Boxed, an e-commerce grocery platform that sells bulk consumables and licenses its e-commerce software to enterprise retailers, announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire MaxDelivery, one of New York’s first on-demand grocery delivery services. The transaction is expected to close in December 2021, subject to certain undisclosed financial terms and customary closing conditions.

Through the acquisition, Boxed will broaden its capabilities in micro dark-store fulfillment and rapid on-demand grocery delivery. Boxed customers in select markets will also enjoy a significantly

Food solutions company SpartanNash has been named among the 2021 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® in the Nation, according to the National Association for Business Resources. This marks the ninth consecutive year SpartanNash has appeared on the list.

"At SpartanNash, our People First culture means that our first investment is in our people," said Yvonne Trupiano, SpartanNash executive vice president and chief human resources officer. "We are proud to be recognized as a top employer of choice for nearly a decade, demonstrating our commitment to delivering the ingredients for a better

Weis Markets stores have been running customer donation program in support of local food banks in the markets it serves as part of the company’s Fight Hunger program.

At checkout, customers have the option of rounding up their orders or purchasing $1-10 vouchers to help support families in need in their communities.

“We are looking to finish strong in 2021 by supporting the regional food banks in the communities we serve. We will also supplement our customers’ generosity with company donations,” said Ron Bonacci, Weis Markets’ vice president of advertising and marketing. “Our food bank

If you take the most successful leaders of any industry and you map their career trajectories backwards, you’ll see a series of “turns” where they deepened and expanded their skills to prepare for the next level.  This is described in the well-known “Leadership Pipeline,” which illustrated this upward climb in  six passages bringing them from individual contributors to enterprise managers.

Knowing this  trajectory is important, but moving along the pathway, or developing talent along these pathways, requires more than simple awareness. It also requires opportunity.  While it’s possible to

Earlier this month, The GIANT Co. officially opened its new GIANT Direct e-commerce fulfillment center (EFC) in Philadelphia. The ultramodern 124,000-square-foot facility will enable the company to serve more customers in Philadelphia and — for the first time in its 98-year history — in southern New Jersey.  

In celebration of the grand opening, the company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony with remarks from Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, The GIANT Co. President Nicholas Bertram, and Ahold Delhaize USA Supply Chain President Chris Lewis.   

“Today is the

Thanks to more than 70 years of success working in the Boston area, Community-Suffolk Inc. was able to use its knowledge and experience to keep business steady since March of 2020, when the COVID-19 crisis through the industry into chaos.

That knowhow trickled down through the years from the early 20th century, when the company’s first leader, Larry Piazza, Sr., hawked produce from a pushcart operating out of Boston’s Faneuil Hall.

“We’re in our fourth generation of the Piazza family at the company, with my niece, Gianna working here now for a few years,” said Steven Piazza, managing partner