Newark, New Jersey-based Mars Wrigley U.S. showed its new lineup of products from some of America’s favorite brands including Skittles, M&M’S and Orbit at the recent National Confectioners Association Sweets & Snack Expo in Indianapolis. These products will join Mars Wrigley’s portfolio of blockbuster chocolate, fruity snacks and gum and mint brands. Along with innovations, the […]
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Posted inSnacks Brands, Home Page Slider, Midwest
Garrett Popcorn Shops Offers CaramelCrisp-Inspired Recipes
Chicago-based Garrett Popcorn Shops now offers four recipes, perfect for summer picnics, that are inspired by their world-renowned CaramelCrisp, which Garrett has perfected for over 70 years in Chicago: S’mores (6-oz. bag) – With real graham crackers and a chocolatey coating; Simply Strawberry (5.5-oz. bag) – With real strawberries and white CaramelCrisp; Simply Cocoa (5.5-oz. bag) […]
Posted inProduce News, Home Page Slider, Southeast
Dole Goes For Big Ranch Flavor With New Chopped Salad Kits
Charlotte, North Carolina-based Dole Food Co. is expanding its Dole Chopped! Salad Kits with two new SKUs that leverage the No. 1 consumer preference for ranch dressing. Dole Chopped! Buffalo Ranch Salad Kit and Dole Chopped! Peppercorn Ranch Salad Kit combine fresh chopped Dole lettuces and vegetables with special Buffalo and Peppercorn variations of Dole’s Ranch Dressing. With a first-ship date of July […]
Posted inSnacks Brands, Home Page Slider, Southeast
Mister Bee Potato Chips To Be Available At Giant Food In Early July
West Virginia snack manufacturer Mister Bee Potato Chips will be featured at Giant Food stores throughout Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. in early July. The specially marked chip bags salute military personnel and the company is designating a portion of every sale to the USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore. “We met Mary Anne Ketelsen, CEO of […]
Posted inFrozen Food, Home Page Slider, West
Alden’s Organic Turns Classic Beverages Into Ice Cream
Eugene, Oregon-based Alden’s Organic is launching a collection of ice cream bars inspired by classic beverages: Strawberry Lemonade, Root Beer Float and Horchata. “Our team has done an incredible job bringing these popular beverages to life through our novelties. With each bite you get true-to-flavor taste from our organic ingredients. For example, the Root Beer […]
Posted inProduce News, Home Page Slider, West
Frieda’s Fire Dragons Fruit Now Available And In Season
Straight from the volcanic hills of Nicaragua, Frieda’s Specialty Produce’s non-irradiated Fire Dragons red dragon fruit is in season and ready to fire up Fourth of July displays. According to research, 38 percent of shoppers say they are more likely to shop at stores that carry red dragon fruit, and 62 percent of shoppers say these bright-fleshed […]
Posted inDeli News, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Monogram Foods, Paradigm Partners And Dacon Start On New Facility
Monogram Foods, Paradigm Partners and Dacon recently broke ground on the new 135,000-square-feet manufacturing and processing facility. Monogram Food Solutions, a manufacturer of value-added food products, will be utilizing this facility for its sandwich product lines. Monogram bases its ethos and culture on client success through strategic partnerships, distributing products through grocery, quick serve and […]
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Hostess Brands Encourages Consumers To ‘Live Their Mostess’
Lenexa, Kansas-based Hostess Brands launched its new “Live Your Mostess” integrated advertising campaign, the first national ad campaign for the Hostess brand in nearly a decade. Developed in partnership with Grey Midwest and Edelman, and produced by WPP’s Townhouse, the new campaign underscores the accelerated growth journey the brand has experienced over the past year […]
Posted inPlant-Based News, Home Page Slider, Southwest
Raised & Rooted Launches New Plant Based Bites
Raised & Rooted, Tyson Foods’ brand of plant protein products, has launched its snackable Plant Based Bites. Available in Buffalo and Sweet Barbecue varieties, the bites are made with 100 percent plant-based protein, have 8g of protein per serving, 3g of fiber and have 33 percent less saturated fat than USDA white meat chicken nuggets. “Our new plant-based bites […]
Posted inSnacks Brands, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Promotion In Motion Rebrands, Unveils New Global Headquarters
Global snacks and confections maker Promotion In Motion Inc. is re-branding to PIM Brands Inc. The company, known for brands including Welch’s Fruit Snacks, Original Gummi FunMix, Sour Jacks, Sun-Maid Chocolate Raisins and more, also announced it has moved its global headquarters to a state-of-the art complex in Park Ridge, New Jersey. PIM Brands Inc. will remain part of The Promotion In Motion Family of Companies, which […]
Posted inPublix Super Markets, Amazon Fresh, Home Page Slider, Snacks Brands, Southeast, Whole Foods
Smart Baking Co. Products To Be Carried At 124 Publix Locations
Smart Baking Co. was founded on the idea of making healthy food delicious and accessible to everyone. The baking company is taking another step toward that goal with an extended run with Publix. The company’s healthy snack cakes, Smartcakes, will now be carried at 124 Publix locations. The news comes after the grocery chain began […]
Posted inBeverage News, Home Page Slider, West
Jones Soda Birthday Cake Slurpee Drink Debuts In Select 7-Eleven Stores
Jones Soda Co.’s birthday cake flavor will be available as a Slurpee drink in participating 7-Eleven stores across the Pacific Northwest from now through August. The sweet, buttery, vanilla birthday cake flavor, reminiscent of yellow cake, is a fan favorite that was recently relaunched in bottles as a 25th anniversary limited-edition item. 7-Eleven will celebrate its 94th birthday during the month of […]
Posted inSnacks Brands, Association News, Home Page Latest News, National
Sweets & Snacks Expo Unveils 2021 Most Innovative New Products
To kick off the 2021 Sweets & Snacks Expo, judges of the Most Innovative New Product Awards unveiled this year’s winners. These awards recognize the most innovative candy and snack products and companies for their achievements and new products introduced to the market over the past two years. “The Most Innovative New Product Awards continue […]
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Ferrero N.A. Showcasing New Products At Sweets & Snacks Expo
Ferrero North America, part of the Parsippany, New Jersey-based global confectionery company Ferrero Group, is showcasing new products and initiatives coming to the U.S. at the 2021 Sweets & Snacks Expo. The confectionery and snack industry event, sponsored by the National Confectioners Association, is taking place June 23-25 in Indianapolis. “With the reopening of the economy, consumers are more […]
Posted inMeat/Seafood/Poultry, Home Page Slider, Southeast
Farmland Launches Its Honoring The Heartland Tour
To show appreciation for the honest work and tireless commitment in Midwest farming communities, agriculture industries and grocery/retail establishments, Smithfield, Virginia-based Farmland is launching its Honoring the Heartland Tour. The 13-week mission will honor the unsung heroes of the agri-food chain and highlight the fundamental role the heartland plays by delivering grab-and-go meals and providing monetary […]
Posted inInternational Foods, Home Page Slider, Midwest, The Kroger Co.
Steve’s Mediterranean Chef Releases New Look Across Michigan Stores
Steve’s Mediterranean Chef, a metro-Detroit family-owned company that produces Mediterranean food favorites like hummus, tabouli, garlic sauce, grape leaves and spinach and feta pie, will debut a rebranded look as it celebrates seven-fold sales growth since the company’s purchase in 2013. Sales have risen from $800,000 (resale and wholesale) to $6 million in 2021, with a projected 15 to 20 […]
Posted inProduce News, Home Page Slider, Southeast
AppHarvest Breaks Ground On New High-Tech Indoor Farms
AppHarvest, an AgTech company has started construction on two new high-tech indoor farms in Central Appalachia. Located in Somerset and Morehead, Kentucky, the farms will grow berries and leafy greens, respectively. The Somerset farm, at 30 acres, marks the company’s expansion into growing berry crops. The Morehead farm is the second AppHarvest farm in Rowan County to […]
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Utz Celebrates 100 Years With ‘Blow Out The Candles’ Sweepstakes
Utz Brands is celebrating its 100-year anniversary of making snack foods with summer and fall sweepstakes and promotions, including Utz’s Blow Out The Candles Sweepstakes. The Utz story began in Hanover, Pennsylvania, in 1921 in a small-town kitchen. Bill and Salie Utz thought potato chips could be better. They believed potato chips should be made from clean […]
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Food King Claims World’s Largest Watermelon Display
Lubbock, Texas residents were treated to a record-breaking display of watermelons on June 2. The Food King, located on 82nd Street, hosted a watermelon marketing event of epic proportions, breaking a world record for the largest watermelon display. Although unverified by the Guinness Book of World Records, the Food King display containing 12,825 watermelons and […]
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The Ocean Cleanup And The Coca-Cola Co. Unveil New Partnership
Atlanta, Georgia-based The Coca-Cola Co. will become a global implementation partner for The Ocean Cleanup’s river project. The partnership brings the international company and technological non-profit together behind a clear objective: to stem the tide of plastic pollution entering the world’s oceans, by first intercepting waste in rivers. Partnering Coca-Cola’s scale and global network with […]