Grocery News In Brief…
Bay Valley Foods, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TreeHouse Foods, intends to close its Ayer, Massachusetts, facility. Production is expected to cease in the first quarter of 2017 with full closure of the facility expected in the third quarter of 2017. The Ayer facility has approximately 100 employees and primarily produces regionally branded and private label spoonable dressings. Company officials say the decision to close the facility is the result of ongoing manufacturing network analysis by the company to maintain competitive costs, service levels and product quality. Products produced at the Ayer facility will be moved to other manufacturing facilities within the company’s existing network…
Ahold USA has appointed Andrew Iacobucci EVP of merchandising, effective April 11. Iacobucci will focus on leading a merchandising team that supports Ahold USA and its four retail divisions—Stop & Shop New England, Stop & Shop New York Metro, Giant Landover and Giant Carlisle. In the last 10 years, Iacobucci has held several leadership positions at Loblaw Cos. Ltd., the largest food retailer in Canada. Most recently, Iacobucci was president of the company’s discount division, a $17 billion business…
Catherine D’Amato, president and CEO of the Greater Boston Food Bank, will be the keynote speaker at the New England Network of Executive Women’s meeting on Friday, April 8. The event will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at F1 Boston in Braintree, Massachusetts.
