Cacique Inc. announced the acquisition of El Sol Foods, a maker of homestyle salsas headquartered in Gilbert, Arizona. The acquisition signals the Cacique brand’s entrance into the salsa category. It allows Cacique to extend its portfolio of authentic, high-quality Hispanic foods rich in heritage and tradition to even more people …

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the FDA and USDA issued a food safety alert for two outbreak infections of Salmonella in pre-cut melons and E. coli in ground beef that have sickened a total of 202 people in 15 states. On April 12, Caito Foods announced the recall of …

Continuing its plan to expand in the United States, a new Aldi supermarket opens in Panorama, California on Thursday. The German discount supermarket chain expects to open another 14 stores in Southern California this year, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reported. According to the newspaper, with the new store in …

Associations representing most of the Mexican tomato industry formally presented to the Commerce Department proposed changes to the 2013 Tomato Suspension Agreement that include unprecedented enforcement and anti-circumvention provisions and strategic price increases. While the record of the 2013 Agreement reflects full compliance with the agreement, the Mexican growers offered …

In 2019, between 14 and 15 million shipments of imported food are expected to enter the United States, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). To stop unsafe food from being imported into the U.S., the agency presented a strategy to ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by …

What would happen if President Donald Trump carries out his threat and close the border with Mexico to pressure the neighboring country to stop the flow of Central American immigrants? The consequences would be an economic and social chaos according to experts and politicians. Last weekend, President Trump published a …

Albertsons Companies announced that Vivek Sankaran has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 25, 2019. Jim Donald, currently the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will continue as Co-Chairman of the Board, with Leonard Laufer serving as the other Co-Chairman. The company’s longtime leader Robert Miller has …

Grocery Outlet announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not …

If you’ve ever dreamed of potentially reaching thousands of customers with your innovative products, now is the time to act: Walmart is accepting applications for its 6th annual Open Call, scheduled for June 18 and 19 at the company’s Home Office campus in Bentonville, Arkansas. The businesses that are interested …

Alejandro Ruiz tried his luck working in construction, picking tobacco in the fields, in a mechanical workshop, but in the end, he decided to continue with the family tradition of having a small supermarket, as his grandparents and then his parents did in México. In the 90s Ruiz left Guanajuato, …