DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens on Wednesday that it will hold its first Puerto Rico Localization Summit, a virtual showcase for diverse, local and regional businesses and entrepreneurs to share their retail offerings with the merchants of the national drugstore chain. The virtual event, hosted by RangeMe and ECRM, provides local suppliers the opportunity to connect
CLEVELAND — Price Chopper/Market 32 in Schenectady, N.Y. and Tops Friendly Markets in Williamsville, N.Y… announced today that they will host a Local Supplier Summit to provide opportunities for all local food, beverage, wellness, beauty, and general merchandise suppliers to collaborate with the two New York state-based grocers. The event, set to take place in
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Meijer plans to host a Sustainability Summit this fall, allowing the retailer to build on last year’s inaugural event and give even more vendors nationwide the opportunity to showcase their environmentally-focused products for possible placement on Meijer’s store shelves. The virtual event will be held October 11 to 13 and seeks
PHOENIX, Ariz. —Sprouts Farmers Market will host its second annual Sprouts Brand Sustainability Vendor Summit in early September, as part of the company’s commitment to bring responsibly sourced products to its customers. The virtual event, hosted in partnership with ECRM, will allow Sprouts to discover new private label manufactures with unique and differentiated products that
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. – Dollar General announced on Thursday a call for diverse suppliers, reflecting its goal to remove or mitigate unintended barriers for diverse suppliers and help increase the representation of these groups in the communities it serves. Applications to apply are currently open online at http://www.rangeme.com/dgdiversity23 through the end of the day on August
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.— Meijer says it is seeking “unique, elevated food products” from food manufacturers across the globe to expand its exclusive Frederik’s by Meijer line of premium and innovative food products, which is sold in the retailer’s more than 260 supercenters and grocery stores across Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin. Despite only
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. — Topco Associates, LLC., announced today that it will host the Topco Product Solutions Summit to diversify the cooperative’s supplier pool, discover new and innovative items and establish additional supplier partnerships to assist the organization with aggregation, innovation and knowledge management solutions that span Topco’s Center Store program. Topco is seeking
WASHINGTON – The National Grocers Association has partnered with the online product discovery platform RangeMe to help its independent grocer members efficiently discover innovative brands and products that are not widely distributed at national chains. RangeMe has launched a special collection of suppliers — The NGA Collection of Emerging Brands — that will showcase thousands
SAN FRANCISCO – Coffee, Candy, and Mushrooms were top-of-mind among retail buyers last year, as they were the most-used keyword searches on RangeMe, according to the latest Retail Recap 2022 report. The report highlights trends among the activity of U.S. and international buyers on the product discovery platform, including keyword and certification searches, most visited
IRVING, Texas – Michaels, the largest specialty retailer of arts, crafts, and home décor in North America, is hosting its first-ever Innovation Summit in collaboration with RangeMe and ECRM to discover new and unique products to add to its assortment. “Michaels is always on the lookout for the latest and greatest products to empower our
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens plans to hold a Supplier Diversity Summit the week of March 28, the company said on Wednesday. The virtual event will give diverse vendors a chance to connect with the Walgreens merchandising team, share their products and receive feedback. Ultimately, the goal is for them to have their products stocked on
MATTHEWS, N.C. – Harris Teeter plans to hold a virtual Supplier Diversity Summit, and it is inviting vendors that meet the criteria to apply to participate. The summit is set for March 28 to March 30, and is designed to help the grocery chain find and work with suppliers that are at least 51% owned,