With New Year’s resolutions fresh in many minds, Stop & Shop’s Nutrition Partners has launched a new month-long series of free virtual workshops to help those intent on getting healthy. Throughout the month of January, the Nutrition Partners will coach participants to create realistic and achievable health and wellness goals that they can keep throughout the […]
Category: Grocery News
Posted inProduce News, Home Page Slider, Midwest
Leonardo’s Produce Joins FreshEdge Family Of Companies
Leonardo’s Produce, a distributor of fresh produce and specialty products, has joined FreshEdge, a family of produce and specialty food companies backed by Rotunda Capital Partners. This action further diversifies the group’s combined customer base and increases its breadth and depth of service offerings in Michigan and Ohio. Leonardo’s joins a growing family that includes Piazza […]
Posted inPlant-Based News, Home Page Slider, West
Flexitarian Diet Positioned To Lead In 2021, Offering Best Of Both Worlds
According to Food Network’s Healthy Eats, plant-based dieting is still going strong, however, consumers aren’t ready to give up meat and other animal-based foods entirely. Today’s plant-based food consumer wants both – a flexitarian diet. NPD data found that the majority of plant-based consumers are Millennials and Gen X and of these large groups, 90 […]
Posted inPlant-Based News, Home Page Slider, Southeast
Halo Healthy Tribes Products Work With Many Diets
Halo Healthy Tribes is a family of easy-to-use, vegan, mainly keto and gluten-free friendly food and drink brands that make it possible for anyone to eat healthier. With options for baking and on-the-go eating, Halo Healthy Tribes has the ability to appeal to consumers looking to spot convenient, healthy and tasty options easily. Halo Healthy Tribes […]
Posted inMeat/Seafood/Poultry, Home Page Slider, National
Hormel Foods Opens Its Newest Production Facility In Papillion, Nebraska
Hormel Foods Corp. soon will open its newest production facility, Papillion Foods, located in Papillion, Nebraska, which will make dry sausage products for the company. “We are excited to be opening up this facility to not only help meet the demand for our branded sausage products, but also provide fantastic career opportunities in our community,” said Ed […]
Posted inLipari Foods, Home Page Slider, Midwest, Specialty
Lipari Foods Finalizes Acquisition Of Tut’s International
On Dec. 31, Lipari Foods, a specialty food distributor based in Warren, Michigan, closed on the acquisition of the Middle Eastern and Eastern European food business of Tut’s International that includes brands such as Dobrova, Shahia and Lebanon Valley. Tut’s International is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan. This opportunity expands Lipari’s product breadth in its international […]
Posted inHome Page Slider, Center Store, Midwest
Pebbles Cereal Includes Fans In Celebration Of Its 50th Birthday
Inspired by the iconic TV show, “The Flintstones,” Pebbles Cereal became the first-ever brand created around a media character in 1971. To celebrate its 50th birthday in 2021, the cereal brand will surprise fans by giving them presents throughout the year. “Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles cereals have been bringing kids and kids-at-heart fun and happiness for […]
Posted inSnacks Brands, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Hershey Brings New Treats For Valentine’s Day And Easter
To kick 2021 off right, Hershey, Pennsylvania-based Hershey is launching new Valentine’s and Easter innovations. This launch comes as Hershey’s iconic brands unveil new products that feature some twists on classic flavors and shapes. For Valentine’s Day, Hershey’s has created Hershey’s Kisses milk chocolate Meltaway Roses, Hershey’s milk chocolate Bear, Hershey’s Hugs & Kisses Heart Box, Reese’s Peanut Butter Rose and Reese’s Big […]
Posted inCenter Store, Home Page Slider, Midwest
Kellogg And Little Debbie Team Up To Make Oatmeal Cream Pie Cereal
A maker of breakfast cereals is teaming up with America’s No. 1 selling snack cake to transform the childhood treat into Kellogg’s Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies Cereal. Breakfast and creme pie fans alike can now experience the iconic treat at their breakfast table — just in time for the original Little Debbie snack cake’s 60th anniversary. Crispy […]
Posted inSpecialty, Home Page Slider, Northeast
McCormick Acquires FONA International And Some Affiliates
McCormick & Co. Inc., a global leader in flavor, has purchased 100 percent of the shares of FONA International LLC and certain shares of its affiliates. FONA is a leading manufacturer of clean and natural flavors providing solutions for a diverse customer base across various applications for the food, beverage and nutritional markets. Hunt Valley, […]
Posted inBeverage News, Home Page Slider, National
Vie-Del Acquires Constellation Brands And Canandaigua Concentrate
Vie-Del Co., the oldest family-owned grape processor and supplier of bulk juices, concentrates, brandy, wine and spirits in California, has announced the completion of the acquisition of the Canandaigua Concentrate High-Color Concentrate and standard grape concentrate business lines from Constellation Brands U.S. Operations Inc. The transaction was approved by the Federal Trade Commission on Dec. […]
Posted inCenter Store, Home Page Slider, Midwest
Hormel Foods And Acclaimed Chefs Reveal Top Food Trends For 2021
Hormel Foods Corp., a global branded food company based in Austin, Minnesota, is helping culinary enthusiasts around the world welcome 2021 with a round-up of food trends to expect in the new year. “It’s no surprise that comfort food, sourdough bread and whipped coffee had big moments this past year, as people hunkered down and […]
Posted inSnacks Brands, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Verus International Enters Into Agreement With Game On Foods
Verus International and its wholly owned subsidiary, Big League Foods, have entered into a letter agreement with ACG Global Solutions and Game on Foods. For certain consideration, BLF has agreed to sell, transfer and assign all of its rights, title and interest in and to all of BLF’s assets to Game on Foods. Under this […]
Posted inShelby Originals, Home Page Slider, Midwest, Snacks Brands
Market Profile: KLN Family Brands Exemplifies Adage ‘Treat People Like Family’
Candy, snacks company has roots in pet food by Mary Margaret Stewart, staff writer Perham, Minnesota-based KLN Family Brands, the parent company of Kenny’s Candy & Confections, produces various kinds of licorice and popcorn snacks, both branded and private label. These include Wiley Wallaby licorice and Sweet Chaos popcorn brands, which can be found nationwide in […]
Posted inSnacks Brands, Home Page Slider, Southwest
Doritos Updates Fan Favorite With New 3D Crunch
Plano, Texas-based Doritos will debut its Doritos 3D Crunch, another level version of the original Doritos 3D’s introduced in the late 1990s to immense fanfare, later this month. Doritos is ushering back the same product and three-dimensional shape, but with even more bold and spicy flavor. Since launching in 1998, Doritos 3D’s became an instant […]
Posted inPlant-Based News, Home Page Slider, West
FiveStar Gourmet Foods’ Simply Fresh Salad Features Beyond Meat
Ontario, California-based FiveStar Gourmet Foods is setting the trend by partnering with Beyond Meat to bring more salad protein choices to consumers. FiveStar is introducing a new Simply Fresh Taco Salad made with Beyond Meat, a leader in plant-based meat. The new 7.5-oz. salad recently debuted in Publix supermarkets. Available to retailers nationwide starting in […]
Posted inMeat/Seafood/Poultry, Home Page Slider, Southeast
Sanderson Farms Announces Retirement Of Board Member John Baker
Laurel, Mississippi-based Sanderson Farms Inc. says that John H. Baker III has decided to retire from its board of directors when his current term ends at the 2021 annual shareholders’ meeting. “Johnny Baker has been a valued member of the Sanderson Farms Board of Directors since 1994,” stated Joe F. Sanderson Jr., chairman and CEO […]
Posted inCenter Store, Albertsons, Home Page Slider, Southwest, The Kroger Co.
Pioneer Expands Comfort Meal Solutions With Sauce and Seasoning Mix
San Antonio, Texas-based Pioneer, a subsidiary of C.H. Guenther & Son, is expanding the distribution of the brand’s quick, easy-to-make meal solutions and enhancements. Joining the brand’s baking and gravy mix products, Pioneer’s Comfort Meal Solutions are a line of seasonings and meal sauces for favorites like, Chicken Pot Pie and Bayou Jambalaya. “In a year of uncertainty, […]
Posted inPlant-Based News, Albertsons, Home Page Slider, Southwest
Mooala Launches Industry’s First Keto-Friendly ‘Milk’
Dallas, Texas-based Mooala, leading maker of premium, organic, dairy-free beverages, has introduced Keto Mylk, the first dairy or dairy-alternative milk specifically designed for the keto consumer. The company, best known for its plant-based Bananamilk, is expanding its organic beverage portfolio to include the new, keto-certified and carb-conscious option, which features less than 1g of net carbs, 0g […]
Posted inSnacks Brands, Home Page Slider, Midwest
Refrigerated Pickles Pioneer Claussen Celebrates 150 Years
Claussen, a maker of refrigerated pickles, celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2020. To commemorate the milestone anniversary, Claussen is looking back at some of the “best and briniest” facts from the brand’s history: In Chicago, Illinois, a vegetable farmer named Claus F. Claussen from Germany had a truckload of cucumbers he couldn’t sell. Rather than waste the vegetables, he turned them into […]