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Teamsters Call Strike at UNFI as UNFI ‘Disappointed’
Teamsters Union Local 117 has called for a strike against United Natural Foods, Inc. The strike was called against a warehouse in Auburn, Washington for what the union has called unjust labor practices. The union issued a statement online saying that the specialty and organic product wholesaler had refused negotiations on some mandatory subjects and…
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Whole Foods Leads List of Food Retailers in 2012
Whole Foods has led the pack of food retailers’ stocks in 2012. The retailer has gained about 35% and closed on 31st December at $91.16. This is the 4th straight year that the organic and natural product specialist has ranked #1. Food wholesalers and retailers are tracked by Supermarket News. Whole Foods Market stock had…
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Retailers, Suppliers Highlight Consumer Experience
“There are many ways for trading partners to help improve the consumer experience in stores.” This was a consensus arrived at by a panel of leaders at the Food Marketing Institute Midwinter conference of 2013. Safeway Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President Diane Dietz said that consumers saw stores as an experience. The retailer…
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Consumers Pay Up for InstaCart’s Expensive Business Model
With all the buzz about the latest InstaCart’s $220 million round of financing, I finally decided to pull the trigger. But not to grace them with my first order, not so fast. Instead, I reached down to the waste basket by my desk and pulled out the receipt from my weekend trip to Costco. Reading…
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