Grocery News In Brief…
Building plans continue for New York City’s first Wegmans Food Market, set to open at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 2017. Wegmans will initially hire 450 people, including 150 people in full-time positions. It is projected that the number of full-time positions may grow to as many as 250, with as many as 600 total jobs expected for the 74,000-s.f. market…
Giant Landover will be hosting the National Capital Barbecue Battle this weekend on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. Attended by more than 100,000 barbecue and music fans annually, the award-winning event is one of the largest food and music festivals in the country. It offers two days of nonstop entertainment with 30 bands on three stages, plus appearances from celebrity chefs, TV cooking personalities and cookbook authors…
Pinnacle Foods Inc. is voluntarily recalling a limited number of C&W Early Harvest Petite Peas and C&W Petite Peas because they may contain Listeria. Pinnacle Foods initiated the recall after the contract packer of the products, National Frozen Foods, notified the company of the issue. The recalled products were distributed nationally and online.
