🕸️ Spooky season is getting egg-stra creative! 🥚👻 PFMA member @peteandgerrys is bringing some Halloween fun to the breakfast table with these spider web-dyed eggs! Check out their creepy-cool creation and get inspired for your own Halloween Eggs! 🎃

Spooky season snack idea from PFMA Member Orontes Yogurt! 👻🥣 Orontes is serving up a simple ghost-shaped yogurt dip made with plain yogurt, brown sugar, honey and chocolate chips, paired with your favorite fruit. A fun one for Halloween parties, after-school snacks or a family night in. 🎃🍓 #Halloween #OrontesYogurt #FoodAndBeverageIndustry

Apple pie season, with a twist. 🍎🥧 PFMA Member The Gourmet Egg Roll Company is rolling fall flavor into dessert with its Apple Pie Egg Rolls. Crispy outside, apple pie inside. That’s a pretty good October combination. #ApplePie #EggRolls #FoodAndBeverageIndustry

🎉 Welcome to PFMA, Xcaliber International! For nearly 25 years, @SM0KElahoma has supplied wholesalers and retailers across the country with fourth-tier tobacco products. The company focuses on providing quality products and dependable service to its wholesale and retail partners. We're glad to welcome Xcaliber International as a PFMA member! 🔗 Learn more: loom.ly/90GNKcY

🎉 Welcome to PFMA, Krasdale Foods! Family-owned and headquartered in the Bronx, NY, Krasdale Foods and Alpha 1 Marketing provides full-service distribution, marketing, merchandising and retail technology solutions to independent grocery retailers. Serving more than 2,500 independent grocery locations across Metro New York, the company helps retailers thrive with quality products, innovative solutions and services tailored to the diverse communities they serve. We're excited to welcome Krasdale Foods and Alpha 1 Marketing to the PFMA membership! 🔗 Learn more: [loom.ly/_0i6K9o) #PFMAMember #IndependentGrocers #FoodIndustry

🎥 Inside Dish with PFMA President & CEO Alex Baloga! This week, Alex joins us from the State Capitol in Harrisburg with a few important updates for the food and beverage industry. ✅ A big thank you to everyone who attended last week's PFMA Fall Legislative Conference at Hershey Country Club. 🎰 The deadline to remove skill games from stores 📅 Pennsylvania's new vape directory 🤝 Learn how to participate in PFMA's 2027 Corporate Leadership Program. 🗳️ Election Day is Nov. 3. Don't forget to vote! Stay informed with the latest PFMA updates at pfma.org #InsideDish #PFMA #PAGrocers #Pennsylvania

PFMA was invited to participate in the retail panel at U.S. Senator Dave McCormick's Pennsylvania Red Tape Dialogues at Temple University in Philadelphia. We joined business leaders to discuss regulatory challenges affecting Pennsylvania businesses and opportunities to improve the state's business climate. Thank you to @SenMcCormickPA and his team for including PFMA in the conversation! 📰 Read more: loom.ly/B6e36ks

Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman joins @PAFoodMerchants President and CEO @AlexanderBaloga to discuss how the PA Senate works behind the scenes, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the issues shaping the remainder of 2026. @SenatorPittman talks about affordability, energy costs, permitting reform, state spending, data center development and other concerns he hears from Pennsylvania businesses and communities. #PFMA #informational #government #PA

What will the 2026 midterm election results mean for tax policy and businesses heading into the next Congress? 🏛️ PFMA Corporate Leadership Sponsor @EisnerAmper is hosting a post-election webinar on Nov. 10 to break down the results, each party’s legislative priorities and where bipartisan agreement could shape tax policy. 📅 Nov. 10 ⏰ Noon to 1 p.m. ET 💻 Virtual 🔗 Register: loom.ly/xU4ZAdY The webinar also qualifies for 1.0 CPE credit in Taxes. #PFMA #EisnerAmper #TaxPolicy #2026Midterms

🔐 Registration is open for the 2026 Mid-Atlantic Loss Prevention Conference! Join PFMA, the New Jersey Food Council, Delaware Food Industry Council and New Jersey Retail Merchants Association for a day focused on loss prevention and protecting businesses across the food and beverage industry. 📋 On the agenda: 🔹 $19 Million Pennsylvania Pawnshop ORC Case 🔹 AI in Our Aisles with Alex Siskos of Everseen 🔹 Stopping SNAP Theft & Protecting Customers 🔹 Gift Card Fraud & the Law 🔹 Human Trafficking Prevention with Heather Fry of TAT 🔹 Supply Chain Theft with Phil Johnson of TJX 🔹 FIFA Security Debrief with Max Escate 🏆 PFMA and NJFC will also recognize Joe Peluso, Director of Asset Protection & Safety at PFMA member Weis Markets, with the 2026 Loss Prevention Professional Award. Law enforcement honorees include Detective Sergeant Mitch Cowitt and Captain Ray Evers. 📅 Wednesday, November 4, 2026 ⏰ 8 am to 3:30 pm 📍 Forsgate Country Club, Monroe, NJ 🔗 Register today: loom.ly/O39OLRY #LossPrevention #PFMA #FoodIndustry @NJ_EatsAtHome

PFMA Corporate Leadership Sponsors and Members @Wakefern_Food and @ShopRiteStores, along with The Fresh Grocer, joined @America250_PA for a volunteer shift at Philabundance’s South Philadelphia warehouse. Wakefern also contributed $20,000 to Philabundance to support its work addressing food insecurity across the region. 👏 #Philabundance #CommunitySupport #FoodAndBeverageIndustry

💊 PFMA's Pharmacy Council will meet Tuesday, October 27, at 2 pm for its first meeting under new Council Chair Harshil Patel, Director of @Wakefern_Food Corp.'s Pharmacy Division. The council brings PFMA members together to discuss issues affecting pharmacies, share industry perspectives and help shape PFMA's policy and advocacy priorities. #PFMA #Pharmacy #Pennsylvania

Less than 90 days to go until the 2027 Pennsylvania Farm Show. 🐄🌽🚜 The show returns Jan. 9-16 with eight days of Pennsylvania agriculture, food and plenty of Farm Show favorites. Many PFMA members will be there throughout the week. What are you looking forward to most? #PAFarmShow #PennsylvaniaAgriculture #FoodAndBeverageIndustry

Happy 89th birthday to PFMA Member Swarthmore Co-op! 🎂🛒 October is National Co-op Month, and Swarthmore Co-op is marking the occasion with nearly nine decades of service to its community. Here’s to 89 years, and many more ahead. 🎉 @Swacoop

🎥 A look back at #PFMAFLC2026: pricing, elections, federal policy, illicit trade + industry connections in Hershey! PFMA’s 2026 Fall Legislative Conference brought Pennsylvania’s Food and Beverage Industry together Oct. 13-14 at Hershey Country Club for two days of policy discussions, industry updates and member connections. Thanks! @InmarInc @FMI_ORG @NationalGrocers @UNFI @consumerbrands @CoreMarkHQ @InsidePMI @Eagle63 @BritCrampsie @Hersheys Next stop: @VFCasinoResort in May 2027!

👋 Welcome new PFMA Member Akuret USA Inc.! Akuret uses AI-powered shelf intelligence to help food retailers see what’s happening at the shelf and act quickly. Its technology supports shelf monitoring, sales analysis and promotional demand forecasting, including tools to identify out-of-stocks, misplaced products and planogram gaps. 📊🛒 Learn more about Akuret: loom.ly/Ce5l_Xk Welcome to PFMA!

Thank you to our Silver PFMA Corporate Leadership Sponsors and Members for supporting this year’s Fall Legislative Conference and PFMA’s work throughout the year. We appreciate the support of: @GiantEagle @J_JGaming_ @McLaneCo @AWGSupportCtr @RAI_News @UNFI Thank you for being part of PFMA and for helping us bring Pennsylvania’s food and beverage industry together. #PFMA

Congratulations to PFMA Member @UNFI on 50 years! 🎉 Since 1976, UNFI has worked with customers, suppliers and communities across North America to help move food where it needs to go. UNFI Co-Founder Michael Funk looks back at the values that shaped the company’s first five decades and what comes next. 👏 Happy 50th anniversary to the entire UNFI team!

We’re closing out our Fall Legislative Conference sponsor thank-you series with a big thank you to our Bronze PFMA Corporate Leadership Sponsors and Members. Dozens of companies support PFMA at the Bronze level, and their support helps make events like the Fall Legislative Conference possible while supporting PFMA throughout the year. Thank you to every company shown here for your continued partnership and support of Pennsylvania’s food and beverage industry. #PFMA

Some nightmares hit a little too close to home. 😅🥤 PFMA Member @PepsiCo knows the feeling. #Pepsi #Nightmare