NGA Recognizes Two Industry Leaders with Prestigious Awards
The National Grocers Association (NGA) recognized two industry leaders with top awards during the 2019 NGA Show. …
Month: March 2019
The 36th Annual NGA Show Concludes With Over 3,500 Industry Leading Grocery Professionals in Attendance
The NGA Show closed earlier this week with 3,500 industry professionals in attendance for the three day event, which was held for the first time in San Diego. The annual trade show and conference brought together independent retailers and wholesalers, food retail industry executives, food/CPG manufacturers and service providers from all 50 states to learn, engage, share, network, and innovate. …
The Ever-Changing Meal Kit
There are now more than 150 companies offering some form of meal kit product. Their ups and downs have been the grist for many a news story in the financial press that covers food retail. …
North Country Smokehouse Receives SQF Quality Shield
Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a universal, farm-to-fork safety and quality compliance program that awards food manufacturing companies with Safe Quality Food (SQF) Certifications, awarded North Country Smokehouse, a family-owned, artisanal smoked meat producer with a strong history of culinary excellence, the SQF Quality Shield. …
Beef Industry Satisfies America’s Yen for Sushi
The North American Meat Institute, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, is celebrating America’s love of beef and sushi during National Deli Meat Month this March by shining a light on Beefshi. Beefshi is a creative, new culinary concept that uses prepared beef products like bologna, summer sausage, corned beef and pastrami as central ingredients in sushi. …