McCormick & Company Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the parent company of Cholula Hot Sauce, a premium hot sauce brand, from L Catterton for $800 million in cash. “The acquisition of Cholula accelerates McCormick’s growth opportunities within our condiment platform and broadens our portfolio in the hot sauce category with the addition […]
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No Evil Foods Offers Plant Based Roast For The Holidays
With plant-based eating on the rise, consumers are looking for meaty options that align with their desire to eat healthier and make positive environmental choices, especially during the holidays where meat is a traditional staple. If you’re vegan, vegetarian, flexitarian or just don’t care about the turkey, No Evil Foods’ seasonal holiday roast alternative offers a […]
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Wonderful Halos Kicks Off Season With New Marketing Campaign
Los Angeles-based Wonderful Halos welcomes its 2020 crop season with a new integrated marketing campaign that draws upon Halos’ consistent quality and sweet taste. The brand’s marketing plans include a regionally geo-targeted social media campaign, new point-of-sale (POS) bin bases and a robust PR program. Driven by extensive consumer taste research, the new campaign is […]
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Governor Stops At Cheese Straw Plant On North Georgia Business Tour
Editor’s note: This article appears courtesy of FetchYourNews.com in Jasper, Georgia. Cathy Cunningham wanted her mama’s cheese straws to be to snack foods what Tabasco was to hot sauce – the name everyone knew. So she launched Bodacious Foods in Jasper, Georgia, to produce Mama Geraldine’s cheese straws. The energetic Cunningham said she didn’t know […]
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Profile: Meet Alexandra Rae Danell With Country Sweet Produce
The Shelby Report and The Grocery Group together present this series, People to Watch, to focus on current and future leadership in the grocery industry. In this installment, Grocery Group Founder and CEO Cindy Sorensen interviews Alexandra Rae Danell, marketing manager with Country Sweet Produce. Tell me a little bit about you and what you […]
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AFS: Enriching Lives, One Retailer, Family, Meal At A Time
Mission statement shapes corporate responsibility by Mary Margaret Stewart, staff writer As a longtime wholesaler, Salt Lake City, Utah-based Associated Food Stores holds a sense of corporate responsibility. CEO Neal Berube believes this responsibility shines through in the company’s mission statement – enriching lives, one retailer, one family, one meal at a time. “Enriching lives – […]
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Mars Wrigley U.S. Unveils New Products And Category Insights
Mars Wrigley U.S. has released a new lineup of products from some of America’s favorite brands including Skittles, M&M’s and Orbit. These products will join the Newark, New Jersey-based company’s portfolio of chocolate, fruity confections and gum brands. Mars Wrigley unveiled these items, along with the latest insights and anticipated future trends for treats and snacks. Together, these […]
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My/Mo Mochi Brings Peppermint Coolness To Cold Weather Cravings
My/Mo Mochi Ice Cream is celebrating the holiday season with a limited edition flavor, Cool Peppermint. Snackers can now find this twist on the classic, wintery flavor in freezer aisles nationwide. The seasonal flavor features a scoop of premium, melty peppermint ice cream, sprinkled with crunchy, minty bits, all wrapped in pillowy sweet mochi dough. […]
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Pom Wonderful Launches Digital Marketing Campaign For Pom Poms
Los Angeles-based Pom Wonderful, the largest grower and producer of fresh pomegranates and pomegranate juice in the U.S., is launching its largest digital marketing campaign ever for its Pom Poms Fresh Pomegranate Arils. The campaign highlights Pom Poms not only as a healthy snack but also as a fun way to get antioxidants. Pom Poms, […]
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Jimmy Dean Brand Offers Sausage-Themed Gifts For Holiday Season
Springdale, Arkansas-based Jimmy Dean is offering its Recipe Gift Exchange for the third year. Fans are invited to make their favorite holiday recipe using Jimmy Dean premium pork sausage, take a photo of the finished dish and submit it in exchange for one of six sausage-themed gifts. “We know people will turn to their traditional, […]
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Franklin Farms Launches New Line Of Plant-Based Protein Products
Franklin Farms, headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, has launched its Planty Good product line of ready-to-cook plant-based patties and plant-based ground meat. Plant-based foods have a healthy connotation and today’s consumers are eager to include them in their diets, even if they are not strictly vegetarians. Recent SPIN data from March 2020 supports this shift […]
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Sunions Tearless Onions Are Coming Back Onto The Shelf
Parma, Idaho-based Sunions, America’s first tearless and sweet onion, are hitting retail shelves. Decades of research and a tightly controlled testing protocol are to thank for these game-changing onions. “Sunions undergo a certification process unique to the onion category. A sensory panel determines the ship date of Sunions by following a protocol consisting of three […]
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Utz Brands To Acquire On The Border Tortilla Chips
Utz Brands has announced that its subsidiaries, Utz Quality Foods and Heron Holding Corp., have entered into an agreement to acquire Truco Enterprises, a seller of tortilla chips, salsa and queso under the On The Border brand, from Insignia Capital Group for a total purchase price of $480 million. The acquisition includes all rights to the On […]
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Walmart Launches New Pet Care Services, Expands Pet Offerings
Walmart, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, is continuing its expansion of its full suite of pet offerings with the launch of Walmart Pet Care – a full-service, omnichannel pet care offering that makes holistic care easy, simple and affordable for the 90 million pet owners who shop at Walmart. The retailer is leveraging industry-leading providers to bring customers […]
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Viva Fresh Expo Launches Clean Eating Challenge 2.0
After the success of last year’s Clean Eating Challenge, Viva Fresh launched its second annual health and wellness campaign on Oct. 1. The challenge will continue until the 2021 Viva Fresh Expo on March 26-27, 2021 at the Gaylord Texan in Dallas. Last year, what started as an idea for educational and promotional content became a […]
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Panorama Meats Introduces Organic Shelf-Stable Bone Broth
Panorama Organic Grass-Fed Meats, the country’s largest domestic organic and grass-fed beef producer, is launching its first shelf-stable product extension with an organic grass-fed beef bone broth just in time for soup season and amid increases in COVID-19 cases. With environmentally friendly packaging, the product is USDA Certified Organic, Paleo Certified, Whole30 Approved and Keto-Friendly. “Our broth […]
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SEPC Reschedules Southern Exposure to Q2 2021
The Southeast Produce Council has just announced that Southern Exposure, which was scheduled to be held Feb. 25-27, 2021, will now take place April 6-8, following Easter Sunday. This strategic decision was carefully made by the SEPC Executive Committee to ensure that retailer and foodservice members are able to join the event. “When presented with […]
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Tyson Foods Announces Global Forest Protection Standard
Tyson Foods has announced a Forest Protection Standard focused on reducing deforestation risk in its global supply chain of four commodities – cattle and beef; soy; palm oil; and pulp, paper and packaging. Earlier this year, Tyson Foods partnered with Proforest to conduct a deforestation risk assessment. The assessment concluded that nearly 94 percent of the company’s […]
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Beef, Poultry Sales Remain Strong, See Increase Due To Pandemic
Anne-Marie Roerink, president of 210 Analytics, recently talked with The Shelby Report in a Q&A format about how prices and sales of beef and poultry have changed over the past three years and specifically the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on these categories. Latest 52 Weeks Ending 10-04-20 Dollar Sales %Change vs YA Dollar Sales […]
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September Brought Continued Gains For Meat Alternative Sales
by Anne-Marie Roerink / president, 210 Analytics The pandemic prompted many changes in meal preparation. Some consumers stressed healthful eating whereas others fell back in more conservative eating patterns. Recipe searches hit new records as shoppers were experimenting with new proteins whether by choice or due to out-of stocks. Throughout all these changes, plant-based meat […]