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Butterball Launches Limited-Edition Premium Oven-Ready Stuffing

Garner, North Carolina-based Butterball has been in business for more than 60 years. The brand, best known for its turkey, now is offering a line of stuffing. Butterball Premium Stuffing comes in two flavors: Traditional Savory Herb and Cornbread with Turkey Sausage. Pre-packaged in an oven-ready tray, this stuffing goes straight from freezer to the […]

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Snack Pack Partners With Fanta On Debut Of Three New Flavored Gels

Snack Pack, a brand of Chicago, Illinois-based Conagra Brands Inc., maker of shelf-stable puddings and gels, is embarking on its first-ever co-branded partnership, teaming with Fanta, a fruit-flavored sparkling soft drink brand. With the arrival of new Snack Pack Fanta Gels, consumers can enjoy these two tastes together in three fruit flavors—orange, grape and pineapple. […]

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Straight Hemp Launches CBD Line In Earth Fare Stores

Arvada, Colorado-based CBD wellness company Straight Hemp has launched its CBD oil and balm products in wellness supermarket chain Earth Fare.  Earth Fare is the largest retailer that Straight Hemp has partnered with to date. The company’s products are available in 57 Earth Fare locations across 10 states, reaching more mainstream and health-conscious shoppers. As […]

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Riviana Foods Expands Ready-To-Serve Rice Plant In Memphis

Riviana Foods Inc. has expanded its production capacity for its microwaveable rice products under the Minute rice brand. This expansion, a $27 million investment which will double current operational output, represents the second time in three years that Riviana has implemented a significant capital project to improve ready-to-serve production capabilities at its 400,000-s.f. processing and packaging plant […]

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Barnana Brings Industry Veteran Multari On Board As New CEO

Barnana, the natural snack brand that makes banana and plantain-based snacks, has brought in the former CEO of instant noodle company, Nissin North America, Al Multari, to lead its team. Barnana founder and former CEO Cauê Suplicy said, “We are proud to announce Al Multari as the new CEO. Barnana has always been driven by […]

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Update: General Mills Reaches Agreement, Quaker Oats Ratifies Contract

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union’s (RWDSU) Local 110 said that more than 500 workers at the General Mills processing plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, have reached a tentative contract agreement with the company. The worker-led negotiation committee said it worked to secure a strong tentative agreement that stops the bleed out of their […]

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Boochcraft Now Distributing Its High-Alcohol Kombucha In Colorado

Chula Vista, California-based Boochcraft, a handcrafted high-alcohol kombucha brand made with fresh-pressed juices, will now offer its variety of flavors to Colorado. Boochcraft will distribute through CSArtistans Distributing. To mark the new distribution, local events will commence this month with information soon to follow. “The demand for Boochcraft in Colorado has been loud and clear […]