
Privately owned retail group Bestway, the owner of Costcutter, has built a 3.45% stake in Sainsbury's describing the move as an investment and not a step towards making a takeover offer for Britain's second largest supermarket group. UK: Costcutter owner Bestway buys Sainsbury's stake, not considering offer The boxes come with a label saying 'taste me don't waste me' and appear to be part of an effort to reduce food waste at stores and help make healthy food affordable. Sainsbury's has been praised by shoppers for offering large boxes of fruit and veg to customers for just £2. UK: Sainsbury's praised for bargain £2 'don't waste me' veg boxes UK: AF Blakemore appoints Carol Welch as new CEOĪF Blakemore, one of the UK's largest privately owned family businesses, is pleased to announce that Carol Welch will join as Chief Executive in April, succeeding Jerry Marwood who is leaving to focus more time on his non-executive directorships and consultancy roles. Instead of patchworking together in-store grocery, online grocery, and direct-to-consumer delivery models, Addie's has built an entirely new one: a pick-up-only store designed solely for stocking, storing, and bagging groceries without the need for a shopper ever to step foot in the store itself. US: Addie's debuts as the East Coast's first drive-up grocer, with rapid expansion to followĪddie's, the drive-up grocer redefining the grocery shopping experience, officially launched its first concept store with $10.1mln in seed funding led by the Disruptive Innovation Fund, the venture capital arm of Clay Christensen's Rose Park Advisors. Inflation makes the club’s value packs, cheaper gas and private label offerings more relevant, CEO Kath McLay said. The warehouse club is expanding after seeing sharp gains in sales and membership during the Covid pandemic. Walmart-owned Sam’s Club plans to open more than 30 new clubs in the U.S.

US: Walmart-owned Sam’s Club plans to open about 30 new stores over next five years All new items will be launched with Wild Harvest’s distinct purple branding and a prominent USDA Organic Certified label. Wild Harvest’s expanded organic offerings consist of best-selling items such as bagged apples, russet and sweet potatoes, oranges, mangoes, limes, avocados, tomatoes, broccoli, cabbage, and iceberg and romaine lettuces.

(the “Company” or “UNFI”) announced the expansion of its Wild Harvest private label organic produce line with more than 40 new offerings available nationwide. US: UNFI expands Wild Harvest organic produce offering with over 40 new productsĭelivering on its commitment of freshness and value to customers, United Natural Foods, Inc. The 100 thousand foot facility, dubbed the “Mega Ranch”, is expected to hit a production rate that could produce tens of millions of pounds of the startup’s fungi-derived meat product by late 2023.

The opening of its largest-yet production facility in Thornton, Colorado.

Meati Foods, a producer of plant-based whole-food protein made from mycelium, announced US: Meati opens up ‘Mega Ranch’ production facility, plans to produce “tens of millions of pounds” of fungi-based meat The condensed layout is designed to simplify the shopping experience, Meijer said, with stores ranging from 75,000 to 90,000 square feet, compared to approximately 150,000 square feet for newer Meier supercenter locations. Meijer has opened the first two of its smaller format Meijer Grocery outlets in Michigan’s Orion Township and Macomb Township. US: The first smaller format Meijer Grocery stores open in Michigan
