Frozen Foods

As a way to offer its customers a competitive in-store advantage on premium fish and shellfish products, Bi-Lo, LLC has formed a partnership with North Coast Seafood, a third-generation primary processor of North Atlantic seafood to become the only Southeast retailer to offer this variety of fresh product to shoppers, while Price Chopper Supermarkets, a Golub Corp. company, has joined forces with Local Ocean, becoming the first supermarket retailer in the United States to provide customers with the provider’s sustainable, “locally grown” sea bream.

Walgreens unveiled its new expanded food selection in several Chicago communities identified as food deserts, or areas that lack access to basic foods necessary to maintain a healthy diet.

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. is encouraging family health, fitness and togetherness this back-to-school season with two offerings through Sept. 30: The Family Fitness Fun Challenge, at www.TakeaHealthyBite.com, offers fitness-minded families savings on the company’s natural and organic products, and consumers can send in register receipts from their purchases of those items to receive Sports Authority Gift Cards for use in buying sporting equipment and athletic gear to help parents and kids stay in shape.

As gluten-free foods continue to gain in consumer popularity and store-shelf prominence, manufacturers are offering a wider range of products to appeal to those suffering from celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, and their families, as well as to shoppers who wish simply to reduce or eliminate their gluten intake. Following are some recently introduced offerings:

U.S. Foodservice broke ground Friday to expand its Port Orange, Fla., division’s food distribution center to 409,000 square feet, which should facilitate the ongoing growth of the company’s central Florida distribution business.

Harris Teeter and Coca-Cola have teamed up with the city of Charlotte, N.C., to publicize 15 new recycling bins in the Center City area — and the fact that people ‘caught’ recycling can win cash, food and drinks.

Brookshire Grocery Co.-owned and Super 1 Foods & Discount Pharmacy stores is looking to make packing a healthy school lunch easy with its “Super Fun Lunch” box value meals that are prepared and sold in the deli and are based mainly on NuVal scores.

Giant Eagle is planning remodeling projects at some of its stores in the Akron and Canton, Ohio, area.