Cantaloupe, Inc. Helps Pee Dee Food Service Upgrade Micro Markets with New Kiosk Technology

March 27, 2024 Cantaloupe Inc.

Pee Dee Food Service operates 24 routes with 3,000 food and beverage vending machines and 90 micro markets, alongside office coffee services. As a Cantaloupe customer for the past four years, Pee Dee Food Service wanted to reduce fees, upgrade their kiosks and integrate their payment systems, which Cantaloupe was able to offer.

The Giant Company Announces Leadership Appointment

March 27, 2024 GIANT Company

In her new role, Joanna Crishock will lead center store omnichannel merchandising, including non-foods (health, pet, baby, and seasonal), frozen, dairy, and center store, beer/wine and DSD, beverage, snacks, and global flavors. 

Chick-fil-A Drops ‘No Antibiotics’ Pledge on Chicken, Citing Supply

The new standard will instead allow the company to use chickens that have been treated with antibiotics, although not those drugs “that are important to human medicine and commonly used to treat people.”

McDonald’s to Sell Krispy Kreme Nationwide; Doughnut Maker’s Shares Jump

March 26, 2024 Amelia Lucas, CNBC

The rollout will start in the second half of this year, but it will take roughly two and a half years as Krispy Kreme more than doubles its distribution to satisfy the partnership. For the duration of the agreement, McDonald’s will be the exclusive fast-food partner for Krispy Kreme in the U.S.

New Online Toolkit Offers Guidance to Grantees Looking for Partners in Retail Grocery

The toolkit was put together to help GusNIP grant recipients, or grantees, acclimate themselves to the challenges involved in partnering with grocery stores.  It contains 54 resources, including project planning guidance, information on point-of-sale technology, background on the grocery industry and more, including a grocery project-planning tool.