The Board of Control of Mahón-Menorca Cheese in Menorca, Spain, was awarded 14 medals at this year’s World Cheese Awards in Bergan, Norway. Mahón-Menorca Cheese is made using a process handed down through centuries, the company says. More than 3,400 cheeses from more than 41 different companies entered the competition for the world’s largest cheese-only […]
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Chobani Launches Yogurt For Kids In Fun Packaging And Flavors
Chobani LLC, based in Norwich, New York, has launched Chobani Gimmies, a new line of Greek Yogurt snacks for kids. “Options today are lousy or impractical. It’s either junk food that parents don’t want their kids to eat or food that’s designed for adults that kids don’t want to eat. We wanted to break that cycle, […]
Dairy Groups Applaud Updated NAFTA Pact, Urge Congressional Approval
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) on Nov. 30 commended the Trump Administration for signing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which had been agreed to in principle in September. According to NMPF and USDEC, the pact will benefit America’s dairy sector by maintaining the overall U.S.-Mexico trading structure of […]
DFA Opens Larger, Redesigned Cheese Store In Utah
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national cooperative owned by family farmers, opened the doors of its newly reimagined retail store, full-service café and interactive experience, The Creamery, in Beaver, Utah, in mid-November. The 11,250-s.f. store, located midway between Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah, along Interstate 15, is more than four times the size of the […]
IDDBA Seeks Competitors For 24th Annual Cake Decorating Challenge
The International Dairy Deli Bakery Association’s (IDDBA) 24th annual Cake Decorating Challenge is approaching. The event will take place during IDDBA 19 in Orlando, Florida, June 2-4. Contestants will compete in a three-day event where they craft and decorate a variety of specialty cakes ranging in size, theme and shape. This challenge is open to supermarket decorators, and contestants will […]
The Country Hen Launches Colorful Heirloom Eggs
The Country Hen, a Hubbardston, Massachusetts-based producer of organic eggs, has added Heirloom Eggs to its product line. These eggs, with distinctive blue shells, are packed in 6-count clear packaging. They will be available in Donelan’s Supermarkets, Crosby’s Marketplace and Market Basket stores throughout Massachusetts beginning in January; SRP $3.99-$4.99. The Country Hen’s state-of-the-art farm […]
Hood Sour Cream Now Available In A Squeeze Bottle
Hood, the leading dairy brand in New England, has expanded its sour cream portfolio to include a new, easy-to-use squeeze bottle. Available now, the new sour cream squeeze bottle delivers the sour cream in a convenient, flexible format that transforms recipes without the mess. The sour cream is made with real milk and cream from farmers […]
Harbison Wins Best American Cheese At World Cheese Awards 2018
Vermont-based Jasper Hill Farm’s Harbison cheese has been named the Best American Cheese at the 31st edition of the World Cheese Awards in Bergen, Norway, following a record-breaking 3,472 entries being judged in a single day at the city’s Grieg Hall. Visiting Norway for the first time this year to form part of the brand new food […]
