Ocean Mist Farms launched its Eat Your Heart Out sweepstakes, which runs through March 17. The campaign includes email marketing to a robust community of artichoke shoppers and produce buyers, social media advertising and sweepstakes prizes — all to drive demand and in-store sales.

BJ's Wholesale Club will continue its expansion of new club locations in the upcoming months, including opening its very first club in the state of Tennessee by the first half of the year.

Tennessee’s first-ever BJ’s Wholesale Club will be located 20 miles southeast of downtown Nashville in La Vergne, a city within Rutherford County. In addition to the La Vergne opening, BJ’s plans to open clubs in Davenport, FL, and McDonough, GA, later this month.

Chick-fil-A will begin testing its first plant-forward entrée, the Chick-fil-A Cauliflower Sandwich, at restaurants in three markets. The sandwich is made with a tender filet cut from a whole, real cauliflower and embraces the plant-forward style that places vegetables at the center of the entrée. The preparation is similar to the original Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich – it is marinated, breaded with a signature seasoning, pressure-cooked and served on a toasted buttery bun with two dill pickle chips.

As the National Watermelon Association prepares for the departure of longtime Executive Director Bob Morrissey, it also looks forward to embarking on a new chapter with a new leader.

George Szczepanski joined the NWA in January and will officially take the helm of the association during its 108th annual convention Feb. 22-26 in Asheville, NC. While Szczepanski is new to the watermelon industry, he has already amassed a wealth of experience in produce.

In its most basic form, a supermarket is intended to provide food to the community it serves. A good supermarket sells affordable food to that community. Food Lion goes a step further, as the Salisbury, NC-based organization is committed to helping feed its neighbors that are experiencing food insecurity.

The longest journey starts with a single step. Similar reasoning could be used for Food Lion’s journey.

For, who could have guessed that the single Food Town grocery store opened in 1957 in Salisbury, NC, by brothers Brown and Ralph Ketner, along with Wilson Smith would become the 1,100 plus store supermarket chain Food Lion? Especially since the trio had to raise funds to open that first store by sifting through the phone book cold-calling local citizens offering low-dollar investments.