Partnership for a Healthier America, the national nonprofit working to create a healthier future through good food for all, announced a new partnership with Brighter Bites, a nonprofit that delivers fresh fruits and vegetables and nutrition education to schools. 

As part of the collaboration, PHA has provided a $50,000 grant to support Brighter Bites’ evidence-based programming in Washington, DC, metro area schools, which will connect local students and their families with more than 1.5 million servings of fresh produce.

The grant is part of PHA’s Good Food Cities initiative, which works

Visualize a produce department with no packaged or bagged produce — every item is displayed loose. There is nothing in the way of a packaged or bagged item for hurried customers to simply pick up and move on. Those customers would have to hand pick each item taking up valuable personal time.

There are many benefits of packaged produce. It protects items like strawberries, tomatoes grapes from getting bruised or crushed — and customers will not purchase damaged produce. It will simply sit on displays until it turns into shrink waste, and losses from discarded produce can become extreme.

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Wegmans has been recognized as one of PEOPLE’s “100 Companies That Care,”  taking the No. 4 spot. 

The regional supermarket chain has 114 stores located along the East Coast. The family company, recognized as an industry leader and innovator, has been named one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For by Fortune for 28 consecutive years, ranking No. 6 in 2025.

Rankings represent feedback from over 1.3 million responses and data from companies representing over 8.4 million employees. PEOPLE magazine and Great Place To Work teamed up to recognize companies that achieve business success while also

Hy-Vee has earned three national honors recognizing its commitment to a strong workplace culture and support for veterans and working families. The grocery retailer recently earned the Great Place To Work Certification, the 2025 Disabled American Veterans Patriot Employer Special Recognition Award for Excellence in Community Support and has been named a Best Place for Working Parents.
 
The Great Place To Work Certification is given to organizations with exceptional workplace culture. Selection is based on anonymous feedback independently collected from employees by Great Place To Work and the

Instacart announced a new partnership with Merchants Distributors LLC, a leading wholesale grocery distributor, to offer Instacart’s e-commerce solutions to its network of independent grocers. Through this partnership, participating MDI independent grocers will be joining the Instacart App to offer customers same-day delivery and enabling Storefront Pro, Instacart’s premier end-to-end fully-customizable e-commerce solution built specifically for grocers.

“We’ve long admired MDI and how, for over 90 years, they have supported independent grocers with essential expertise, infrastructure and

Ahead of Labor Day weekend, Dollar General is kicking off a series of sales events designed to help customers save on food, everyday essentials, seasonal items and more. With multiple savings event opportunities, DG is making it even easier for families to celebrate the holiday weekend without making sacrifices to their shopping list.

Now through Saturday, Aug. 30, customers can enjoy sales promotions across a wide range of categories, while supplies last. The retailer is also hosting a two-day Labor Day sale Sunday, Aug. 31 through Monday, Sept. 1. for anyone looking to snag last-minute