Meijer's West Detroit Market Director Joe Chandler’s leadership team recently participated in a volunteer event at Friendship Circle, a nonprofit in suburban Detroit. The organization’s Weinberg Village is a “mini-city” that serves as an environment to teach children with disabilities about budgeting resources.

Centered in the heart of the 20,000-square-foot Ferber Kaufman LifeTown, Weinberg Village comprises a quarter of the space for its true-to-life cityscape where students from more than 200 schools representing more than 50 school districts annually participate in the Lessons for Life

Eagle Eye Produce, a leading grower, packer and distributor of a wide range of produce, including potatoes, onions, watermelons and mixed dry vegetables, expanded its logistics capabilities with a new 22,000-square-foot office and shop in Idaho Falls, ID, dedicated to its subsidiary, Eagle Eye Logistics.

This expansion includes the launch of a state-of-the-art facility, which features several bays for truck maintenance, modern offices for dispatch and management, and a fully equipped driver lounge designed to support the well-being of truck drivers. 

This expansion is set to create new job

Perhaps the heat has turned many grocery shoppers into homebodies. That means good news for online grocery industry. According to the latest Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopper Survey the delivery aspect of online grocery sales was up 22 percent for the month of July. Ship-to-home also posted strong results, climbing 6 percent, while pickup held steady year-over-year. Overall, July online grocery sales reached $7.9 billion, an increase of 9.2 percent

The increase in delivery may also be attributed to ongoing efforts by key players to grow their delivery businesses over the last

Instacart and Partnership for a Healthier America have connected families with over 5 million servings of fruits and vegetables, marking a major milestone in their ongoing national effort to connect under-resourced communities with 10 million servings of produce by 2025. Instacart’s and PHA’s joint commitment was made as part of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in 2022.

The organizations also announced program impact results from the most recent Good Food at Home cities, as well as an expansion that provides Instacart Health Fresh Funds through Good Food at Home to

The Michigan Apple Committee hosted its second annual Handpicked Social Media Summit on July 30 in Sparta, MI. The summit brought together seven leaders in the Michigan apple industry to learn the latest trends and best practices across social media channels and platforms, enabling them to create compelling grower-generated content showcasing their unique stories. Ultimately these individuals will use this knowledge and expertise to promote their own businesses — as well as the Michigan apple industry — as online ambassadors.

"The Handpicked Social Media Summit has been in our plans for a

The fresh fruit import and export market is a dynamic and highly competitive sector influenced by various factors, including climatic conditions, international trade policies, consumer preferences, and technological advances in storage and transportation.

Salix Fruits is one of the leading companies operating in this sector thanks to its ability to meet the global demand for fresh and healthy products. As part of its ongoing pursuit of growth, the company's executives traveled to Peru, a region with great potential as it can supply various types of fruit, such as grapes, pomegranates, citrus