Last updated on February 3rd, 2016 at 02:41 pm
New Channels News In Brief…
Albertsons Cos.’ Mark Panzer, who was named the company’s SVP of pharmacy, health and wellness in May 2015, has accepted the additional responsibility of leading general merchandise and health and beauty aids. Panzer’s retail career began at Osco Drug stores more than 40 years ago. He held senior leadership roles at American Drug Stores and Albertson’s following their merger in 1999, as well as Rite Aid and Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy. He returned to Albertsons in May 2015 to oversee the company’s health and wellness initiatives and 1,760 pharmacies…
Better4U Foods is now certified to prepare USDA Organic products. The company recently announced a new line of organic frozen pizzas and is branching out into various innovative organic products—including private label offerings developed for health-oriented natural foods companies. Available in supermarket freezers, these grains pizzas are made with organic tomato sauce, organic herbs and spices, organic cheese and organic toppings. The pizza crust is made with the following organic flours: sprouted wheat, sprouted quinoa and sprouted millet…
Green America is praising Unilever for two new products: Hellmann’s organic mayonnaise and Hellmann’s “Carefully Crafted” egg-free dressing and sandwich spread. Both products are made with non-GMO ingredients. The launch of these products follows the introduction of Hellman’s non-GMO olive oil mayonnaise last year.
