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Perdue Rolls Out ‘Fresh Cuts’ Pre-Cut Chicken Breasts

Perdue is aiming to save home cooks up to 30 minutes on meal preparation and cleaning time by providing chicken that is pre-cut. Its new Fresh Cuts offerings is fresh boneless, skinless chicken breasts that come diced or cut into strips so consumers can and add them straight from the package to the pan without having […]

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Trump Administration ‘Food Box’ SNAP Proposal Sparks Concern

The Trump Administration’s 2019 budget proposal calls for a change to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that would replace current benefits with a “USDA Foods package.” The food box would contain items like “shelf-stable milk, ready to eat cereals, pasta, peanut butter, beans and canned fruit and vegetables.” Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Chief Public […]

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Publix Opening Second Store In Decatur, Alabama, Next Week

Publix Super Markets is opening its new Point Mallard Centre store at 2934 Point Mallard Parkway SE in Decatur, Alabama, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 7:00 am. The grocer will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony before the opening featuring Mayor of Decatur Bowling and City Council President Paige Bibbee. “Publix is known for providing excellent customer service […]

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Cryovac And Kane Beef Roll Out New Clipless Ground Beef Packages

Kane Beef has launched a new metal-free alternative to traditional ground beef chubs. The plastic, clipless ground beef chub option was first introduced by Kane in partnership with Cryovac in December 2017 and has been well received by grocers across the South, the company says. Kane Beef currently is the only packer offering the chub. […]

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Beyond Meat Building New R&D Center In Los Angeles

Plant-based meat purveyor Beyond Meat is building a new 26,000-s.f. research and development center at its headquarters in El Segundo, California. The new facility will house more than 100 employees and will be the new home to Beyond Meat’s Manhattan Beach Project, an ongoing initiative to “bring the best and brightest scientists, engineers, food technologists, […]

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2018 Will See High Meat Consumption, But The American Diet Is Shifting

by Rich Waite/ Associate, World Resources Institute While 2017 was a banner year for plant-based eating—with plant-based burgers and other alternative proteins coming to market—2018 began with headlines proclaiming a new year filled with meat. The U.S. Department of Agriculture sparked these stories by predicting that Americans will eat a record amount of beef, pork and poultry this year. The meaty headlines—complete with pictures […]

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Americans Ate An Estimated 1.35B Chicken Wings For The Super Bowl

Fans flock to bone-in wings, choose ranch as No. 1 dipping sauce in new nationwide poll. In its annual Chicken Wing Report, the National Chicken Council (NCC) projects Americans’ consumption of the unofficial menu staple of Super Bowl Sunday. NCC’s 2018 report estimated that fans would eat 1.35 billion wings during Super Bowl weekend, an all-time […]