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Time to Exhale: Cocoa Tariffs Removed!
November 25, 2025 Time to Exhale: Cocoa Tariffs Removed! The Fine Chocolate Industry Association (FCIA) is pleased that tariffs on cocoa have been removed, as of November 13, 2025. The Trump administration removed tariffs on cocoa, coffee, and dozens of other imported foods and commodities. Most of these foods, as with cocoa, either cannot be grown in the United States, or are unable to be grown in sufficient quantities to meet demand, necessitating their importation. This limitation left both businesses and consumers with no alternative but to pay the tariff, go without these foods, or reformulate their products to use ...

Walmart Tops List of Winners of PLMA’s annual Salute to Excellence Awards®
NEW YORK (November 16, 2025) - Walmart once again tops the list of winners of PLMA’s annual Salute to Excellence Awards®. The retailer received 15 awards across multiple categories for its Vibrant Life™, Parent's Choice™, bettergoods™, Marketside®, Great Value™ and Equate™ store brands. Albertsons, CVS Pharmacy, Lidl, Sam’s Club, Topco Associates and Whole Foods Market are among other companies winning multiple awards. PLMA’s annual Salute to Excellence Awards® program recognizes outstanding food and nonfood products introduced within the last year by supermarkets, drug stores, mass merchandisers, convenience stores, online retailers, wholesalers and more. Submissions were sampled and evaluated by a panel ...

Rouses Markets To Acquire 10 Winn-Dixie Stores
Rouses Markets has entered into an agreement to acquire 10 Winn-Dixie locations in Louisiana and Mississippi from Southeastern Grocers, parent company of Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket, with the changeover expected to be complete in early 2026. “We are proud to welcome these stores, their team members and their customers into the Rouses Markets family,” said Donny Rouse Jr., third-generation CEO. “These locations in New Orleans East, Destrehan, Franklinton, Gramercy and Central, Louisiana, and Hattiesburg, Mississippi, are all areas we have looked at for a long time. “We are also strengthening our presence in Marrero, Covington, Mandeville and Kenner, which continue to ...