Employees at Heritage Provisioning, a Battle Creek retail cannabis facility, became the first such group to authorize union representation in West Michigan; UFCW 951 said a committee will soon start to bargain their first contract.

The grocer launched its Verified With Confidence program for all dietary supplements, herbals, probiotics and CBD-containing products sold at Wegmans.

The partnership with 40-Acre Cooperative will support historically disadvantaged hemp farmers, the company said.

The company, which sells a variety of ingestible and topical CBD products said it is working on a variety of innovations and improvements, to be announced by the end of this year’s first quarter.

Supermarket veteran will join the management team as VP of grocery.

Ooh La Lemin Lemonades will be available in select states starting in June.