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2024 RC Show Competitions LEVEL UP and Heat Up!

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Thursday, February 1, 2024
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Key Points: 
  • Do you think you have what it takes to lead the pack and ‘LEVEL UP’ the industry?
  • RC Show 2024 is ready to shine a spotlight on the nation’s very best and brightest talent.
  • From how to discover new flavours, reimagine classics, and surpass diner's experiences, LEVEL UP is all about helping industry professionals take their craft and business to the next level.
  • Don't miss out on this unparalleled opportunity to see this year’s competitors showcase their hospitality game while they LEVEL UP April 8-10 at RC Show 2024!

Instacart Expands Online SNAP Acceptance to Reach 96% of SNAP Households Nationwide with Same-day Grocery Delivery

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Instacart (NASDAQ: CART), the leading grocery technology company in North America, today announced a series of retail expansions that will allow customers to use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to shop online for groceries for same-day delivery from Food City, Gordon Food Service, Hy-Vee, Schnucks, and additional Kroger banners including Baker's, City Market, Dillons, Fred Meyer, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, King Soopers, Marianos, Metro Market, Pick n' Save, Smith's and QFC. The new retail expansions help make groceries more accessible to more SNAP families, allowing them to save time and maximize their budgets. Instacart now offers online SNAP acceptance from more than 170 retail banners spanning more than 14,000 stores, reaching 96% of SNAP households in the U.S.1

Key Points: 
  • The new retail expansions help make groceries more accessible to more SNAP families, allowing them to save time and maximize their budgets.
  • Instacart now offers online SNAP acceptance from more than 170 retail banners spanning more than 14,000 stores, reaching 96% of SNAP households in the U.S.1
    Research published by No Kid Hungry, the University of Kentucky, and Instacart revealed that online grocery shopping offers significant advantages for low-income households, including SNAP families.
  • To use SNAP benefits to shop from the more than 170 retail banners available on Instacart, customers can simply add their SNAP payment card to their Instacart profile.
  • With Instacart+, households can access free delivery and pickup on orders over $35, 5% credit back on eligible pickup orders, and reduced service fees on every order.

Brennan Acquires 244,000 Square Foot Facility with 18 Additional Acres in Plant City, Florida

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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PLANT CITY, Fla., Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Brennan Investment Group ("Brennan"), a private real estate investment firm that acquires, develops, and operates industrial facilities throughout the United States, has acquired a 243,650 square foot facility with an additional 18 acres of contiguous land from Gordon Food Service ("GFS") located at 1420 Gordon Food Service Dr. Plant City, Florida, in the center of the I-4 Corridor submarket.

Key Points: 
  • PLANT CITY, Fla., Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Brennan Investment Group ("Brennan"), a private real estate investment firm that acquires, develops, and operates industrial facilities throughout the United States, has acquired a 243,650 square foot facility with an additional 18 acres of contiguous land from Gordon Food Service ("GFS") located at 1420 Gordon Food Service Dr. Plant City, Florida, in the center of the I-4 Corridor submarket.
  • The existing 243,650 square foot facility is presently leased to Sonoco Products Company ("Sonoco").
  • As an integral part of this initiative, Brennan will undertake construction of a 249,600 square foot expansion on the adjoining 18-acre parcel of land, resulting in a combined square footage of 493,250.
  • The project's location in Plant City, Florida, two miles south of Interstate 4, positions it as a key asset within central Florida's I-4 Corridor.

Trilogy Real Estate Group Welcomes First Residents to The Commons at Rivertown

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023
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GRANDVILLE, Mich., Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Trilogy Real Estate Group, a Chicago-based real estate investment, management and development firm, today announced the opening of The Commons at Rivertown, a garden-style apartment community located near Grand Rapids in West Michigan's emerging Grandville area.

Key Points: 
  • GRANDVILLE, Mich., Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Trilogy Real Estate Group , a Chicago-based real estate investment, management and development firm, today announced the opening of The Commons at Rivertown , a garden-style apartment community located near Grand Rapids in West Michigan's emerging Grandville area.
  • "The Commons at Rivertown is a place where residents will enjoy the picturesque landscape and laid-back, small-town attitude of West Michigan, while being just minutes from vibrant Downtown Grand Rapids."
  • "We're proud to become a part of Grandville's tight-knit community where neighbors stay connected and genuinely care for each other," said Clayton Hanson, President of Trilogy Real Estate Group.
  • As the most contemporary property in the market, The Commons at Rivertown is a testament to our resident-centric approach."

Qlik and Talend Achieve Google Cloud Ready - Cloud SQL Designation

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Qlik ® today announced it has successfully achieved Google Cloud Ready - Cloud SQL Designation for Cloud SQL for both Qlik Data Integration ® and Talend ® Data Fabric , increasing customer confidence to combine these solutions with Google Cloud to drive more value from data.

Key Points: 
  • PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Qlik ® today announced it has successfully achieved Google Cloud Ready - Cloud SQL Designation for Cloud SQL for both Qlik Data Integration ® and Talend ® Data Fabric , increasing customer confidence to combine these solutions with Google Cloud to drive more value from data.
  • Qlik also holds this same designation for Google Cloud Ready – BigQuery Designation, enabling the company to offer a wider set of Google Cloud Ready integration solutions across the broader Google Cloud data services portfolio.
  • “The Google Cloud Ready - Cloud SQL designation recognizes partner solutions that have met a core set of requirements to ensure the best possible integration between the partner product and Cloud SQL,” said Ritika Suri, Director of Technology Partnerships at Google Cloud.
  • “With Qlik and Talend, customers can save time on evaluating new tools, and focus on building solutions using partner products that have been proven through a rigorous validation process to work optimally with Cloud SQL.”
    Google Cloud Ready - Cloud SQL is a new designation for the solutions of Google Cloud’s technology partners that integrate with Cloud SQL.

INSTACART ANNOUNCES FREE DELIVERY AND 2% BACK FOR ALL SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA THAT JOIN INSTACART DURING LIMITED TIME OFFER

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, today announced a limited-time offer that gives small businesses in the United States and Canada free access to Instacart.  Starting today, new businesses that create an Instacart Business account will receive 2% credit back on orders over $250 when they sign up for a complimentary year-long Instacart+ membership, which gives them free same-day delivery on orders over $35 and exclusive savings on every order.*

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, today announced a limited-time offer that gives small businesses in the United States and Canada free access to Instacart.
  • With free Instacart+ and 2% back*, Instacart is helping small businesses get back to business, saving them time and money when they shop for essentials from the freshest restaurant ingredients to new snack offerings from beloved brands.
  • "To help ease that burden, we introduced Instacart Business earlier this year to help small businesses get the items they need while avoiding disruptive last-minute runs to the store.
  • We're now taking it a step further by offering free Instacart+ to small businesses in the U.S. and Canada - creating more ways for businesses to save time and money so they can focus on serving their customers."

MDA Launches Pinup & Roundup Campaigns at Thousands of Retail Partner Locations Nationwide to Fund Summer Camp for Kids and Young Adults 8-17 Living with Muscular Dystrophy & Related Neuromuscular Diseases

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Thursday, May 25, 2023
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To learn more about the MDA Summer Camp retail program and how to get involved, visit https://bit.ly/SummerRetail .

Key Points: 
  • To learn more about the MDA Summer Camp retail program and how to get involved, visit https://bit.ly/SummerRetail .
  • The funds raised go towards accelerating research, advancing care, and advocating to empower families living with neuromuscular disease.
  • This campaign also supports MDA Summer Camp for kids and young adults ages 8-17 living with muscular dystrophy or related neuromuscular diseases.
  • “MDA Summer Camp has been offered to kids and young adults living with neuromuscular diseases since 1955.

HONEYWELL EXPANDS HONEYWELL FORGE PERFORMANCE+ SOFTWARE SUITE WITH ITS HONEYWELL CONNECT RELEASE

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Thursday, May 25, 2023
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ATLANTA, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) today introduced new products and enhanced applications for its Honeywell Forge Performance+ software suite aimed at increasing productivity and driving key digitalization outcomes.

Key Points: 
  • ATLANTA, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) today introduced new products and enhanced applications for its Honeywell Forge Performance+ software suite aimed at increasing productivity and driving key digitalization outcomes.
  • "Honeywell Forge, which is purpose-built SaaS for vertical markets, is designed to deliver better insights to help address these problems and improve performance."
  • For Honeywell's industrial and supply chain customers, new and enhanced applications to the Honeywell Forge Performance+ suite are now available or will be available soon.
  • Within supply chain, Honeywell is introducing several enhancements to Honeywell Forge Performance+ for Distribution Centers to better enable intelligent operations.

GORDON FOOD SERVICE ANNOUNCES TEXAS EXPANSION WITH SIX NEW HOUSTON AREA STORES

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Monday, March 13, 2023
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HOUSTON, March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gordon Food Service®, a privately held and family-managed foodservice distributor with operations in the U.S. and Canada, today announced it will open six new Gordon Food Service Stores in the greater Houston area to serve local restaurants, food operations and the public. The new Gordon Food Service Stores are the first Texas locations and the most opened by the company at one time.

Key Points: 
  • HOUSTON, March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gordon Food Service® , a privately held and family-managed foodservice distributor with operations in the U.S. and Canada, today announced it will open six new Gordon Food Service Stores in the greater Houston area to serve local restaurants, food operations and the public.
  • The new Gordon Food Service Stores are the first Texas locations and the most opened by the company at one time.
  • Gordon Food Service Stores opening March 14:
    Houston - FM 1960 W, located at Champions, FM 1960 at Stuebner Airline
    "Gordon Food Service Store believes in the power of good food and its ability to bring people together and make moments special," said Tim Grabar, president, Gordon Food Service Stores.
  • "We are excited to open our doors to the greater Houston community and provide the chef-quality food products our stores are known for."

Women In Trucking Association Announces 2023 Top Women to Watch in Transportation

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Monday, March 13, 2023
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ARLINGTON, Va., March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) announced today its sixth annual list of Top Women to Watch in Transportation. The editorial staff of WIT's Redefining the Road, WIT's official magazine, selected these individuals for their significant career accomplishments in the past 12 to 18 months, as well as their efforts to promote gender diversity.

Key Points: 
  • The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) announced today its sixth annual list of Top Women to Watch in Transportation.
  • ARLINGTON, Va., March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) announced today its sixth annual list of Top Women to Watch in Transportation.
  • "We are pleased to take this opportunity to highlight the achievements of more than 80 incredibly talented and valuable women."
  • The women will be featured in the upcoming edition of WIT's Redefining the Road magazine and online at womenintrucking.org/top-women-to-watch.