Retail & FoodService
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Sam’s Club®, a division of Walmart Inc. and a leading membership warehouse club, today announced plans to open over 30 new clubs across the U.S. over the next several years. The first location, which is planned in Florida, is slated to open in 2024. In addition to new clubs, the company has a multiple-year plan to invest in and modernize its supply chain through new distribution and fulfillment center locations across the country, including cutting-edge automation. …
Produce
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AppHarvest, Inc., a sustainable food company, public benefit corporation and Certified B Corp building some of the world’s largest high-tech indoor farms to grow affordable, nutritious fruits and vegetables at scale while providing good jobs in Appalachia, today announced it has started commercial shipments from its first harvest of tomatoes at its new 60-acre high-tech indoor farm in Richmond, Ky. …
Deli
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The key to the perfect charcuterie board is time. Not necessarily the time it takes to arrange, but the time it took each delicately slow-cured meat to become the best possible version of itself. No brand knows this better than fourth-generation, family-owned Volpi Foods. When it comes to award-winning, premium cured meats, or almost anything for that matter, Volpi Foods takes the time to do it right. Whether that’s four months or four years, Volpi Foods ensures the absolute best quality every step of the way—slow curing meat by hand in small batches for a delicious taste experience, every time. …
Bakery
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“Thirty percent of the team here is a refugee coming from some other distant part of the world, coming to the United States and making their future here. It’s an incredibly powerful thing to see as you walk down the line and talk to people who are coming from all over the world, coming to the United States as their beacon of hope, and then making their future here,” Secretary Antony J. Blinken said. …
Seafood
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Underdeveloped Seafood Cold Chains Threaten Livelihoods, Food Security and Climate
Lela Nargi, Global Seafood Alliance Seafood January 27, 2023
One of the most critical components of food and agriculture infrastructure is the availability of cold storage at every stop along the supply chain. What use is a trawler full of haddock if it rots before it gets from ship to shore, or processing facility to market? Food is wasted, income is lost, the potential to nourish a growing global population drops. Add emissions-producing refrigeration to the equation and at least four of the United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) are threatened. …
Dairy
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IDFA Names Mike Aquino as Director, ESG
International Dairy Foods Association Dairy January 27, 2023
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) today named Mike Aquino as director, ESG (environment, social and governance (ESG)). Aquino was trained as a food scientist at Drexel University and has since held several professional positions in the food and agriculture space, including with Danone’s research and development pilot facility in White Plains, N.Y., and on the Global Sustainability Team at General Mills addressing corporate citizenship issues such as Scope 3 emissions reduction planning and animal welfare. …
Meat & Poultry
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Wes Morris has been named president of Tyson Foods’ poultry business, effective January 27, the company announced. …