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Green Giant Spiralized Frozen Vegetables Coming In 2018

B&G Foods continues to innovate its Green Giant line, with plans to roll out Veggie Spirals early next year. The spiral-shaped vegetables, designed to be an alternative to pasta, initially will be available in Zucchini, Carrots and Butternut Squash varieties. The new line contains 100 percent vegetables; no sauces or seasonings are added. All varieties […]

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Hallmark Partners With Funny Or Die For New Card Collection

Hallmark’s Shoebox brand is launching a new collection of greeting cards developed in partnership with the comedy brand Funny Or Die. Funny Or Die collaborated with the creative team at Hallmark to develop designs and editorial for 24 cards. Earlier this year, the cards were displayed on Funny Or Die’s website for fans to vote for their favorites. Hallmark […]

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Chef’d Meal Kits Make Grocery Retail Debut At Gelson’s

Chef’d, an e-commerce meal kit marketplace, has entered into a partnership with Gelson’s Markets in a strategic push to expand distribution into retail. Gelson’s will offer Chef’d meal kits at the Gelson’s Valley Village/North Hollywood, California, store on Laurel Canyon Blvd., with plans to expand into other locations across the retailer’s Southern California store portfolio. […]

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Sweet Potato Industry Leader Carson Barnes Passes Away

Carson Barnes, a driving force in the North Carolina sweet potato industry, passed away late Saturday evening. He was 82. Barnes began farming in 1960 with three-eighths of an acre of sweet potatoes and eight acres of tobacco. His company, Barnes Farming Corp., has grown to become the largest sweet potato grower and shipper in the country. […]

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505 Southwestern Brand Maker To Expand Distribution Facility In Albuquerque

Flagship Food Group CEO Rob Holland and New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said this week that Flagship will further expand its manufacturing and distribution facilities in the Albuquerque area, creating a state-of-the-art 76,000-s.f. frozen food distribution warehouse that will serve its customers from coast to coast from a single point of distribution. The new distribution facility also will feature […]

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Harris Teeter Launches HT ‘Home Town’ Local Products Campaign

A recent study conducted by Concentric found that 77 percent of Harris Teeter shoppers would be more likely to purchase a product if they knew that it had been produced locally. When asked why local products appealed to them, shoppers said, “I want to support my local community”; “Local brands feel exclusive to my area”; and […]

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Alabama Grocers Association Hosts 27th Annual Convention

The Alabama Grocers Association recently held its 27th Annual Convention at the Sandestin Beach Resort in Destin, Florida. The association brought members from all facets of the grocery industry together to promote the growth and success of the food industry throughout the state of Alabama. The convention kicked off with the Larry D. Eddleman Sr. Golf […]

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Langer Farms Ramps Up California-Grown Apple Cider Line

Family-owned Langer Juice Co. Inc., based in City of Industry, California, is building on the latest addition to its lineup of juices. The company began testing an apple cider under its new Langer Farms brand last year and launched it this year. Soon, Langer Farms will begin peak production of its Unfiltered Apple Cider, according […]