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Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
More Than 20 Million Eggs Recalled After Dozens Were Sickened by Salmonella—Here's What You Need to Know
Nearly 20 million eggs from August Egg Company were recalled after they were linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 79 people—and resulted in 21 hospitalizations—across seven states. The impacted products from August Egg Company are their organic and cage-free brown eggs, which feature the plant code P-6562 or CA5330 and the sell-by date of March 4, 2025, to June 19, 2025. The eggs were sold in the following states: Arizona California Illinois Indiana Nebraska New Mexico Nevada Washington Wyoming They were distributed to Walmart stores, as well as Save Mart, FoodMaxx, Lucky, Smart & Final, Safeway, Raley's, Food 4 Less, and Ralphs. Related: The 10 Foods Most Linked to Recalls and Disease Outbreaks The eggs were sold under a number of different brand names, along with bulk orders to food companies. These are the brands included in the recall, according to the FDA statement: Clover Organic Large Brown First Street Cage Free Large Brown Nulaid Medium Brown Cage Free Nulaid Jumbo Brown Cage Free O Organics Cage Free Large Brown O Organics Large Brown O Organics Large Brown Marketside Organic Large Cage Free Brown Marketside Large Cage Free Brown Raley's Large Cage Free Brown Raley's Organic Large Cage Free Brown Simple Truth Medium Brown Cage Free Simple Truth Large Brown Cage Free Sun Harvest Organic Cage Free Large Brown Sunnyside Large Brown Cage Free Sunnyside Organic Cage Free Large Brown If you have the eggs, do not eat them. You should throw them out or bring them back to the store for a full refund. You can also contact the company at 1-800-710-2554, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT. The egg company has stopped selling fresh eggs at this time as they investigate the cause of the outbreak. Salmonella is a common bacteria that is a frequent cause of food recalls. It can cause serious illness, including fever, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. Among children, the elderly, and people with weakened immune systems, it can become more serious and potentially fatal. One concern with this outbreak is that some of the sampled strains are resistant to many antibiotics, so they may be more difficult to treat, according to a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) assessment. The CDC recommends washing anything that has come in contact with the contaminated eggs in the dishwasher or in hot, soapy water to prevent infection. Read the original article on Real Simple
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
California Dairy Families and Raley's Food For Families Partner to Deliver Nutritious Milk and Dairy Foods to Families Facing Food Insecurity
TRACY, Calif., May 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In California, over 3 million households face food insecurity. In honor of June as National Dairy Month, the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) is partnering for the third year with Raley's Food For Families program to deliver milk and dairy foods to nourish families in California communities. Throughout the month of June, California dairy families, through the CMAB, will match customer in-store and online Food For Families donations, dollar-for-dollar (up to $35,000) to provide California dairy products to feeding programs. Prompts with the "Do Good with Dairy" message will be shared through in-store signage and digital communications to alert consumers to the initiative. Part of the Real California Milk CADAIRY4GOOD program and Raley's well-known Food For Families charitable organization, the partnership is part of an ongoing commitment from both to providing resources to food banks and feeding programs to increase access to nutritious foods. "The California Department of Food and Agriculture is proud to be part of this effort," said California Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross. "We applaud the Milk Advisory Board and Raley's for their commitment in bringing nutrition to families in need." "As a California dairy farmer, I'm passionate about making sure families have access to milk and dairy foods—the most nourishing and affordable sources of nutrition," said Nicole Morris who, with her husband, operates the JNM Dairy in Modesto. "This partnership brings much-needed support to communities while also reinforcing the important role dairy plays in helping families grow and thrive." Milk donations will be distributed to 12 Food For Family partner food banks – Alameda County Community Food Bank, Central California Food Bank, Food Bank for Monterey County, Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano, Food Bank of Northern Nevada, Placer Food Bank, Redwood Empire Food Bank, Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz County, Second Harvest of the Greater Valley, and Yolo Food Bank. "Milk is vitamin and nutrient-dense liquid gold to our neighbors trying to keep healthy food options on their tables. We could not be more grateful that the California Milk Advisory Board has again partnered with Raley's Food for Families. It's always a massive help when we can provide dairy products, like milk to the community," said Jessica Vaughan, Chief Executive Officer, Second Harvest of the Greater Valley. With help from customers, vendors, and Raley's team members, Raley's Food For Families has provided millions of meals to local families. Raley's absorbs all administrative costs, maximizing the impact of every donation. "Year-around we accept donations to Food For Families to help alleviate hunger in our community," said Zoe Edwards, Raley's Food For Families Operations Specialist. "Dairy is a highly-requested, nutritious food group and additional source of protein that our food banks are eager to provide to their community. We are proud to partner with Real California Milk to bring dairy products to our food bank partners." The CADAIRY4GOOD platform focuses on increasing access to nourishing dairy foods for individuals and families throughout California through partnerships to pilot programs to deliver product and refrigeration resources to the state's food banks and feeding programs. California is the number one dairy state. Its more than 1,000 family dairy farms are focused on delivering the wholesome goodness of California milk while creating a greener, more sustainable future for dairy in the state. About Real California Milk/California Milk Advisory BoardThe California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB), an instrumentality of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, is funded by the state's dairy farm families who lead the nation in sustainable dairy farming practices. With a vision to nourish the world with the wholesome goodness of Real California Milk, the CMAB's programs focus on increasing demand for California's sustainable dairy products in the state, across the U.S. and around the world. Connect with the CMAB at Facebook, YouTube, Tik Tok, Instagram, X and Pinterest. About Raley's Food For Families Raley's Food For Families is a registered 501(c)3 organization providing food to Feeding America food banks and their network of partner agencies. The year-round program serves the communities of Northern California and Western Nevada through Raley's, Bel Air Market, Nob Hill Foods and Raley's ONE Market locations. Raley's Food For Families began as a holiday food drive in 1986 and was founded by Co-Chairman and Owner Joyce Raley Teel and CEO emeritus Charles Collings. In the past 33 years, the organization has raised over $59 million and 44 million pounds of fresh wholesome food. With a long commitment to local communities, Raley's Food For Families continues to grow and thrive as an organization dedicated to health and happiness for those experiencing food insecurity. Raley's covers one hundred percent of the administrative costs for the non-profit, meaning all donations go directly to the food bank partners. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE California Milk Advisory Board 擷取數據時發生錯誤 登入存取你的投資組合 擷取數據時發生錯誤 擷取數據時發生錯誤 擷取數據時發生錯誤 擷取數據時發生錯誤
Business Journals
01-05-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
Phoenix College retail management certificate advances food industry career opportunities
The share of U.S. households buying groceries online has more than doubled since the onset of Covid-19. That's according to a recent report in Digital 360 Commerce that notes that March 2025 marked the eighth straight month in which online grocery sales topped $9.5 billion. These long-term shifts in consumer behavior highlight the complexities of the grocery industry: the intricacies of supply chains, evolving consumer preferences, and the impact of technology. Yet, according to IBIS World, grocery store revenue in the U.S. is currently $883.1 billion, a number that's expected to continue to grow. Before the pandemic, visionary executives in the Western Association of Food Chains (WAFC) had the foresight to acknowledge the grocery store workforce needed additional skills to address the complexities of the business and ongoing challenges. In 2000, WAFC leaders began a collaborative partnership with community colleges to develop the Retail Management Certificate (RMC), blending industry-specific knowledge with essential business skills in an eight-course program. "Historically, education is not at the forefront of the conversation for grocery retail team members," said Courtney Dulle, manager of talent and leadership for The Raley's Companies, a private, family-owned grocery retail company in California. "You can go pretty far in the grocery business without a formal education. When I was 16, 17, 18 years old and bagging groceries and checking out customers, I wasn't having the conversation about college with my parents." Dulle has worked for Raley's since 2000. In 2016, she enrolled in the RMC program at Fresno City College. By 2019, Dulle was promoted to her current leadership role at Raley's. "I went from a graduate to the person overseeing the RMC program for two operating companies," she said. In December 2021, Raley's acquired the Bashas' family of local grocery brands, including AJs Fine Foods and Food City, which operate primarily in Arizona. expand At a WAFC meeting of retailers and community colleges, Dulle expressed her interest in growing Bashas' RMC program to Dawson Dopp, a business faculty member at Phoenix College (PC). Dopp already was collaborating with other Arizona food retailers, including Albertsons, Smart and Final, Fry's, and Safeway, to enroll their food associates in PC's RMC program. Still, he and Dulle created a direct billing system that allowed Raley's to seamlessly pay tuition for their Bashas' employees. This streamlined approach removed financial barriers and empowered employees. "We have adult learners entering into the education space for the first time or going back after a very long time and learning the online aspects," noted Dulle. "Phoenix College has done a phenomenal job at making that transition as easy as possible." expand "Dawson brought our campus teams (admissions, advising, and billing) together to offer RMC students and their employers white glove service," said Sherlyn Celaya, director of PC's Management and Leadership Programs, who manages the RMC program. Dopp became Department Chair of Business and Computer Information Technology, but remains a champion of RMC, having grown the program to over 100 students. Dopp noted, 'Phoenix College staff and faculty provide intensive support and flexibility for working professionals.' expand Cristy Zarate started as a courtesy clerk for AJ's Fine Foods 19 years ago after moving to the U.S. from Mexico. Eventually, she transferred to Bashas' compliance department and was promoted to food safety manager four years ago. In her role, Zarate attends many conferences and completes a variety of certifications. Still, she enrolled in the RMC program for its foundation in business. "All the classes – from human resources to sales – have been interesting," she said. "I am very focused on food safety, and sometimes I don't realize what everybody else does." The convenience of doing the courses online also was a perk. "The beauty of the program is you can do it at your own pace and on your own time," said Zarate. "My job is very demanding – I'm available 24/7 – and I'm a full-time mom, but I find time for the program." She noted the teachers are always accessible, and if she wants to understand a concept further, she asks a Bashas' colleague in the field to explain it. In the management course, she learned about profit margins and shrinkage. For Zarate, the RMC is an essential step in advancing her career. "I thought continuing my education would be impossible, but after going through the classes, it's not,' she said. 'I can do it. It's a step to bigger things."
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Jones Soda Co. Expands POP Jones Placement Nationwide with Market Basket and Ongoing Retail Resets
Modern soda line builds momentum across key grocery banners including Albertsons, Kroger, Raley's, and Lunds & Byerly's SEATTLE, April 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Jones Soda Co. (CSE: JSDA) (OTCQB: JSDA) today announced that its prebiotic soda line made with natural ingredients, Pop Jones, is now featured in Modern Beverage POGs across several national and regional chain stores, boosting visibility in a high-traffic grocery chains. This follows Pop Jones' online launch in September 2024, driven by demand for healthier, functional beverages. Pop Jones is now available in over 1500 retail doors and continues to expand each month with new retailers. POP Jones is a prebiotic craft soda that marks Jones Soda's entry into the high-growth modern soda category. Each 12 oz can contain just 30 calories with ingredients including real juice, 4g of total sugar, 3g of fiber, and 20% RDA of zinc for immune support. Flavors include Watermelon Cucumber, Pineapple Ginger, Orange & Cream, Strawberry Passionfruit, and Mixed Berry & Kiwi, all leveraging Jones' nearly three decades of flavor expertise to deliver big taste in a better-for-you package. "Pop Jones landing in the below chains per the Modern Beverage POGs is a major milestone," said Scott Harvey, CEO of Jones Soda Co. "We're not just offering a better-for-you soda, we're making it easy for shoppers to grab something that delivers functional benefits and tastes amazing." The brand continues to gain national traction, with resets completed or underway at top grocery retailers across the country: Albertsons-Safeway: 683 stores in five divisions (Seattle, Haggen, Intermountain, Southern, Mid-Atlantic, and Shaw's), carrying up to four items. Kroger: 196 stores in Fred Meyer and QFC divisions; resets to be completed in May. Market Basket (Northeast): 87 stores, carrying five items. Raley's: 120 stores across CA, NV, AZ, and NM, carrying four items. Lunds & Byerly's: 29 stores, carrying five items. Hy-Vee: 100 stores, carrying five items. SpartanNash: 145 stores, carrying five items. Nugget Markets (CA): 17 stores, carrying five items. Save Mart (CA): 150 stores, carrying four items. With momentum building across major grocery banners and shelf space expanding coast to coast, Pop Jones is quickly establishing itself as a national player in the high-growth functional beverage category. Its growing retail footprint is a direct result of Jones Soda Co.'s strategic focus on innovation, flavor, and function—delivering a better-for-you soda that meets modern consumer demands without sacrificing taste. About Jones Soda Co. Jones Soda Co.® (CSE: JSDA, OTCQB: JSDA) is a leading developer of sodas and hemp-infused beverages known for their premium taste, unique flavors, and unconventional brand personality. Launched in 1996 as the original craft soda brand, the Company today markets a diverse portfolio of sodas, mixers, spiked soda, and wellness beverages under the Jones® Soda brand as well as a line of award-winning hemp beverages and edibles leveraging Jones' trademark flavors under the Mary Jones brand. For more information, visit or View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Jones Soda Co. Sign in to access your portfolio
New York Times
24-02-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Logan Webb is a safe bet for the Giants, but there's a pitch worth monitoring
This is the fourth installment in a series looking at the high variance and unpredictability of the individual starting pitchers in the San Francisco Giants' rotation. The first three were easy. Robbie Ray is a former Cy Young winner coming back for his first full season after Tommy John surgery. Kyle Harrison is young, talented and inexperienced, which are adjectives that can precede both frustrating and breakout seasons. Jordan Hicks is still an in-progress conversion tale, but now he's armed with a little experience and a full offseason of preparation. Advertisement Logan Webb is one of the steadiest pitchers in baseball. He has led the league in innings in each of the last two seasons. He has made 33 starts in each of the last two seasons. His version of even-year nonsense is that he struck out 7.6 batters per nine innings in 2020, 2022 and 2024. Even his nonsense is reliable. He isn't a high-variance pitcher, and it's going to be a stretch pretending he is. All true, but there's an important clarification: Every pitcher is a high-variance pitcher. They're pitchers. You can find quibbles and qualms with all of them if you look hard enough. Even the ones with Cy Young votes in three straight seasons. Pretend that you're a skeptical fantasy player looking for a reason to draft another starting pitcher, then. Pretend you went to Las Vegas and put $100 on 'Giants stinking this year,' which is oddly ambiguous wording for a wager. Come to think of it, that's not a betting slip, it's a Raley's receipt with something scribbled on the back, and I'm not sure the guy in the parking lot actually worked at Caesar's. But now you're looking for evidence to make you feel better about your bet. If Webb isn't thriving, neither are the Giants, most likely, so start with him and look for any red flags. Are there any? The landing page on Webb's Baseball Savant page has some, at least on the surface. It's color coded with percentile rankings for different metrics, and the simple way to read it is 'red good' and 'blue bad.' Webb has plenty of both. He's dead red on some of the most important ones (overall pitching value) and the expected ones (ground ball percentage), but he's got a lot more blue than the other pitchers with Cy Young votes. You can wave off the blue for fastball velocity because overpowering velocity has never been his game, but what about some of the other ones? Opponents hit the ball harder off Webb than they do against other pitchers. The expected batting average against him was .272 , which is notable in a league that hit .247 last season. Consider that only 21 qualified batters in the National League had a higher batting average than the league's expected average against Webb. He gets a swing and miss just 8.5 percent of the time, which was 54th out of the 57 starting pitchers who qualified for the ERA title. Advertisement If your eyes are glazing over because of the numbers, here's a quick and dirty summary: Batters make more a lot more contact against Webb than they do against other pitchers. They make a lot harder contact against him. This is why his 4.31 expected ERA (xERA) was tied with Rockies starter Ryan Feltner in the bottom half of the NL last season. Webb is unlike any other starting pitcher in baseball, which means that there will always be newfangled statistics that send mixed messages. It's pretty easy to dismiss some of this. Hard contact is a big problem … unless the majority of the baseballs are pounded straight into the ground. The average contact against Webb's sinker is roughly as hard as the average contact that Bryce Harper makes, but not all contact is created equal. The ball might leave the bat at 89.8 mph, but it's often heading toward the fielders a lot slower than that. This means the lack of swing-and-miss in Webb's game is often a feature and not a bug. Often. But not always. There are pitches in Webb's repertoire that he'd certainly like to get more batters waving through, and if you're looking for nits to pick, there's a specific pitch to worry about. It might be the difference between Webb having a very good season, with lots of effective innings getting him down-ballot Cy Young votes, and the kind of season that gets him first-place Cy Young votes. Maybe even a plurality or the majority of first-place Cy Young votes. Keep your eye on the changeup. It's the one pitch that sticks out as being just a little bit different in 2024 compared to previous seasons, and it was one of the least effective pitches in baseball last season. Not only did it leave the bat faster than in previous seasons, but hitters were able to get it in the air more. Webb allowed just 11 home runs last year, and nine of them were hit against the changeup. To be fair, the first four he allowed were to Mookie Betts, Bryce Harper, Aaron Judge and Yordan Alvarez, so maybe it's less of a problem with a specific pitch and more of a problem with those guys being talented. He also allowed one to this guy, who should be pretty good: The changeup has always been Webb's most mercurial pitch. When he was a prospect, Keith Law called it a fringy pitch that would need to improve if he were to escape the dreaded fifth-starter label. Baseball America wrote this about Webb's changeup in their 2019 prospect rankings: The righthander is still working on a third-pitch changeup, but it's well behind his fastball and breaking ball. It often comes across too firm, not creating enough separation from his heater. Advertisement The following season, Baseball America named it the best changeup in the Giants' system. When Kerry Crowley profiled Webb before the 2020 season, he mentioned it as one of the pitches that was an obvious asset. At 22, Webb showcased … a polished changeup that fooled the likes of left-handed sluggers Cody Bellinger, Joc Pederson and Eric Hosmer. It was a key pitch in his transition from an unknown quantity to a soon-to-be four-time Opening Day starter. It's also the pitch he was the least happy with last season, as Baggs detailed: He's resolved to get better results with his changeup and made a minor grip adjustment that might help him restore some of its familiar fading action. It's up, it's down, it's effective, it's ineffective and, more often than he wants, it's getting hit where fielders can't make a play on it. This is important because the pitch is one of Webb's most used weapons against left-handers, as he threw it 46 percent of the time against them in 2023 before dialing it back to 37 percent last season (which was closer to his career averages). The answer there, as alluded to in the Baggs article, might be the cutter. Webb threw 83 of them last year — all to left-handers — and allowed just one hit on it. The changeup isn't just something that Webb throws to lefties, though. He throws it about a quarter of the time to right-handers, but he stopped throwing it nearly as much to them in the second half last season. It got clobbered by righties in both August and September, and they were getting more in the air against him long before that, which isn't typical. And while the cutter shows promise, he isn't throwing it to right-handers. At least, not yet. However, this was a snipe hunt in search of reasons to feign concern about Webb, and the conclusion was 'his changeup could be more effective, I guess,' which is probably good news for him and the Giants. He's Logan Webb. If he's not excellent, it'll be a huge shock. If every player on the roster was as good as Webb at what they did, the Giants would win the NL West by 10 games. Advertisement Still, keep an eye on the change. Point out the cutter when you want to look smart to someone watching a game with you. It's a fine line between sixth place in the Cy Young voting (last year) and second place (2023). It's the kind of fine line that can be explained by a single pitch from a pitcher who offers a wide variety of them. (Photo of Webb: Rick Scuteri / Imagn Images)
