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Buying local produce has become more practical with a growing program called Local Pledge by Baldor Specialty Foods, a distributor based in the Hunts Point neighborhood of Bronx, N.Y.

The USDA cites Spiech Farms in Michigan for failure to pay $1,153,422 to 38 sellers. Exotic Tropical Fruits LLC, Fresh Foods, and India Mart are new companies to the Market & More.

With more than 20 years of experience in the North American supermarket industry, Mike Mauti has learned “Retail 101” firsthand.

The stores have good access to real-time data. They have an ability to get nearly minute-by-minute sales updates out of their systems.

There are a lot of sophisticated ways to try and estimate what an additional SKU will give you in sales based on competing items and gaps in the marketplace.

The first thing to look at is why tonnage is important. And it’s easy to forget about tonnage and think only about sales.

There are several different objectives that retailers are looking to satisfy through advertising.

Those are all points that suppliers need to have in the back of their mind when they sell product to their customers.

Curation Foods has added a new salad line, Vineyard Collection, to its Eat Smart brand.

Wedge Community Co-op, Anthony Marano Co, Wada Farms Marketing Group LLC, and Pexco Produce Sales have endorsements. Greenlife Cactus Inc is new to the market.