By Errol Schweizer, Contributor | June 16, 2025 Empty shelves at a Texas Whole Foods store. Errol Schweizer On June 5th, a cyberattack crippled United Natural Foods (UNFI), a $30 billion grocery wholesaler and Whole Foods Market’s largest supplier. UNFI also services 15,000+ other supermarkets, cooperatives, health food stores and chain stores, and is not yet sure when their … Continued

Click on the image above to watch the video, “Message from UNFI CEO, Sandy Douglas”         Bill Wilson, Senior Editor | June 10, 2025     United Natural Foods Inc.’s (UNFI) third-quarter earnings call on Tuesday turned into a crisis-management situation as executives provided an update on a security breach that occurred … Continued

Deniz Ataman | May 28, 2025     Sprouts and Natural Grocers thrive with diverse product mix despite higher prices than traditional grocers….   To read full article, please go to: https://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Article/2025/05/28/sprouts-natural-grocers-outpace-traditional-supermarkets/        

Mark Hamstra | Sept. 27, 2024 Whole Foods, which has been at the vanguard of retail foodservice in the U.S. for more than two decades, reigns atop Supermarket News’ 2024 list of the top 50 prepared foods operations in the country. The list, featuring research by SN sister company Technomic and based on estimated average prepared foods sales per … Continued

This year’s Affiliated Amarillo /KeHE Fresh Food Show /Albertsons Deli show was held February 27th in Amarillo, Texas. Some of our featured items included cheeses from BelGioioso, dips and dishes of fine foods by Reser’s, Vermont Creamery, Clawson Farms, Norseland, Arthur Schuman, Laura Chenel, Marin French, and more. Food is in the heart of everything … Continued

Timothy Inklebarger, Editor | March 25, 2025   The Cincinnati-based grocery chain said Albertsons began lawsuit plans early   Kroger is punching back in its legal fight with would-be merger partner Albertsons, arguing that it fought hard to convince federal regulators that the deal would be good for consumers. The Cincinnati-based grocery giant released a statement … Continued

  This year’s annual H-E-B Deli and Market shows were located at the Kalahari Resort in Round Rock Texas on March 3rd & 4th of 2025. Both shows hosted over four hundred deli and market managers from all across Texas. Some of our featured items included toasted caciotta baguettes made by Monti Trentini, true Italian … Continued

The Sysco Central Texas Spring Show returned to the New Braunfels Civic Center last Wednesday, February 26th after a five-year absence prompted by the COVID pandemic in 2020. Over 1,500 attendees sampled products and recipes from our principals. US&S had a presence in both the European Imports and main show areas. Some of the highlights … Continued

Timothy Inklebarger, Editor | February 12, 2025   Denver Division and Intermountain Division will combine to create new Mountain West Division     In the case brought by the Federal Trade Commission and nine attorneys general from across the country, Broderick, along with Albertsons CEO Vivek Sankaran, was accused of destroying evidence by deleting texts discussing … Continued

Tamara Chuang | Feb 5, 2025 Egg-laying chicken farmers are still recovering from the virus outbreak of 2022 but now there’s the new cage-free law, mutations and more competition as bird flu devastates other states.   Walk into nearly any grocery store at the moment and the price for a dozen eggs may shock you — … Continued