Holland Beverage Co.’s O&O Hooch Fizzy Limeade Mixer will be available in four-packs of 12-oz. cans this summer in select Kroger locations in Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina. O&O Hooch is a female-owned brand; its Hooch mixer is made with real limes and real sugar and comes in 1-liter bottles in addition to the four-packs […]
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Josie’s Java House Brand Now Sold In Southeastern Grocers Stores
San Diego-based Youngevity International (YGYI) announced in May that its Josie’s Java House Brand coffee, made by its CLR Roasters manufacturing division, now is available in 570 stores owned by Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers (SEG): 400 Winn-Dixie stores, 96 Bi-Lo stores, 25 Fresco y Mas stores and 50 Harvey stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, […]
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IDDBA Reports Recording-Breaking Show Attendance In Orlando
IDDBA 19 , sponsored by the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association, was held June 2-4 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The show had a record-breaking attendance consisting of companies, qualified buyers, merchandisers, executives, manufacturers, brokers, distributors and other industry professionals who gathered to connect and learn. The event offered educational experiences from […]
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Freshpet Says It Is Growing Along With Fresh Pet Food Category
Freshpet Inc., a Secaucus, New Jersey-based maker of fresh food for pets, says it has doubled in business in the last three years. As the pet food category overall has seen steady declines, the fresh pet food category has grown by 30 percent in the last year. Freshpet says it is currently on pace to […]
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Keurig Dr Pepper Reveals New Corporate Responsibility Commitments
Keurig Dr Pepper on June 3 announced unified Corporate Responsibility (CR) commitments to deliver positive impact, less than a year after the merger of Burlington, Massachusetts-based Keurig Green Mountain and Dallas, Texas-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group. KDP’s new “Drink Well. Do Good.” CR platform was developed following extensive analysis across the company’s expansive hot and […]
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NMPF Urges President To Discard Possible New Tariffs Against Mexico
Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) in Arlington, Virginia, in late May urged President Donald Trump to not institute new tariffs against Mexico, citing additional harm to American dairy farmers. NMPF estimates that producers had lost at least $2.3 billion in revenues through March due to higher tariffs against […]
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Napa Valley Olive Oil Competition Yields Three Best Of Show Winners
The Napa Valley Olive Oil Competition, produced by Celebrate Napa Valley, marked its ninth year this May. Best of Show awards went to Fandango Olive Oil‘s “Elegante” Organic Arbequina, Grgich Hills Estate‘s Organic Extra Virgin olive oil and Dry Creek Olive Co.‘s co-milled Persian Lime olive oil. The competition brings together the farming community in […]
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Arctic Buzz Alcohol-Infused Ice Cream Debuts At NRA Show
Arctic Buzz combines ice cream and alcohol to create a frozen treat. “I haven’t seen anything like it,” said Sam Marriott, sales executive of national food broker network Lakeland Marketing, one of the first independent sales agencies to represent the company. “The way this product is so rapidly generating interest and even translating into sales […]