AMF Names Ross Sandlin Director of Sales for Americas

May 28, 2021 AMF Bakery Systems

Ross Sandlin has joined AMF Bakery Systems, the leading global supplier for best-in-class bakery equipment and complete system solutions, as Director of Sales for the Americas. Sandlin will work alongside Guillaume Joly, both as sales leaders, to support sales of AMF’s growing portfolio of bakery solutions for soft bread and bun, artisan bread, pizza and flatbread, cake and pie, as well as pastry and croissant production.

FMI Signature Research Finds Grocery Shopping Has Fundamentally Changed

May 28, 2021 FMI

For the past four decades, FMI—The Food Industry Association has tracked the grocery shopping habits of U.S. customers through the U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends report. The 2021 edition, prepared in partnership with The Hartman Group, explores how the future of food retail will be colored by the pandemic – driven by shifts in the way consumers purchase groceries.

Instacart Launches “Priority Delivery” & Introduces 30-Minute Grocery Delivery

May 28, 2021 Instacart

Instacart, the leading online grocery platform in North America, today introduced “Priority Delivery,” a new experience that unlocks faster grocery delivery for customers across the U.S. and Canada. As part of this launch, customers in some of the largest cities in the U.S. will now have access to grocery delivery in as fast as 30 minutes.

RLS Gress Expands Cold Chain Warehouse Solutions

May 28, 2021 RLS Partners

RLS Logistics, a leading third-generation provider of cold chain solutions, through its affiliate RLS Partners, announces RLS Gress has updated their Warehouse Management System (WMS) to Datex FootPrint at all four cold storage warehouse in Scranton, PA.

From One #1 Banana to Another: Dole Wishes the Savannah Bananas a Ripe 2021 Season

May 28, 2021 Dole Food Company

The world’s #1 banana brand has picked the Savannah Bananas, a baseball club known for its unique promotions, dancing players, sellout crowds and love for the iconic fruit, to win the Coastal Plain League in 2021.