Albertsons Cos. announced that Sharon McCollam will join the company Sept. 7 as its president and chief financial officer reporting to Vivek Sankaran, Albertsons Cos. CEO. McCollam will succeed Bob Dimond, who will be retiring and will remain with the company as an advisor through February 2022 to ensure a seamless transition.

McCollam retired from Best Buy in 2016 where she served as executive vice president, chief administrative and chief financial officer. She is broadly recognized as the co-pilot of Best Buy’s Renew Blue transformation, which has been regarded as one of the foremost omni

Paul Driscoll has joined North Bay Produce as the director of business development in Canada.

Driscoll has been in the industry for 25 years and is passionate about fresh produce. He brings a great understanding of the many challenges to execute in the Canadian marketplace, experience working with producers around the world, and a continuous focus on taste, innovation and product development.

“Paul is a leader in the produce industry in Canada and we know he will be a great asset to our business. Aside from that, Paul is a great person and we are happy to have him onboard,” said Nick

Joseph L. (Sonny) Williams, who ran one of the largest family-owned supermarket chains in Texas and a minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks, recently died at home surrounded by family. He was 78 years old.

He and his wife, Gretchen Minyard Williams, her sister, Liz Minyard, and cousin, Bob Minyard, ran Minyard Food Stores Inc. Together, they built a billion-dollar business. The grocery business was in Mr. Williams’ blood from an early age. He started working for Minyard as a 13-year-old package clerk, working his way up the company ladder to eventually become president and chief operating

The North Carolina SweetPotato Commission named FullTilt Marketing its domestic agency for marketing and public relations. FullTilt Marketing is a boutique marketing agency scaled to deliver full-service capabilities at a personal level with expertise in fresh produce, specialty foods and agriculture.

As the NCSPC made plans to turn the calendar page to 2021 and celebrate its 60th anniversary, it sought a fresh start and new ideas through a Request for Proposal process open to agencies across the country. In the end, FullTilt Marketing stood out amongst many competent and well-known agencies

Investigative journalist and author Larissa Zimberoff has been confirmed as keynote presenter at the fifth annual Organic Produce Summit slated for Sept. 15-16 in Monterey, CA.

Zimberoff will deliver a Ted style talk on how “New Food” is disrupting the food industry and what the organic sector can learn as technology has a greater influence on our food supply. Zimberoff’s background in tech, and love of food and the science behind it, prompted her to dive deep into food startups and the ways they are searching for solutions for food waste.

She is the author of the recently released book,

Due to supply and demand effects from COVID-19, goods and services are at a 13-year high with prices continuing to rise each month. With these lingering repercussions, customers are looking for more ways to save and with quality as good as or better than national brands. Southeastern Grocers said its brand provides customers with the perfect balance of affordable, quality products at a great price, and the company is putting its money where its mouth is.

“At Southeastern Grocers, our associates and customers are at the focus of everything we do, which is why we continuously work to improve