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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Rouses Markets Celebrates Grand Opening Of 63rd Store
Rouses Markets celebrated the opening of its 63rd store May 31, as 300 customers lined up at 7 a.m. to enter the new Daphne, Alabama, location. The 53,000-s.f. store is the company’s eighth in lower Alabama. The emphasis is on fresh. There’s a full-service bakery, butcher shop, floral department and seafood market, along with farmers-market […]
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His Mom’s Recipe Inspired Creation Of Art Cream Organic Ice Cream
Each flavor of Art Cream Organic Ice Cream is wrapped in a painting that embodies that flavor profile created by one of the team members. Owner Luciano Vitali Alves was inspired by the flavors of his mother’s homemade ice cream. As a child, he worked in her ice cream shop, helping to scoop the ice […]
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Wholesum’s Greenhouse Expansion To Grow 3.5M Lbs. Of Tomatoes
Wholesum’s greenhouse expansion in Arizona is adding six acres of organic tomato production to its existing 18-acre facility. The new greenhouse in Amado, Arizona, will hold the latest technology for innovative and sustainable production, which is at the core of Wholesum’s social and environmental commitments. The expansion also will bolster its commitment to Fair Trade […]
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Sprouts Hiring 150 For New Lake Forest, California, Store
Phoenix, Arizona-based Sprouts Farmers Market, one of the fastest-growing retailers in the country, is hiring for its soon-to-be finished new store in Lake Forest, California. The nearly 30,000-s.f. store at 24332 Rockfield Boulevard will open at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Details about the grand opening celebration will be announced at a later date. […]
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Wish Farms Anticipating June Boom Of Blackberries
Plant City, Florida-based Wish Farms is expecting a robust Southeast blackberry season. “We aligned ourselves with exceptional growers that allow us to provide great tasting varieties like PrimeArk 45, Osage, Ouachita and Natchez among others,” said Jose Saca, cane berry director for Wish Farms, an international grower and year-round marketer of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries. “We […]
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Whole Foods Now Carrying Wayne Farms Chicken Line
Whole Foods Market is now carrying Naked Truth Premium Chicken in its meat departments at stores nationwide. Naked Truth Premium Chicken is produced by Oakwood, Georgia-based Wayne Farms LLC. The new, fully cooked, flash-frozen chicken products are all natural, meaning they contain no artificial ingredients, no preservatives, no nitrates or nitrites; 100 percent vegetarian diet […]
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Hain Celestial Sells WestSoy Brand To Keystone Natural
Hain Celestial Group Inc., an organic and natural products company with operations in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, has completed the divestiture of the WestSoy tofu, seitan and tempeh businesses to Keystone Natural Holdings, a portfolio company of Keystone Capital focusing on plant-based food. The strategic divestiture did not include the WestSoy […]