Grocery News In Brief…
Online grocer Peapod.com has expanded its meal kits with three new offerings made in partnership with food manufacturers ConAgra Foods and Campbell Soup Co. The new recipes include Buffalo Quinoa Chicken Skillet by Ro-Tel and One Pan Chicken Curry by Campbell’s (available in Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee and New York), and Zucchini Noodles with Fresh Veggie Primavera by Hunt’s, available in Chicago, Indianapolis and Milwaukee. Now offering more than 15 make-at-home meal kit solutions, Peapod first launched kits featuring its own brands and in collaboration with Barilla Pasta in late 2014. All Peapod meal kits include recipes to cook at home and feature all the pre-measured, pre-cut and pre-washed ingredients…
Windsor Marketing Group in Suffield, Connecticut, has named veteran consumer marketer Steve Thomas its chief marketing officer (CMO). Thomas, a 30-year marketing veteran, previously was CMO for franchise companies Green Home Solutions and Edible Arrangements International. Earlier in his career, Thomas held marketing positions for New York promotion agency b.little + Co., Valassis Communications and Subway…
Giant Food of Landover, Maryland, donated $2 million to 1,466 public and private schools in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Delaware. The funds are the result of the 2015-16 A+ School Rewards program, through which purchases made by Giant shoppers help provide funding to area schools. Giant’s total donation saw a 1 percent increase from last year with a record-breaking 20 schools receiving more than $10,000 each in awards.
