The nation’s oldest grocery chain, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (A&P), is up for sale, according to a memo sent by Chairman Gregory Mays to store managers and other employees from the company.

Wonderful almonds joined sister brand Wonderful pistachios in carrying the American Heart Association’s Heart-Check mark, a trusted symbol for shoppers who are navigating the grocery store looking for heart-healthy products.

EDISON, NJ — Close to 500 people gathered Thursday, July 25, for Allegiance Retail Services LLC's annual holiday buying show, held here at the New Jersey Convention & Exposition Center.

The show also drew "in excess of 250 booths" to the all-day event, according to Victor Savanello, director of produce and floral at Allegiance, a retailer-owned cooperative headquartered in Iselin, NJ.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announcement that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Healthy Incentives Pilot project increased produce consumption among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants.

Eden Prairie, MN-based C.H. Robinson announced the promotion of GARY YORK to director of sourcing for Europe.

The Chuck Olsen Co. in Visalia, CA, will see increases in three varieties of grapes for the 2013 season, according to Jeff Olsen, vice president of the company.

“We have increases in Autumn Kings,” a late season green seedless variety, he said. “On Crimsons we have a little increase” and have “an increase on Sweet Scarlets as well.” The company has “a fair amount of Sweet Scarlets,” he said.