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Lilly’s Foods Offers Low-Carb, Organic Keto-Cauliflower Hummus

Lilly’s Foods, a Portland, Oregon-based company that offers hummus and salsa in non-GMO, small batch recipes, is now offering the first-of-its-kind Organic Keto-Cauliflower Hummus in Original, Golden Milk, Buffalo and Ranch Dill flavors. The hummus won a NEXTY award for Best New Organic Food from Natural Products Expo East. It was crafted with the goal […]

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Kum & Go Commits To Healthier Convenience Retailing With PHA, NACS

Kum & Go has made a commitment with the nonprofit Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) to offer healthier foods throughout its 400 locations. PHA has helped to expand healthier options in more than 2,500 convenience store locations nationwide. A NACS member, Kum & Go is a […]

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Kroger Stores Selling Peekaboo Ice Cream With Hidden Vegetables

Whole vegetables hidden in ice cream is available in 1,800 Kroger family of stores now that the retailer is offering Peekaboo brand. The Miami, Florida-based company is expanding its reach by partnering with Kroger, America’s largest grocery retailer. Peekaboo is the only manufacturer of organic ice cream infused with veggies. The products are designed to […]

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Dogtown Pizza Expands To Texas Through Central Market

Family-owned Dogtown Pizza is expanding into Central Market, a Texas-based grocery chain. Once only available in St. Louis, customers will now be able to find Dogtown Pizza in Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Fort Worth, Plano and South Lake. “When we first started Dogtown Pizza out of our home in St. Louis, we dreamed about […]

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Ferranti To Succeed Gisel As CEO Of Rich Products Jan. 1

Rich Products’ decade-long succession plan will take effect Jan. 1, 2020, when CEO Bill Gisel becomes executive vice chair of Rich Holdings Inc. and Richard Ferranti, currently president and COO of Rich Products, becomes CEO. In that role, Ferranti will lead Buffalo, New York-based Rich’s $4 billion global food business. Rich Holdings is the holding […]

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Circle K Launches On-Demand Delivery Across Texas Via Favor

San Antonio, Texas-based convenience store brand Circle K now offers delivery from nearly 600 of its locations across Texas via its partnership with Texas-based on-demand delivery company Favor. Customers can now get Circle K items, including beer and snack foods, delivered to their door in under an hour via Favor, with no order minimum. This […]

Posted inInternational Foods, Bakery News, Beverage News, Food Service News, Northeast

Latin Marketplace La Cosecha Opens In Washington, D.C.

On Thursday, Oct. 3, a new Latin marketplace called La Cosecha had a soft opening in Washington, D.C. The 20,000-s.f. cross-cultural marketplace features more than a dozen businesses, from first-to-region restaurants to retail to rotating pop-ups. It is located in the Union Market District. Opening partners in La Cosecha include: • El Cielo—a pop-up of […]

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Left Hand Brewing Releases First-Of-Its-Kind Nitro Mixed Eight-Pack

Longmont, Colorado-based Left Hand Brewing Co. is releasing the first-ever Nitro Mixed Eight-Pack, with three core beers and a rotating seasonal beer. The three core brands in the new eight-pack are: Milk Stout Nitro, the number-one selling craft stout in the U.S.; Flamingo Dreams Nitro, the berry blonde ale that debuted earlier this year; and Sawtooth […]

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Texans Mark 100th Anniversary Of Pecan Being Named State Tree

The Texas Pecan Board, with pecan growers from across the state, gathered Oct. 1 at the state capitol, marking the 100th anniversary of the pecan tree being named the state tree and kick off Texas Pecan Month with a gubernatorial proclamation. According to new Texas consumer survey data released at the event, pecans are highly […]

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Bristol Seafood’s My Fish Dish Launches In QFC Stores

Bristol Seafood’s new ready-to-cook brand My Fish Dish launched in all 62 locations of QFC in September. My Fish Dish is a retail line of seafood that includes scallops, cod, wild Sockeye salmon and Atlantic salmon in three different flavors in both frozen and slack and sell. “My Fish Dish addresses the primary barrier to […]

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Mighty Spark Launches All-Natural Poultry At Walmart And CVS

Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Mighty Spark, an independent company that donates a meal with each purchase consumers make of its all-natural poultry, is expanding its assortment and presence at retailers nationwide with the launch of patties and ground blends at select Walmart stores, and chicken snack sticks at 2,500 CVS locations. “In addition to launching at Walmart […]

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Michigan Lawmakers Fund Program Supporting State Farmers, Families

Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Fair Food Network recognized Michigan lawmakers for their bipartisan support for a homegrown program supporting farmers and families. The House and Senate approved $1 million for the healthy food incentive program Double Up Food Bucks in the state 2020 budget that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Oct. 1. This is in addition to […]

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Giant Eagle Joins InComm Healthcare’s Retail Network

InComm, a payments technology company, is adding multi-format food, fuel and pharmacy retailer Giant Eagle Inc. to InComm Healthcare’s OTC Network, which provides health plan supplemental benefit and incentive spending solutions designed to encourage healthy purchases. With the new partnership, the more than 5 million health plan OTC Network cardholders will now be able to […]

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GreenWise Market Is Coming To St. Augustine

Lakeland, Florida-based GreenWise Market is building a new concept store located near the intersection of State Road 16 and International Golf Parkway at World Commerce Center in St. Augustine, Florida. This will be the second GreenWise Market for St. Johns County, following the Nocatee Town Center location in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, which is slated […]

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UNFI Reports Results For Fourth Quarter Of ‘Transformational’ Year

United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) reported net sales of $6.41 billion for its fourth quarter ended Aug. 2. Net income was $18.9 billion. “This past fiscal year has been a transformational one for us as we began realizing some of the key benefits and competitive advantages from the Supervalu acquisition that will be the foundation […]

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Tony Chachere’s Famous Creole Cuisine Introduces Salad Dressing Line

Tony Chachere’s Famous Creole Cuisine is debuting its first-ever line of salad dressings. Creole-Style Ranch, Italian and French dressings are making their way onto grocery store shelves. “South Louisiana is home to the best food in the world and Tony’s is all about delivering authentic Creole flavor in every product we create. Now, with the […]

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Boar’s Head Brand Releases Pumpkin Pie Dessert Hummus

Boar’s Head Brand has launched its new FallSpice Selection Pumpkin Pie Dessert Hummus. This seasonal flavor is made with real pumpkin, steamed chickpeas, ground vanilla beans, organic sugar and fall spices like cinnamon and nutmeg. “There is a real feeling of nostalgia around fall triggered by its sights, sounds, scents and flavors,” says Elizabeth Ward, […]

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Opal Apples Partners With Author, Dietitian Cynthia Sass

Yakima, Washington-based Opal Apples, the only naturally non-browning, non-GMO apples in the U.S., has signed on dietitian and New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Sass as brand ambassador. Sass will educate consumers on the health benefits of Opal apples through recipes, healthy eating tips, public appearances and social media. Having advised Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy […]

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Conagra Brands Set To Showcase New Snacks At NACS Show

Chicago-based Conagra Brands Inc. will be bringing a lineup of its snacks to the 2019 NACS Show, presented by the National Association of Convenience Stores, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta Oct. 2-4. According to IRI data, Conagra Brands’ $2 billion snacks business is one of the largest and fastest-growing in the food […]