Whole Foods Market announced plans to open stores in three new locations: Cherry Hill, NJ, Indianapolis and Richmond, VA.

Whole Foods will open its newest Mid-Atlantic store in Cherry Hill on June 18. The new store will be more than 45,000 square feet and will be the first location in the company to feature the "Hatchery" — a pop-up entrepreneurial space within the store where local suppliers, chefs, craftspeople and innovators have the opportunity to sell directly to Whole Foods Market customers. A different artisan will be featured each day of the store’s opening week.

Railex, a leader in cold chain transportation and logistics, will expand its national footprint with the opening of its temperature-controlled multimodal and 3PL services in Jacksonville, FL, starting June 2014.

The state of Idaho produces more than 25 potato varieties, and the Idaho Potato Commission promotes them all.

SuperValu Inc., the owner of Cub Foods, along with four Twin Cities-based independent grocery retailers, announced they had each entered into definitive agreements to acquire 18 Rainbow Foods grocery stores.

Producers of Walla Walla sweet onions are expected to begin their harvest a week to 10 days behind typical timetables. Mike Locati, chairman of the Walla Walla Sweet Onion Marketing Committee, said cold weather was the culprit.

Jupiter, FL-based Locus Traxx Worldwide announced the hire of Belle Hilton as marketing coordinator on April 22.

Hilton comes to Locus Traxx with over eight years of marketing experience with companies such as Nike, Fila and Puma Latin America. In her new role, she will be responsible for further developing the company’s brand worldwide.