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Manuka Honey Brand Wedderspoon Launches Immunity Gummies

Wedderspoon, the No. 1 selling Manuka Honey brand in the U.S., has launched its newest product line; Manuka Honey Immunity Gummies. These fruit gummies are the first on the market made without cane sugar, corn syrup, glucose or artificial sweeteners. Wedderspoon is excited to be launching two flavors and formulas : the Berry gummies contain […]

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Darigold Expanding Fit Milk Facility In Boise, ID

Darigold Inc. will invest $67 million in its Boise, Idaho, facility this year, a move that will allow it to support the growth of its Fit milk. Over the past six months, Darigold reported, consumer demand for Fit, which was launched in the Pacific Northwest market last year, has doubled in sales and distribution. Headquartered […]

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Crispy Green Hires Torres As New Regional Sales Manager

Fairfield, New Jersey-based Crispy Green has hired Janet Torres as regional sales manager to strengthen its key accounts and regional sales to meet its aggressive growth plan for 2020 and beyond. Torres brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this role and will be a solid asset to the team, the company says. In addition […]

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Zapp’s Offers New Orleans Kettle Style Evil Eye Potato Chips

Zapp’s new Evil Eye Potato Chips were “born in the spirit of New Orleans and Voodoo healer Marie Laveau,” the company says, and “peer into your soul with the reverie of a mysterious, intense stare.” In the 1800s, Laveau’s evil eye “cast fear, mystery and hexes into the hearts of the nefarious and noble of […]

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Berry Growers Commit to 100% Recycle-Ready Packaging

In another step to further reduce the produce industry’s environmental impact, major North American fresh berry producers have committed to use 100 percent recycle-ready packaging by 2025. The California Strawberry Commission, the North American Blueberry Council (NABC), Asociacion national de Exportadores de Berries (Aneberries, Mexico), members of the National Berry Crops Initiative (NBCI) and South […]

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SpartanNash Foundation, Store Guests Support Habitat For Humanity

As part of its commitment to building stronger communities, the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based SpartanNash Foundation invites store guests to take part in its companywide fundraising effort to build a strong foundation and a path toward homeownership in partnership with Habitat for Humanity. The SpartanNash Foundation’s fundraising effort to secure shelter—one of the Foundation’s pillars—will run […]

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Sauter Takes Over Global Sustainability Duties At Fresh Del Monte Produce

Coral Gables, Florida-based Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. has appointed Hans Sauter as the company’s first chief sustainability officer. Under Sauter’s leadership, Fresh Del Monte Produce will continue its efforts to focus heavily on sustainability throughout the business. “If there is anything I’ve learned during my time with Del Monte, it is that we have […]

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New Magic Fruity Pebbles Available In Time For National Cereal Day

Lakeville, Minnesota-based Post Consumer Brands is releasing a new, limited-edition Magic Fruity Pebbles cereal in celebration of National Cereal Day on March 7. Inspired by the Flintstone family’s pink dinosaur Dino, this hot pink, crispy rice cereal turns milk blue. The limited-edition Magic Fruity Pebbles are also gluten-free. “The Pebbles brand is always looking for […]