Two $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to current students pursuing a degree in a four- or two-year program. Three $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors.

Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder and CEO of Chobani and Founder of the Tent Partnership for Refugees, has joined the Selection Committee for the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, a $1 million global humanitarian award.

National New Markets Fund, LLC an affiliate of Los Angeles-based SDS Capital Group, invested $17.5 million of its New Markets Tax Credit allocation into Chanhassen, Minn.-based Bongards Creameries.

This represents a 4.7% rise in dollar sales in all outlets from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2023, versus the same period the prior year, according to the report.

The expansion of Rich’s Morristown facility will add 2,400 square feet of space, which will directly support enhanced production of its growing bakery business, serving national and regional grocery and club retailers. 

The FTC alleges that the deal is anticompetitive. But Kroger says the "proposed merger with Albertsons Cos. will produce meaningful and measurable benefits for customers, associates and communities across the country."

This milestone arrives shortly after the one-year anniversary of the destructive fire that swept through the Maine-based ice cream company’s production facility.

The Marble Slab Creamery locations are set to open over the next 10 years, with the first of the new locations slated to open by the end of 2024.

Reduced Fat Eggnog was awarded in the Specialty Dairy Beverage category.  

Brenda Dehart is responsible for developing and managing the cooperative’s financial strategy, planning analysis, and reporting of short-and long-term financial objectives with additional oversight of legal.