Corporate Governance

Private brand sales increased 7.3%, with net sales up 7.1%, for the U.S. grocery distributor.

Ka-Pop! Snacks and Bubba’s Fine Foods are merging to form Awakened Foods and develop a private label and co-manufacturing arm focusing on healthy snacks, cereal and granola.

Rachel Dreskin becomes the first CEO for the PBFA, an organziation that represents more than 180 plant-based food companies.

Marc Rey joins the beauty brand incubator with more than 30 years of experience in the industry, including with brand innovations, mergers and acquisitions, and digitalization.

The company’s 10th acquisition in the last four years, the acquisition grows the packager’s presence in Canada.

Discounter continues its goal to have all own brand packaging be recyclable, reusable or compostable — including plastics — by 2025, and positions toward less greenhouse gas, food waste and more.

Same-store sales, excluding gasoline sales, increased by 15.9% at BJ's, including digitally enabled sales growth of 168% and physical store comps of 13%.

The new store brand clean beauty line hits this spring with 10 products, including shampoos, styling products and more at $5 each.