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Lexington's Piedmont Candy Co. has launched a new snack mix product line called Thinful. The snack, which promises to deliver on flavor, but cut back on calories and sugar, is the company's first low-sugar snack mix with only 2 grams of sugar and 60 calories per half-cup serving. Piedmont Candy Co. is best known for its Red Bird peppermint sticks and puffs. “We believe the most difficult decision our customers will have to make is which flavor to choose, rather than having to read the back of every other package to compare ingredients," said Thinful CEO Mark Stephens.  The flavor is swe...

Saladworks and Frutta Bowls team up with Combo Kitchen US: New Seasons/New Leaf names new CEO Grocers New Seasons Market and New Leaf Community Markets, independent operators within the Good Food Holdings family of brands, have named veteran grocery executive Nancy Lebold CEO. She joins the banners from Food4Less, a division of The Kroger Co., where her most recent role was VP of merchandising in California. US: Fresh on the heels of WOWorks acquisition, Saladworks and Frutta Bowls team up with Combo Kitchen In late December 2020, Saladworks' parent company WOWorks acquired Frutta Bowls t...

Former Food 4 Less, WinCo executive to lead West Coast specialty grocer Nancy Lebold has joined New Seasons Market and its New Leaf Community Markets subsidiary as CEO. Portland, Ore.-based New Seasons said Lebold started as chief executive yesterday. She comes to the West Coast grocer from The Kroger Co.’s Food 4 Less banner, where she served as vice president of merchandising in California. “As we emerge from the challenges of the past year, I look forward to bringing a people-centric leadership approach to New Seasons Market and New Leaf Community Markets as we reconnect communi...

Dive Brief: Good Food Holdings, which oversees five West Coast grocery chains, announced on Thursday that Nancy Lebold is the new CEO of New Seasons Market and New Leaf Community Markets. Lebold previously served as the vice president of merchandising in California for Kroger’s Food 4 Less banner and worked at WinCo Foods for 27 years, where she held several roles leading retail operations, procurement and general merchandise. Lebold joined the two banners on Thursday, April 15, replacing Forrest Hoffmaster.  Dive Insight: Lebold is leading New Seasons and New Leaf at a time when Good Foo...

If you’re looking for a liter of water from a single-use plastic bottle, you will have to look somewhere other than New Leaf Community Markets come April 22. Beginning on Earth Day, New Leaf will no longer sell water in single-use plastic, fiber, aluminum or glass one-liter bottles in its stores. The company estimated this will remove 70,000 single-use water bottles annually from the waste stream. A New Leaf spokeswoman said the move aligns with the store’s other sustainability initiatives, which include getting a 57 percent landfill diversion rate by reducing operational waste. New...