The Kroger Co. is launching a new effort to incentivize more Americans to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The #CommunityImmunity giveaway campaign will start next week and provide individuals, including customers and associates, the opportunity to win life-changing prizes like one of five $1 million payouts and 50 chances to win free groceries for a year.

The program aims to encourage increased vaccinations as part of the national push to have at least 70 percent of U.S. adults with at least their first dose by July 10.

"The faster we reach community immunity, the sooner we can all get back to

Brighter Bites, a nonprofit organization that delivers fresh fruits, vegetables and nutrition education resources directly into families’ hands, is pleased to name River Fresh Farms a key partner in Salinas, CA.

Through this partnership, River Fresh Farms provides supply chain management and logistic support, including storing, loading, packing and delivering produce boxes for the Brighter Bites program. To date, the River Fresh Farms partnership has served 1,200 Brighter Bites families and looks forward to supporting 800 additional families through this year.

“We are truly inspired by the

Northwest Cherry shippers are ramping up for the season. “We survived the frost season with only minimal damage,” said Krista Beckstead, brand manager for Starr Ranch Growers, who reported that the crop is shaping up to be a good one, “We’ll rebound from last year’s short crop well and should have our typical availability to work with our retail partners.”

Starr Ranch harvests early cherries out of their orchards in Mattawa, WA and should have solid volumes daily by June 6 or June 9. They generally wrap up their season at the end of July with cherries from their Odell, OR orchards.

 “With

Instacart, a leading online grocery platform in North America, introduced "Priority Delivery," a new experience that unlocks faster grocery delivery for customers across the U.S. and Canada. As part of this launch, customers in some of the largest cities in the U.S. will now have access to grocery delivery in as fast as 30 minutes. With Priority Delivery, Instacart is bringing the in-store express lane online, helping customers immediately get what they need delivered from their favorite grocers and specialty retailers. With this launch, Instacart is unveiling a new Priority Delivery product

Bolthouse Farms, a leader in growing and distributing carrots, branded beverages and dressings, today announced its new Bolthouse Farms Wunderoots innovative platform of plant-powered, carrot-based meal solutions are now available regionally where consumers buy groceries. The lineup features Carrot Dogs, Noodled Carrot kits and Riced Carrot kits, providing consumers simple, easy to prepare and delicious ways to eat more vegetables.

“These exciting, new Bolthouse Farms Wunderoots carrot innovations demonstrate our purpose of Plants Powering People by helping to inspire consumers to explore

Renaissance Food Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Calavo Growers Inc., announced the hire of Nick Georgantas as director of sales for the company, bringing with him more than 15 years of sales experience.

In his role, Georgantas will glean from past experience where he specialized in bringing retail perishable products and programs to the marketplace to drive sales and business development efforts for RFG, focusing his efforts primarily in the Northeast region of the country. In addition, Georgantas will work to foster existing customer relationships while seeking out new customer