Category: Dairy News
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AEB CEO Announces Plans To Step Down In 2nd Quarter

by Treva Bennett

American Egg Board President and CEO Anne Alonzo has shared with AEB members and staff her decision to step down from office in mid-April 2020. She was afforded an opportunity to join an agribusiness company in a key role out of its Washington, D.C., office. In sharing the news with the board, AEB Chair Jeff […]

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Product Of The Year USA Honors 2020 Award Winners

by Treva Bennett

Product of the Year USA, the largest consumer-voted award for product innovation, has named the winners of the 2020 Product of the Year Awards. With winners across 41 unique categories, the innovative products were awarded Product of the Year through a national study of 40,000 consumers conducted by Kantar, a global leader in consumer research. Designed to champion brands […]

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Happy Egg Co. Becomes First, Only Whole30 Approved Egg Brand

by Treva Bennett

Happy Egg Co. has become the first and only Whole30 Approved egg brand,  making it one of seven new Whole30 Approved partners for 2020. “We are excited to add Happy Egg to our Whole30 Approved family,” said Melissa Urban, Whole30 co-founder and CEO. “Eggs are a Whole30 staple, and Happy Egg’s outstanding animal welfare standards, wide accessibility and […]

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Midwest Distributor Lipari Foods Names Dave Littleson CFO

by Treva Bennett

Warren, Michigan-based Lipari Foods has named Dave Littleson as its chief financial officer (CFO). As CFO, Littleson will oversee all company financial operations. He will succeed Curtis Groves who will be retiring later this year and has served as Lipari’s CFO for eight years. Littleson will report directly to CEO Thom Lipari.   “We are excited […]

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H-E-B Returns To Meyerland With Bigger, Better Store

by Treva Bennett

H-E-B’s reinvestment in the Meyerland community of Houston, Texas, has gone vertical. H-E-B Meyerland Market, located at 4955 Beechnut, opened Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 6 a.m. Serving as an anchor in the Meyerland Plaza, the brand new, 95,000-s.f. store replaces the former Braeswood store that closed after enduring significant damage from the floods following Hurricane […]

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Ben & Jerry’s Stops Calling Cows ‘Happy’ On Packaging After Lawsuit

by Erica Sacra

On Jan. 16, Organic Consumers Association (OCA) issued the following statement upon learning that Ben & Jerry’s will no longer claim on product packaging that its ice cream comes from “happy cows:” “The removal of misleading ‘happy cow’ claims is a victory for consumers and an indication that Ben & Jerry’s can’t back up those […]

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Basics To Open New Store In Hillsdale Neighborhood Of Portland, Oregon

by Erica Sacra

Basics, a new market designed to help people cook more at home and support local farmers and producers with fresh, regional ingredients, will open its newest location in Hillsdale this February. The locally owned grocery is leasing the 12,000-s.f. space formerly occupied by Food Front at 6344 SW Capitol Highway. Basics was founded by Chuck […]