Masiar Tayebi has joined SpartanNash as the company's executive vice president and chief strategy officer. Tayebi has more than 20 years of experience connecting strategy, technology and innovation to drive growth and transformational change.

Participants in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children may soon see a temporary increase to their benefits for the purchase of fruits and vegetables. With $490 million provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, USDA has offered states, tribal nations and territories the option of boosting the cash-value voucher benefit by more than three times the current amount for up to four months to provide additional relief during this difficult time.

Marking a year of striving forward and strengthening synergies since Oppy acquired a 65 percent stake in Eco Farms last spring, the duo is now bringing California avocados — branded in the new Eco Farms label — to the market, celebrating the unification of the two companies.

Over a quarter (27 percent) of consumers plan on doing most of their grocery shopping in-store once they are fully vaccinated, and over a third (38 percent) will be doing a combination of online and in-store shopping, according to findings from a new survey conducted by Inmar Intelligence, a data-driven, technology-enabled services company. 

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co., a global leader in container shipping and logistics, is officially introducing the electronic bill of lading for its customers around the world, following a successful pilot phase, using a solution on an independent blockchain platform WAVE BL. The eBL enables shippers and other key supply chain stakeholders to receive and transmit the bill of lading document electronically, without any change or disruption to day-to-day business operations.

iTradeNetwork, a global provider of supply chain management solutions for the food and beverage industry, announced Rick Haggart as its new chief technology officer.