Paul J. Kennedy, a longtime retail executive who worked for nearly three decades at Star Market and its parent, American Stores, during a 45-year career, died Oct. 13 from complications of liver and kidney failure. He was 71.

Doc Hendley claims to be the most underachieving member of his own family. Yet he has created Wine to Water, which has brought safe drinking water to people around the globe.

Keller Rinaudo is ensuring that blood packets reach their destinations in Africa in a timely manner. Rinaudo’s firm, Zipline International LLC, created a system using drones in Rwanda to deliver blood to remote hospitals and health centers to save the lives of people in an emergency situation. He noted that initial drone testing led to many crashes before achieving success.

Take the Crunch Challenge this year as part of the 8th annual Big Apple Crunch, which inspires folks to buy a New York state apples during harvest to help support local agriculture and family farms.

WP Rawl, the premier grower, processor and shipper of leafy greens will host an online “election” for The Leafy Greens Party this Tuesday, Oct. 20. Maintaining their commitment to educate consumers on eating fresh, wholesome ingredients like leafy greens, the company’s focus is dedicated to providing consumers with the tools to incorporate fresh leafy greens into their everyday lifestyle.

ShopRite has unveiled of three Fresh to Table concept stores located in Greenwich and Burlington, NJ, and Monroe, NY. The convenient store-within-a-store format harnesses ShopRite’s 70-plus years of grocery expertise to deliver a reimagined retail destination where customers can find fresh, on-trend foods and meal solutions in a variety of flexible grab-and-go formats. The seamless in-and-out of store experience also leverages a host of digital innovations to help customers save time.

A pair of international panelists on a seminar devoted to politics avoided predicting who would win the upcoming U.S. presidential election but they did advocate for the end of protectionism and a return to a more free trade environment, regardless of the outcome.