The Eastern Produce Council will host the New York Produce Show and Conference next month in New York City. The New York Hilton at 1335 Avenue of the Americas-Manhattan will serve as the host hotel for the show that kicks off Tuesday, Dec. 2, with the Global Trade Symposium during the day followed by a […]
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Pabst Brewing Co. Completes Sale To Blue Ribbon
Pabst Brewing Co., North America’s largest privately held brewing company, has completed its sale to Blue Ribbon Intermediate Holdings. Blue Ribbon is a partnership between American beer entrepreneur Eugene Kashper and San Francisco-based TSG Consumer Partners, a leading investor in growth consumer brands. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “We are thrilled to complete […]
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Smithfield Farmland Launches Premium All-Natural Fresh Pork Line
Smithfield Farmland is introducing Prime, a premium all-natural fresh pork line that the Virginia-based company says raises the bar for fresh pork under both its Smithfield and Farmland brands. The primary goal of the Prime program is to offer retailers a top-of-the-line fresh pork product in the retail meat case that provides consumers with a […]
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Goya Foods Donates 300K Pounds Of Food To Catholic Charities
Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the U.S., has donated 300,000 pounds of food to Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York’s Feeding Our Neighbors campaign to support a vast network of food pantries and emergency food programs throughout the archdiocese. This year, with the help of Goya, Feeding Our Neighbors extends […]
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Gluten-Free Foods Surge 63 Percent In Last Two Years
These days it seems that grocery shelves are exploding with gluten-free choices, due in large part to greater awareness of a gluten-free diet as a result of increasing diagnoses of celiac disease and other gluten sensitivities as well as the diet’s perceived health benefits. It’s little surprise, then, that recent Mintel research finds the gluten-free food […]
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Sushi Maker Opening New Manufacturing Facility In Chicago
Fuji Food Products, a fresh food manufacturing division of Meruelo Group and the largest provider and distributor of pre-packaged sushi in the U.S., is opening a new manufacturing facility in South Elgin, Illinois, near Chicago. Set to be fully operational in December, the 40,000-s.f. plant located on Schneider Drive will produce and specialize in fresh, […]
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Dahl’s Foods Files For Reorganization, Will Be Bought By AWG
Dahl’s Foods has filed a voluntary Chapter 11 petition for reorganization in Des Moines, Iowa. Chapter 11 provides a process by which companies can reorganize and obtain necessary financing to complete a restructuring of its business while continuing regular business operations. The process does not affect Dahl’s store operations. All Dahl’s locations will continue to […]
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Coca-Cola Reunites Famed POW Group As Part Of Its Veterans Day Recognition
They were Navy and Air Force pilots captured in North Vietnam. They were the most uncooperative, influential and subversive POWs during the Vietnam War. These men survived for up to six years in captivity at an infamous POW camp called Alcatraz. Much of their time was spent in solitary confinement. They are the “Alcatraz 11.” […]