Retail & FoodService

Westin Foods announced that effective April 1st, it has expanded its Health and Wellness division by acquiring a majority interest in Dominex, LC, of St. Augustine, FL.  This acquisition will bring about the creation of Dominex Natural Foods. …

Specialty food market Orchard Fresh celebrated the grand opening of its first location in Western New York, located at 4050 North Buffalo Road in Orchard Park, N.Y. The store opened its doors on Sunday, April 14, marking the first specialty grocery store of its kind in the Upstate New York area. …

Relay Foods, an online grocery service that currently operates in the Mid-Atlantic region, has raised $8.25 million. Relay Foods will use this financing to expand its service in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore metro areas as well as drive expansion into Williamsburg, Virginia. …

ConAgra, a company based in Omaha, Neb., made a splash recently in what the industry calls private label food when it paid $6.8 billion to buy Ralcorp, based in St. Louis, Mo. The merger created the biggest private label food company in the country. John Stanton, a food marketing professor at St. Josephs University, said there is a reason a company with national brands would want to make a big push into private label. …

Stater Bros. is pleased to announce an easy way for customers to save time and money, without the use of a club card.  Beginning this week, all 167 Stater Bros. Supermarkets will offer digital coupons through the Company's new "Digital Deals" Program. …