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Metropolitan New York grocer Western Beef is bringing self-checkout to more stores. Following a successful pilot at two locations in New York City, the supermarket chain plans to roll out 20 Toshiba self-service systems at five other stores across New York this year, according to Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions. The two stores have deployed four of Toshiba’s Self Checkout System 6 units and four of its Xsellrate self-service kiosks. Serving as the stores’ express lanes, the

Cactus Holdings raises $15,000 for Red Cross hurricane relief efforts.

On Tuesday, November 27th, 2018, National Food Distributors announced that it was in talks with Metro Holdings and Development to explore a possible build out over 800,000+ square feet for their food distribution and cold storage facility in Ridgewood, Queens which will also include space for self-storage. NFD is exploring plans to expand their facility so they compensate for the recent growth of the company. The growth has pressured NFD to find a logistics solution which wo

On September 16th 2018, Western Beef hosted its 22nd Annual Employee Appreciation BBQ. The event took place from 4 PM to 8 PM EST in Ridgewood, Queens at the Western Beef headquarters, shared with parent company Cactus Holdings Inc. The event offered typical BBQ staples such as burgers, hot dogs as well as a variety of specialty treats such as Mamita’s flavored ice. For children there were carnival rides and games, a climbing wall, live music and for the employees there were