions
Santa Clara / CA. (fs) Frost + Sullivan’s latest analysis, «Global Food and Beverage (F+B) Packaging Market, Forecast to 2030», reveals that the need to reduce material usage and develop more sustainable, durable and lighter-weight packaging solutions with lower production costs are...
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4 Ways to Improve Outreach to Affluent Food Shoppers
Rockville / MD. (pf) The food culture and buying habits of affluent food shoppers (the 42 million grocery shoppers in the U.S. with household incomes of USD 150,000 or more) cause them to have a disproportionate impact on the bottom line of brick-and-mortar supermarkets and grocery stores.
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Unilever Achieves 100 percent Renewable Electricity
London, UK / Rotterdam, NL. (ul) Unilever announced that its factories, offices, R+D facilities, data centres, warehouses and distribution centres across five continents are now powered by 100 percent renewable grid electricity. As far as possible, Unilever’s transition to renewable electricity has...
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Kroger and Ocado Name Dallas Location Fifth High-Tech CFC
Cincinnati / OH. (tkc) The Kroger Company, America’s largest grocery retailer, and Ocado, one of the world’s largest dedicated online grocery retailers, announced Dallas, Texas, as the fifth location for a Customer Fulfillment Center (CFC). Kroger is incredibly excited to construct one of our industry...
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Coffee Holding: Reports Q3 and 9M-2019 Financial Results
Staten Island / NY. (chc) Coffee Holding Company Inc. announced its operating results for the three months and nine months ended July 31, 2019. Net Sales. Net sales totaled USD 21,594,285 for the three months ended July 31, 2019, a decrease of USD 1,845,618, or 7.8 percent, from USD...
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Kroger Reports Second Quarter 2019 Results
Cincinnati / OH. (tkc) The Kroger Company reported its second quarter 2019 results that ended on August 17, 2019. Identical Sales without fuel grew 2.2 percent and digital sales grew 31 percent. Comments from Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen «The Restock Kroger framework is...
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Starbucks: Announces Three New Appointments to Board
Seattle / WA. (sc) Starbucks Corporation announced the appointment of Richard (Ritch) E. Allison, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of Domino’s; Andrew (Andy) Campion, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NIKE; and Isabel Ge Mahe, Apple’s Vice President and Managing Director of...
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