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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 …

David and Goliath. This is the analogy I recently used with a specialty food brand who wanted to solely rely on Amazon’s Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA) program for sales and building their brand in ecommerce. They assumed investing in marketing their online store wouldn’t be of value in an Amazon …

When I started in the grocery industry over 36 years ago, many companies had a direct sales force, selling directly to retail stores, where an entry level sales representative could learn not only about the company for which they worked, but also about the industry.  These were low risk positions …

For decades, Hispanic grocers and Hispanic products in mass market grocers have been dominated by food which comes either directly from Latin America or U.S. based companies that try to emulate those of Latin America, like cheeses, spices, and canned goods. There has been little innovation in these products since …

I always wondered what would be the recipes that were prepared in the times of Jesus and the Bible. So recently I accepted a trip to the spectacular land of Israel to answer my curiosity. The history of the Bible begins with the act of eating. Adam and Eve prove …

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 …

Sysco Corporation announced it has acquired J & M Wholesale Meats and Imperio Foods, Inc., two Hispanic food distributors based in California with approximately $44 million in combined annual sales. J & M Wholesale Meats and Imperio Foods, sister Hispanic companies based out of Modesto, California, operate throughout northern California …

Walmart plans to revamp hundreds of its U.S. brick-and-mortar locations in over 20 states, according to the Food Institute, investing more than $800 million in renovations. The refits are said to include wider aisles, self-checkouts and brighter lighting. As part of its $11 billion in capital expenditures announced last year, …

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 …

With the U.S. multicultural population projected to grow by 98 million people in the coming decades, multicultural shoppers will continue to have significant influence on the grocery shopping experience. The research Multicultural The Why? The Behind The Buy from Acosta — a full-service sales and marketing agency in the consumer packaged goods industry …