Grocery News In Brief…
Ahold USA’s Giant Landover division now carries locally grown produce year-round from BrightFarms’ Capitol Greenhouse, a 150,000-s.f. greenhouse farm in Culpeper County, Virginia. BrightFarms provides Giant Landover with an assortment of salad mixes such as baby arugula, Asian greens, baby spinach, spring mix, spinach blend and baby kale, as well as basil and a variety of tomatoes. The produce supplied will total nearly 1 million pounds per year. In addition to Giant Landover locations, the BrightFarms Culpeper greenhouse will supply select Martin’s Food Markets and Peapod within the Giant Landover marketing area…
Stop & Shop and the five UFCW local unions that represent New England associates continue to negotiate a new contract. Stop & Shop reported on March 22 “progress was made in areas of mutual concern” after meetings that day. Negotiations also were scheduled for March 23…
The Maine Grocers & Food Producers Association will host a “Food For Thought” Forum at the Bangor Savings Bank in Augusta from noon to 6 p.m on March 29. On the agenda are new USDA meat grinding rules, the association’s strategic plan, a food safety forum, a legislative roundtable covering state sales tax, GMO labeling, minimum wage and citizen initiatives, and a wine and beer reception.
