Retail & FoodService

Unified Grocers, Inc. announced that Vic Versino has joined Unified in the position of Vice President, Logistics. Former Chairman and CEO of Nestl USA Brad Alford has been appointed as an independent, non-shareholder director to the board of directors of Unified Grocers, Inc. …

Arizona-based Sprouts Farmers Market is entering the Southeast in a big way. With one of its first stores in the metro-Atlanta area, the fast growing healthy grocery store chain is bringing the first CO2-based, HFC-free supermarket refrigeration system to a warm weather market in North America. …

Local natural and organic foods company Jimbo’s…Naturally! has made the decision to raise its minimum wage to $10 per hour effective July 1, 2014. The implementation will begin immediately and the process will be complete within the next six months. The $10 per hour minimum applies to courtesy and helper clerks, while the minimum for all other positions will be $10.50 per hour. The announcement was made to staff at an all store meeting on June 26th and was enthusiastically received. …

Food Safety Net Services (FSNS), the market leader in food safety testing and audit services, today announced its third and fourth quarter Education Course Schedule taught by certified trainers and industry professionals. The 2014 schedule consists of certified training programs for British Retail Consortium (BRC), Safe Quality Food (SQF), HACCP Training, and Microbiology & Food Safety. …

With mounds of dirt, moving bulldozers and dump trucks as a backdrop, company and city officials touted the benefits of a new Meijer store in Detroit built on the site of the former Redford High School. …