Chicago, Illinois-based Pre Brands has hired Kevin Ponticelli as CEO. Ponticelli brings more than 30 years of diverse consumer packaged goods experience across sales, marketing and strategy. “Pre aligns perfectly with consumer trends, tastes terrific and is winning in the market,” Ponticelli said. “Everyone in our organization is committed to scaling the business successfully as […]
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Fire & Flavor Introduces Five Products For Charcoal And Starter Line
Just in time to launch the summer grilling season Memorial Day Weekend, Fire & Flavor has introduced five new products. The new products on Fire & Flavor’s sustainable charcoal and fire starter line include olive lump charcoal and olive briquets, almond lump charcoal and fire starters made of wood wool and biomass cubes. “We are […]
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Hi-Chew Sweet & Sour Mix Now Available In Watermelon
Hi-Chew Sweet & Sour Mix is now available in watermelon, in addition to existing fruit flavors such as grapefruit and lemon. “Watermelon is a beloved fruit here in the States and we’re excited to reveal our new offering that showcases a delightful, slightly sour twist on the real fruit taste,” said Tatsuya Takamiya, CMO of […]
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Giant Food To Open New State College, Pennsylvania, Store On June 7
Giant Food Stores will celebrate the grand opening of its new State College, Pennsylvania, store located at 2121 Atherton Street on June 7 at 8 a.m. The new store replaces Giant’s current store located at 2222 E. College Avenue, which will close for business on June 6 at 6 p.m. The new 68,000-s.f. store will […]
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Baker Boy To Bring Magic Ring Donuts To IDDBA
Sponsored content Every so often, an idea comes along that takes a time-tested product and injects new life into it. That’s literally what Baker Boy has accomplished with its new Magic Ring™ Donuts. The North Dakota-based bakery manufacturer is the first in North America to inject jelly and crème fillings into yeast-raised ring donuts. This […]
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Ocean Spray Opens Lighthouse Innovation Hub In Boston
Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc., the farmer-owned cooperative, has opened a marketing and innovation hub called Lighthouse within the Seaport District of Boston, Massachusetts, establishing an urban footprint in the Silicon Valley of the East Coast. Ocean Spray’s innovation and marketing teams are based out of the Lighthouse, inspiring collaboration, creativity and ingenuity both internally and […]
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Kashi Rebrands GoLean Line To Kashi Go, Launches New Cereal
Kashi has redesigned its best-selling GoLean line to what is now called Kashi Go and is launching its first flake cereal. As the first product line to introduce plant-based protein to the cereal aisle, Kashi Go will maintain the same protein and taste without altering the original recipes. “Evolving to Kashi Go reflects our food values […]
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Tyson Fresh Meats Investing $300 Million In Salt Lake City Plant
Tyson Fresh Meats plans to spend $300 million to build a new food production plant in Salt Lake City, Utah. The facility initially will create 800 jobs and is expected to expand to 1,200 positions within three years after opening. The new facility, expected to add an estimated $27 million in new state tax revenue […]
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Corona Releases Flavored Malt Beverage Called Refresca
Corona has created Corona Refresca for its first flavored malt beverage product in company history. The company says it will enable it to capture new flavor-seeking consumers. “The strong brand equity of Corona allows us to keep the iconic lifestyle at the heart of everything we do. We are propelling Corona forward to address consumer’s […]
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Hershey Planning $104 Million Investment In Virginia
The Hershey Co. has announced a $104 million expansion in Augusta County, Virginia, that is expected to create 65 new jobs. The 111,000-s.f. expansion of the existing facility will increase production capabilities. The expanded facility will manufacture penuche and peanut cream, which will be distributed to other Hershey facilities on the East Coast. The company […]
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Chocolate Consumers The Focus Of New NCA Report
The National Confectioners Association (NCA) released a report about chocolate consumers that found while preferences for dark, milk and white chocolate vary widely across age groups, a new generation of Millennial shoppers is impacting the chocolate retail experience. The Fine Chocolate Industry Association (FCIA) underwrote the report and assisted in developing the survey questionnaire; the […]
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Sheetal Shah Named Impossible Foods’ SVP, Product And Operations
Redwood, California-based Impossible Foods has hired tech industry veteran Sheetal Shah as SVP-product and operations. Effective May 13, Shah oversees the product, operations, manufacturing, supply chain and logistics business units for the food tech startup. Shah previously was COO at Verifone, where he oversaw global operations including supply chain, customer care, quality and program management […]
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Ardent Mills Closing Four Plants By First Quarter 2020
Denver, Colorado-based flour-milling and ingredient company Ardent Mills is closing four plants by the end of the first quarter of 2020. The company said the closures are necessary based on an analysis of current and anticipated demand and to enhance the efficiency of its network. Ardent Mills will operate and invest in the remaining 35 […]
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Cardenas Markets Expanding With Four New Stores In 2019
Ontario, California-based Hispanic grocer Cardenas Markets is opening four new stores in Nevada, California and Arizona in 2019. The first of these is a store in Las Vegas that opened in early May. It is the company’s fifth store in Las Vegas and the 56th store for the grocer overall. The other Cardenas Markets that […]
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Loacker USA Hires CPG Exec Todd Hanus As Its New Sales SVP
Loacker USA has hired Todd W. Hanus as SVP of U.S. sales, effective May 7. Hanus is responsible for all sales channels in the U.S. and reports to T.J. Rooney, president of Loacker USA, located in New York. Hanus joined Loacker with more than 24 years of CPG experience at Kraft Foods, Nabisco and Mondelez […]
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Jack Daniels Country Cocktails Southern Citrus Flavor Launched
Jack Daniels Country Cocktails has released its new Southern Citrus flavor just in time for summer. The new Southern Citrus is hitting shelves in stores across the U.S. in May. It will be sold in retail and convenience stores nationwide as a six-pack of 10-oz. bottles; SRP $7.99 per six-pack. Jack Daniels Country Cocktails Southern […]
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ShopRite Opening New Store In Cromwell, Connecticut
ShopRite plans to open a state-of-the-art, full-service supermarket at 45 Shunpike Road in Cromwell, Connecticut, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to be attended by community leaders on Saturday, May 18, at 8 a.m. Cromwell Mayor Enzo Faienza and representatives of the local council, chamber of commerce and area nonprofit groups are expected to attend the grand […]
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Kellogg To Introduce Off The Grid Protein Waffle In 3 Flavors
Off the Grid, a Kellogg Co. brand, introduces a new waffle that provides 12g of complete protein per serving. The Off the Grid Protein Waffle comes in three flavors—Vanilla Buttermilk, Cinnamon Brown Sugar and Wild Blueberry. They will be available in the freezer aisle beginning in June. “Off the Grid waffles were created to deliver […]
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Titan Farms Teaches Peach Growing To Florida First-Graders
Representatives from Titan Farms taught first-grade students at Lakewood Elementary School in Fort Pierce, Florida, about agriculture and peach-growing practices. South Carolina-based Titan Farms Sales Account Manager Sandra White, along with Florida peach farmer Adrian Morales from Riverside Citrus Harvesting, teamed up to teach students how peaches are grown. The community education opportunity came to […]
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Wish Farms Anticipating June Boom Of Blackberries
Plant City, Florida-based Wish Farms is expecting a robust Southeast blackberry season. “We aligned ourselves with exceptional growers that allow us to provide great tasting varieties like PrimeArk 45, Osage, Ouachita and Natchez among others,” said Jose Saca, cane berry director for Wish Farms, an international grower and year-round marketer of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries. “We […]