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Green Giant Spiralized Frozen Vegetables Coming In 2018

B&G Foods continues to innovate its Green Giant line, with plans to roll out Veggie Spirals early next year. The spiral-shaped vegetables, designed to be an alternative to pasta, initially will be available in Zucchini, Carrots and Butternut Squash varieties. The new line contains 100 percent vegetables; no sauces or seasonings are added. All varieties […]

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Moe’s Southwest Grill Partners With Kellogg’s On Frozen Breakfast Bowls

Fast-casual restaurant chain Moe’s Southwest Grill is bringing Moe’s Breakfast Bowls to the frozen food section of grocery stores nationwide with help from Kellogg Co. Moe’s Breakfast Bowls, inspired by the chain’s burrito and bowl varieties, each contain a minimum of 12g of protein and include items like meats raised without hormones and no artificial […]

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John Soules Debuts New Varieties Of Fully-Cooked Products

John Soules Foods has expanded its fully-cooked lines with several new items. Added to the company’s mainstay retail items, like its best-selling beef and chicken fajitas, are Oven Roasted Chicken, Sriracha Chicken and Korean-Style Barbecue Beef varieties. Tyler, Texas-based John Soules also debuted breaded poultry items at the International Dairy Deli Bake, held June 4-6 in […]

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Eight Associated Food Stores Pies Win Blue Ribbons In National Pie Championships

Red Button Vintage Creamery premium pies and Beehive Bread & Pastry pies have added blue ribbons to the list of accolades the sweet treats have received. Both pie varieties from Utah’s Associated Food Stores were recognized as the best offerings in several categories at the National Pie Championships in Orlando, Florida, this month. Varieties from […]

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Mayfield Goes Retro With Brand Refresh As It Rolls Out Ice Cream To New Markets

The Mayfield Creamery ice cream brand is expanding further across the southern U.S. to a collection of new markets in Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico. Mayfield Ice Cream debuted in 1923 and currently can be found in grocery stores across the Southeast in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Mississippi, West […]

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Actor DiCaprio Joins Love The Wild As Investor, Advisor

Boulder, Colorado-based Love The Wild, purveyors of farm-raised, freshly frozen seafood kits, and champions for sustainable aquaculture, has added new investors to round out its previously announced Series A funding round. Joining Aqua-Spark, an investment fund that seeks to address the planet’s health and food security, and existing angel investors were individuals, including Academy-Award winner […]

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Product Revamps, Marketing Efforts Help Frozen Food Manufacturers Compete With Growing Fresh Segment

The frozen food market has proven to be largely resilient in the face of both fresh food and meal kit trends. Sales have been steady, if unspectacular, since 2012, according to market research firm Packaged Facts in a new report, “Frozen Foods in the U.S.: Hot Meals, Sides, and Snacks, 6th Edition.” Packaged Facts estimates […]

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Luby’s Cafeteria Group Brings Fried Fish Entrée To H-E-B Freezers

As part of an exclusive partnership formed with H-E-B late last year, Luby’s says it is is “bringing one of its most iconic dishes off of the line” and into approximately 270 store locations around Texas—as the cafeteria group introduces its Fried Fish to freezer aisles across the state. “We’re excited to expand our offerings […]