"business, which operated through local agents offering hampers through a Christmas saving club. The company was able to secure an increasing market share due to the decline of the high street butchers that offers a similar service. The butchers were facing stiff competition for their regular trade from the expanding supermarkets, but the supermarkets did not enter the hamper business. The Farepak operations moved to Swindon in 1979. Johnson became managing director of Mansons in 1980. He wanted the company to move away from high street butchery and to concentrate on selling mail order hampers, but his father and the"
"after a brief conversion to Family Fare. Mason became a Save-A-Lot which closed in January 2015. Felpausch Felpausch was a grocery store chain based in Hastings, Michigan, United States. The first store opened in Hastings in 1933, and the chain operated primarily in the southwestern quadrant of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Its locations were largely sold to Spartan Stores (now SpartanNash), who converted them to Family Fare and D&W Fresh Market. Felpausch was founded in 1933 in Hastings, Michigan. A store in Albion was built in 1954. By 1962, the chain was also in Eaton Rapids, Marshall, and Mason. In 1971,"
"Bohack Bohack (full company name ""H.C. Bohack"", sometimes informally referred to as ""Bohack's"") was a chain of grocery stores located in the New York City area that opened in 1887 and closed in 1977. They were headquartered in Maspeth, Queens. The founder, Henry C. Bohack, opened the first store on Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Throughout the 1960s, Bohack purchased Daitch Shopwell, Packers, and several other supermarket businesses. Stores throughout the company's existence were located in New York City, on Long Island, in Westchester County, New York, and Fairfield County, Connecticut. Bohack also owned and incorporated gas stations in the 1920s"
"motorbike startup originated in the city. Zoomcar is on demand inter city car transportation startup running out of the city. RedBus is a inter city bus aggregator that was bought by Naspers group. Grocery: BigBasket.com, Zopnow.com and Zopper.com, started in on demand grocery and compete with Amazon's Prime Now platform. Offline, formal retail format grocers originating from the city includes FoodWorld supermarkets that started in 1996 and several other local brands. Retail: Urban Ladder is a leading omni channel commerce furniture retailer founded by entrepreneurs from the city. Lifestyle, now part of Dubai based Landmark group originated as a brand"
"store in Brooklyn, New York to distribute products in North America, including Canada. In 2006, the company spent £12m on new headquarters on a 6.25- acre site in East Manchester when Seamark offshoot, IBCO Food Industries opened. In November 2007, this site was further developed when a Thai restaurant called Vermilion was opened. Seamark has more than 1,000 products of seafood, poultry, fruit, vegetables, and finger foods. Its offices in New York and Bangladesh imports, processes and distributes frozen seafood and poultry. Its operation in Chittagong, Bangladesh processes products ranging from its traditional shrimps to poultry, dry foods, finger foods,"
"FareShare, it can cook 20 meals for the homeless, hungry and those who have fallen on hard times. FareShare began in 2001. Steven Kolt, a Jewish Aid Australia member, knew of the work of City Harvest, an organisation that rescues food for the needy of New York City. As a result, 'Melbourne City Harvest' began in 2001, rescuing food that would otherwise be wasted. Prepared meals were collected from function halls and catering venues. Meanwhile, 'One Umbrella' had also begun rescuing food. With RACV Foundation's support, the group cooked nutritious pies in the club's kitchen. In late 2001, Melbourne City"
"in Rotterdam in 2014 by German entrepreneur Fabian Dudek and Dutch tech entrepreneur Peter Hofman. Dudek founded Nestpick in response to his difficulty in finding appropriate student accommodation at the time of his studies. He perceived the role of agencies as negative as they were not really helping his search successfully and he was concerned with the high number of scams happening in the real estate market. Together with co-founder and CTO Peter Hofman they built the foundation of Nestpick and in December 2014 Dr. Patricia Moubarak, a former surgeon, Foodpanda director and McKinsey & Company principal, joined Nestpick as"
"FareStart FareStart is a non-profit, social entrepreneurial organization in Seattle, Washington, USA, that operates a job placement and training program benefiting homeless and disadvantaged men, women, and youth. FareStart was started as a business that delivered meals to homeless shelters, whose founder, David Lee, later trained their clients to help prepare the food, which gave them the job skills they would need to find employment and stable housing. FareStart reports that 90% of adult students find jobs within 90 days of graduation. As of January 2007, the main FareStart Restaurant and the FareStart administrative offices moved from Downtown Seattle just"
"Nampak Nampak is a South African company based in Johannesburg, South Africa that specialises in the manufacturing and design of packaging. Nampak is the largest diversified packaging company in Africa. The company produces packaging in glass, paper, metals, and plastic. The company's subsidiary BevCan is one of the largest producers of aluminium cans in Africa. The subsidiary DivFood is one of the largest producers of metal cans for canning, aerosols, and metal containers in Africa. Currently the company is focused on expanding operations into the rest of Africa. In 2018 the company announced that it was selling its glass packaging"
"Kewpee Kewpee Hamburgers is the second known chain of hamburger fast-food restaurants, founded in 1923 in Flint, Michigan under the name ""Kewpee Hotel Hamburgs"". Kewpee's current headquarters is located in Lima, Ohio. The chain is named after the Kewpie doll. Kewpee was one of the first to institute curbside service, which later morphed into a drive-in service, and then finally was transformed into drive-thru service. The Lima Kewpee locations have locally raised beef delivered daily to each Kewpee restaurant. The Kewpee Restaurant in Lima, Ohio is considered a historic site. Kewpee Hamburgers is a chain of fast-food restaurants founded in"
"Felpausch Felpausch was a grocery store chain based in Hastings, Michigan, United States. The first store opened in Hastings in 1933, and the chain operated primarily in the southwestern quadrant of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Its locations were largely sold to Spartan Stores (now SpartanNash), who converted them to Family Fare and D&W Fresh Market. Felpausch was founded in 1933 in Hastings, Michigan. A store in Albion was built in 1954. By 1962, the chain was also in Eaton Rapids, Marshall, and Mason. In 1971, the Felpausch chain expanded by buying former Harding's Market locations in Delton and Bronson, Michigan. The"
"Eastpak Eastpak is an American worldwide lifestyle brand founded in Boston, USA, specializing in the design, development, manufacturing and worldwide marketing and distribution of a range of products including bags, backpacks, travel gear and accessories. The company began as ""Eastern Canvas Products USA, Inc."" in 1952, producing bags and packs for the US military before focusing on the consumer market under the brand name ""Eastpak"" as of 1976. It is part of the VF Corporation brand portfolio. Eastpak was founded in 1952 by Monte Goldman as ""Eastern Canvas Products USA Inc."". Early activities included the manufacture of a line of"
"as follows: Kewpee Kewpee Hamburgers is the second known chain of hamburger fast-food restaurants, founded in 1923 in Flint, Michigan under the name ""Kewpee Hotel Hamburgs"". Kewpee's current headquarters is located in Lima, Ohio. The chain is named after the Kewpie doll. Kewpee was one of the first to institute curbside service, which later morphed into a drive-in service, and then finally was transformed into drive-thru service. The Lima Kewpee locations have locally raised beef delivered daily to each Kewpee restaurant. The Kewpee Restaurant in Lima, Ohio is considered a historic site. Kewpee Hamburgers is a chain of fast-food restaurants"
"division. Nampak Nampak is a South African company based in Johannesburg, South Africa that specialises in the manufacturing and design of packaging. Nampak is the largest diversified packaging company in Africa. The company produces packaging in glass, paper, metals, and plastic. The company's subsidiary BevCan is one of the largest producers of aluminium cans in Africa. The subsidiary DivFood is one of the largest producers of metal cans for canning, aerosols, and metal containers in Africa. Currently the company is focused on expanding operations into the rest of Africa. In 2018 the company announced that it was selling its glass"
"SmartPak SmartPak is a business headquartered in Plymouth, Massachusetts. SmartPak was founded in 1999 by two Harvard Business School graduates, founders Becky Minard, and her husband Paal Gisholt, who serves as CEO. SmartPak provides custom-packed nutritional supplements in daily-dose packages for horses and dogs. In addition to its patented feeding system that provides convenient administration of supplements and medications, SmartPak has since expanded into selling equestrian apparel and gear, and added products for dogs, including dog supplies. Becky Minard got the idea for SmartPak in 1999, after recognizing that the stable where she kept her horse was having trouble keeping"
"Jersey. The 2000s brought new, stronger competition to the New York area and the chain shrank, receding mostly to Manhattan. At the time of A&P's liquidation in 2015, The Food Emporium had 11 stores. The banner was acquired from bankrupt A&P in late 2015 by Key Food Stores Co-op, Inc., which currently operates seven of The Food Emporium stores. Food Emporium's history starts in 1919, when Louis Daitch founded Daitch Crystal Dairies, a public company trading on the American Stock Exchange. Over the years, he opened shops in the New York City area selling butter and eggs. Following World War"
"Hydrapak Hydrapak, founded in 1996, is a California (USA)-based company that manufactures hydration packs, reservoirs, and Sport Water Bottles. The company is headquartered in Oakland, California. In 1996, Bell Sports launched the first pack line under the Blackburn brand name. In 2001, Matt Lyon purchased the company. Hydrapak has a global reach through numerous national and international distributors, retailers, and direct to consumer via their online retail store. Hydrapak initially focused on equipment for Mountain Bike users and gradually expanded to other active sport markets including, running, triathlon, Motorcycle and Road cycling. They have also found great success as an"
"Fine Fare Fine Fare was the name of a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. It was famous for its Yellow Pack budget own-label range, a forerunner to today's own brand basic ranges. The company started as a single supermarket in Welwyn Garden City in 1951 as an offshoot of the Welwyn Department Store owned by Howardsgate Holdings, the company of Ebenezer Howard, the founder of the garden city movement. It was one of a series of convenience store chains established in the 1950s, the others being Premier and Victor Value. In 1959, it won a court case against"
"C. Michael Harper Charles Michael Harper (September 23, 1927 – May 28, 2016) was an American businessman who led ConAgra Foods from 1975 to 1993, growing the company by many acquisitions. He was born in Michigan, attended Purdue University as an undergraduate, and earned his MBA at the University of Chicago. During his tenure at ConAgra, sales rose from $636 million in 1974 to $9 billion in 1987. Some of the largest sales increases came in frozen-food and poultry. In 1988, ConAgra threatened to relocate from Omaha to Denver, Chicago or Minneapolis if the city did not help find a"
"The Food Emporium The Food Emporium is a chain of grocery stores in New York and New Jersey. The supermarket banner was created by Shopwell Inc., whose roots can be traced to Daitch Crystal Dairies (established 1919). Shopwell Inc. was acquired by The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) in 1986 and at the time, the company operated the upscale, gourmet banner stores in New York City, Westchester County, NY and Fairfield County, Connecticut. The Food Emporium grew throughout the 1990s, converting many of its New York-area A&P stores to The Food Emporium and expanding the chain to New"
"JanPak JanPak was a regional supplier of cleaning, janitorial and packaging products. It operates 17 distribution centers in the Central and Southeastern United States with over 100 delivery trucks. The headquarters of JanPak is in Davidson, North Carolina. Interline Brands acquired JanPak in 2012 and was renamed to SupplyWorks in 2015. Janpak was founded in 1945 in Bluefield, West Virginia by James Shott, H. I. Shott, Jr., James Tilson, L. M. Kerley Sr. and B. L. Early. It was first called Paper Supply Company until 2000 when the name changed to JanPak Inc. Mike Shott, James Shott's grandson, was serving"
"Linpac LINPAC Group Limited was founded in 1959 in Lincolnshire, England, as Lincolnshire Packaging - to produce paper packaging for local fresh food producers. It is now an international business valued at almost £500,000,000, providing mainly plastic packaging and supply chain manufacturing and services business. The company is based in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, and in 2015 had 2,500 employees worldwide. LINPAC Group comprises four main divisions: The company manufactures food packaging, returnable transit packaging (RTP), rigid plastic containers, cartridges, bulk storage tanks, bulk containers, medical containers, spill control products, and GRP gratings and structures. It also provides services related"
"in 1998. Many of the locations became Price Chopper stores, currently known as FreshCo. Food City (Canada) Food City or Food Town were Canadian supermarkets operated by the Toronto-based Oshawa Group. The stores were often paired with department store chain Towers. A typical Food City store had: The stores employed a plastic numbered basket system at the checkout that would be placed onto rollers and/or a conveyor and then is loaded by staff at a drive-through. This system, which is becoming increasingly rare, is commonly referred to as parcel pickup or car order. Smaller stores were re-branded as Food Town;"
"quality of food donations. ""City Harvest, a non-profit organization founded in 1982, is the world's first and New York City's only food rescue program. City Harvest exists to end hunger in communities throughout New York City, through food rescue and distribution, education, and other practical, innovative solutions."" For three years, Ripert has hosted the Tibetan Aid Project's ""Taste & Tribute New York"" benefit dinner and auction at his Manhattan restaurant, Le Bernardin. ""Funds raised at the annual ""Taste & Tribute"" benefit dinners help support efforts to restore Tibetan-language texts to libraries all over the Himalayan region. So far, this project"
"principal product is packages and equipment for aseptic packaging of food, principally using plastic-coated cardboard. As of January 2015 Tetra Pak employed around 3500 staff at their headquarters in Lund. The pharmaceutical company Astra Zeneca used to have a large presence in Lund but their offices closed in 2010. The site was re-developed as a research park named Medicon Village. over 1200 people work in more than 100 organisations based at Medicon Village. Lund Lund () is a city in the province of Scania, southern Sweden. The town had 91,086 inhabitants in 2017, out of a municipal total of 121,510"
"Chicago is also the site of a growing number of web startup companies like CareerBuilder, Orbitz, Basecamp, Groupon, Feedburner, Grubhub and NowSecure. Prominent food companies based in Chicago include the world headquarters of Kraft Heinz, Mondelez International, Ferrara Candy Company, McDonald's, Quaker Oats, and ConAgra. Chicago has been a hub of the Retail sector since its early development, with Montgomery Ward, Sears, and Marshall Field's. Today the Chicago metropolitan area is the headquarters of several retailers, including Walgreens, Sears, Ace Hardware, Claire's, ULTA Beauty and Crate & Barrel. Late in the 19th century, Chicago was part of the bicycle craze,"
"residents, lived in the town, most of whom worked for Tyson Foods. In 2011, 130 Muslim employees stopped working temporarily after they were discouraged from praying five times a day for fear of low productivity. Tyson Foods later released a statement dismissing it as a cross-cultural misunderstanding. On August 3, 1969, a freight train exploded while passing through Noel, spraying fragments of metal through houses and buildings over a six-block area. One person was killed, and 40 others injured. . A mosque was established in 2009, and an African Grocery Store which sells headscarves and rugs in 2010; both are"
"Farmer Jack Farmer Jack was a supermarket chain based in Detroit, Michigan. At its peak, it operated more than 100 stores, primarily in metropolitan Detroit. In its final years, the chain operated as the Midwest subsidiary of the New Jersey-based A&P Corporation. A&P closed the Farmer Jack chain on July 7, 2007. Farmer Jack stores were typically in suburban neighborhoods, usually anchoring strip malls. In addition to offering groceries, each store operated full-service produce, floral, delicatessen, bakery, pharmacy, meat, and seafood departments, with some locations including a bank. Farmer Jack's beginnings were in 1924, when Jewish-Russian immigrants Tom Borman and"
"employee-owned Rath operated at a loss in 1981-1983. After a series of further financial setbacks, Rath ceased operations in December, 1984 and was liquidated in 1985. Rath Packing Company The Rath Packing Company was a meatpacking company located in Waterloo, Iowa between 1891 and 1985. George John Rath (varyingly referred to as George Rath and John George Rath) was born in 1821 in Breitenau, Württemberg province, Germany. He came to the United States in the late 1840s and eventually settled in Dubuque, Iowa. In Dubuque, Rath began a merchant business, making and selling soap and tallow candles. He also began"
"Leo Burdock Leo Burdocks, or Burdocks is a popular century old Fish and chip shop and is Dublin's oldest chipper. It is based in the city and its original location in Werburgh Street, near Christchurch Cathedral, was the first. It has lasted through a revolution, a civil war, two world wars, Ireland's recession, boom, and bust. In the late 1990s they expanded to a number of other locations for a second time. Besides locals it is frequented by national and international celebrities. Burdocks was founded in 1913 by a Liberties couple, Bella and Patrick Burdock, in the Christchurch area of"
"now takes place outside Norway. The company's headquarters are in Spikkestad. The company is currently owned by the investment company Ferd AS. Elopak Elopak is a Norwegian company producing cartons for liquids, starting with aseptic gable top cartons for milk. The company was founded in 1957 by Johan Henrik Andresen and Christian August Johansen as a European licensee of Pure-Pak, the Elopak name standing for ""European License Of PURE-PAK"". In 1987, Elopak bought the Ex-Cell-O Packaging Systems Division from which it was originally a licensee, and hence got full ownership of Pure-Pak. In 2003, the company had approximately 2,500 employees"
"the whole of County Durham as well as Teesside. Depots were later built at Leeds, Edinburgh, Sheffield and Birmingham and in 1931 they decided upon Nottingham as a base from which to expand into the Midlands. Several dozen more depots were either built, bought or rented throughout England and Scotland. In 1958 Rank-Hovis Ltd acquired the business, which then became part of the newly formed RHM in 1961. RHM was taken over by Premier Foods in March 2007, making Be-Ro a Premier Foods brand. Be-Ro Be-Ro is a food manufacturing business based in Newcastle upon Tyne. The Company was founded"
"chain Alaska Marketplace, which closed at the end of 2000. One of those stores, the Foodland Shopping Circle in Fairbanks, one of the earliest stores in the Carrs chain, has remained largely vacant since. As of 2010, there are 24 stores in Alaska, including: Anchorage, Fairbanks (both in multiple locations), Juneau, Kenai, Homer, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Nome, North Pole, Palmer, Seward, Soldotna, Valdez, Wasilla and Unalaska. Laurence John ""Larry"" Carr (July 28, 1929 – May 12, 2011) moved to Anchorage, Alaska in 1947 after graduating from high school in San Bernardino, California. After a short stint in management at the Alaska"