The Wall Street Journal released a journal report entitled “Future of Food”, which featured an interview with T.J. Tate and Amy Novogratz about “The Large Seafood Gap”. Ms. Tate, director of sustainable-seafood program at the National Aquarium, explained that consumers are unaware how rapidly the need for seafood is increasing due to the population. “When you’re talking about unsustainable seafood, it’s also the fact that we just don’t have enough…we’re predicted to need to triple the amount of aquaculture were producing by the end of the...
              Retailers are doing everything they can to make shopping trips an experience for customers. With the threat of online shopping, supermarket chains are trying out new ideas to increase traffic in the stores. One example of how stores are doing this is with a new display called the “Shellfish Spa”. Tom Olsen, president of Lobster Life Systems is the creator of ‘Shellfish Spa’, a device which preserves live product such as clams, oysters, mussels, and etc. “the container bathes shellfish in a continuous stream of saltwater and maintains...
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARBITRATORS AWARD CONCERNING THE INTRODUCTION OF PRE-PACKAGED MEAT AND THE PROTECTIVE LANGUAGE CONTAINED IN OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, THE COMPANY IS NOW IMPLEMENTING THE EMPLOYEE VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR THOSE ELIGIBLE MEAT DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 27, 2017 AND RUNNING FOR APPROXIMATELY A THREE MONTH PERIOD. COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE HANDING OUT COPIES OF THE VSIP PROGRAM TO ELIGIBLE MEAT DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AFTER JANUARY 1, 2018. THOSE INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING ARE URGED TO FILL OUT THE NECESSARY PAPER...
            Local Supermarkets are always a vital part of every community. Most supermarkets partake in many charitable avenues to help communities in need. When natural disasters cause devastation, it is often supermarkets that serve as a safe haven for community members. In the wake of the hurricanes that have been devastating the south over the past few months, Mike Eardley wrote an article for the Supermarket News which emphasized that supermarkets are “pillars of communities”. When communities experience disaster local supermarkets...