Posted inBeverage News, Southwest

BuzzBallz Signs Three-Year Partnership With LSU Athletics

BuzzBallz has signed with Louisiana State University Athletics as “Proud Partners” to feature its ready-to-drink cocktails at LSU Athletics events.  The partnership will start in 2023 and continue until 2026. Four SKUs of wine-based BuzzBallz Chillers will be available in the LSU Tiger Stadium and at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The ready-to-drink cocktails will […]

Posted inPackaging News, Northeast, Private Label Brands

Giant Eagle Relaunches Private Label Brand, Nature’s Basket

As part of the company’s ongoing commitment to sustainability, Giant Eagle Inc. has relaunched its private label brand, Nature’s Basket. All items from the Nature’s Basket product line will now feature responsibly-sourced, high-quality ingredients. “We’re committed to helping our customers realize meaningful value through our Own Brands program, and I am particularly excited to reintroduce […]

Posted inCenter Store, Amazon Fresh, National, Whole Foods

Diamond Crystal Salt Co. Introduces Fine Kosher Baking Salt

Diamond Crystal Salt Co. has introduced Fine Kosher Baking Salt, designed specifically for baking. The Minneapolis-based company said the salt’s finer-cut crystals dissolve, mix and blend faster and more evenly into batters and doughs than table salt. Using Cargill’s proprietary Alberger refinement process, the baking salt delivers increased flavor and is free of additives. The […]

Posted inCenter Store, Midwest

Post Holdings To Acquire Perfection Pet Foods

Post Holdings has agreed to acquire the assets of Perfection Pet Foods for $235 million.   Perfection is a manufacturer and packager of private label and co-manufactured pet food and baked treat products.  The acquisition includes two facilities in Visalia, California, which will provide Post Holdings with additional manufacturing capacity to source a portion of its […]

Posted inMeat/Seafood/Poultry, Midwest

Grants From Seaboard Foods, CoBank Support FFA Chapters

Seaboard Foods has awarded grants to three high school agricultural education programs to buy equipment for their ag mechanics classes, with a matching donation by CoBank.  The recipients, which received grants totaling $22,500, included: $10,000 to Beaver FFA Chapter in Beaver, Oklahoma;  $5,000 to Hennessey FFA Chapter in Hennessey, Oklahoma; and  $7,500 to Elkhart FFA […]

Posted inHarps Food Stores, Produce News, Southwest

Harps Food Stores To Carry Wild About Sprouts Products

Rä Foods’ Wild About Sprouts brand is continuing its national expansion through a distribution agreement with Harps Food Stores. Wild About Sprouts products come in six varieties – alfalfa, broccoli, clover, clover and alfalfa, clover and broccoli and alfalfa, broccoli and kale.  The company’s patented COLD-GROWN process and “out-of-the-box” packaging provide flavor, freshness and safety.  […]

Posted inCenter Store, Feature, Northeast

Olive Oil Market Sees Little Decline Despite Higher Prices

While prices continue to rise and supplies are down from last year, the olive oil market is growing. High temperatures and drought in Spain have caused about a 50 percent decline in production, according to Mouna Aissaoui, EVP and COO at Baltimore-based Pompeian Inc.  “Although Spain is just one of the producing countries of olive oil, it […]