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H-E-B Names Quest For Texas Best Winners

After two days of intense deliberations and tasting a mix of brats, brittle, sauces, pickles, mixes, mixers, meats, cookies and crickets, H-E-B’s Primo Picks Quest for Texas Best named five winners. The winners of the sixth-annual event hail from Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Woodway and Atlanta, Texas, and received a combined $80,000 in cash prizes […]

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Left Hand Brewing, WAAYB Organics Launch Present CBD-Infused Sparkling Water

Colorado companies Left Hand Brewing and WAAYB Organics are launching Present CBD-Infused Sparkling Water featuring all-organic ingredients in three initial flavors: natural, lemon-lime and blood orange. Present is tended from seed to shelf in Northern Colorado and will be available for online ordering on Aug. 12. Present features 20mg of full-spectrum CBD distillate from hemp grown at WAAYB’s USDA Certified […]

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Charlotte’s Web Growing To Meet Demand For Its Hemp CBD Lines

Charlotte’s Web Holdings Inc., a Boulder, Colorado-based company whose business is hemp CBD extract products, has signed a lease on a newly constructed 136,610-s.f. industrial building located at 700 Tech Court in the Colorado Technology Center in Louisville, Colorado. The new location enables the company to prepare for production, distribution and R&D expansion to meet […]

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Blog: Beef And Alternative Proteins—Americans Choose Beef

Editor’s note: In this blog post from July 17, 2019, the Cattlemen’s Beef Board examines plant-based proteins and how consumers view them. We share this with permission. Recently, Burger King, the second-largest burger chain in the U.S., announced it would begin serving another version of the iconic Whopper using an all-vegetarian patty. Burger King’s adoption […]

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Alkaline Water Co. Expands Portfolio With Canned Product Lines

The Alkaline Water Co. Inc., the Scottsdale, Arizona-based producer of bottled alkaline drinking water sold under the brand name Alkaline88, has launched its new canned product line, featuring 16-oz. aluminum cans, available in Alkaline88 water, four all-natural flavored waters and three all-natural flavored cannabidiol- (CBD) infused waters. As demand for canned products is steadily increasing, the […]

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CPG Industry Supports 20 Million US Jobs, Contributes $2 Trillion To GDP

The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry supports one in 10 American jobs and is the largest manufacturing employer in the United States, according to a report released Aug. 6 by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA). The study, conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, shows that the CPG industry supports 20.4 million jobs that generate $1.1 trillion in labor income and contribute $2 trillion to […]

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Generation Next Pilots Photo Printing Kiosks At Atlanta-Area Krogers 

Generation Next Franchise Brands is introducing a pilot with The Kroger Co.’s Atlanta Division for its Print Mates digital photo printing kiosks.  The pilot phase will measure consumer engagement and response to the Print Mates kiosks, which are designed to “reinvent” the photo printing experience. Print Mates’ easy-to-use, touchscreen kiosks allow customers to print high-quality […]

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Retired NFL Athletes Steve Smith Sr., Jonathan Stewart Partner With cbdMD

Former Carolina Panthers teammates Steve Smith Jr. and Jonathan Stewart have formed a new partnership with Team cbdMD, a nationally recognized consumer cannabidiol (CBD) brand. With products focused on health and wellness, cbdMD is recognized for its THC-free, hybrid manufacturing process CBD products. Smith Sr. played for Carolina for 12 years, along with a brief […]