Seal the Seasons, a national brand selling locally grown frozen fruit, is partnering with Meijer as the first Midwest retailer to carry its products. Seal the Seasons partners with farmers on a region-by-region basis to buy its fruit in season, freeze and package it, and sell it in nearby grocery stores. Seal the Seasons was […]
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Dietz & Watson Deli Slicing Meats To Be Free Of Nitrates, Nitrites
By the end of 2020, Philadelphia-based Dietz & Watson deli slicing meats including turkey and chicken breast, ham and roast beef will be uncured. The company will not use nitrates or nitrites in the curing process for these products. “We will be removing nitrates and nitrates from many of our other products including franks, sausages […]
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Specialty Products Have Always Had A Home At Kaune’s In Santa Fe
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Southwest Kaune’s Neighborhood Market—and as stated on the company’s website, “if you’ve ever known a Connie, you can say Kaune’s”—is a small boutique grocery that has been in operation in Santa Fe since 1896. According to a story in Specialty Food Magazine, founder Henry Spencer Kaune, who was from Illinois, was known for […]
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Wonderful Halos Launches New Multimillion-Dollar Marketing Campaign
Los Angeles-based Wonderful Halos launched a new integrated marketing campaign this season, “The Checks-All-The-Boxes Box,” to encourage parents to choose Halos mandarins as the perfect solution when assigned snack duty. The campaign is based on the insight that snack duty can be a stressful and annoying chore, made worse by the fact that parents know […]
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Bringing Deli To The People: Volume 5
Sponsored content Be Accessible: New Orleans Fried Chicken Festival by Brad Bennett/channel marketing manager, deli, Tyson Foods Inc. What happens when you pair America’s go-to staple for prepared foods with a city that’s famous for its southern cuisine? That answer’s easy or, more specifically, the Big Easy, where I discovered the Fried Chicken Festival was spot-on […]
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Darigold Introduces High-Protein Milk With Less Sugar
Darigold is expanding its portfolio of milk products to include Fit, an ultrafiltered, lactose free, high-protein milk. Fit delivers Darigold’s same taste with 75 percent more protein and 40 percent less sugar than regular 2 percent milk. The farmer-owned co-op’s ultrafiltration process naturally concentrates protein and removes sugars. As research indicates, nearly half of Americans strongly […]
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Wahlburgers Adds Certified Angus Beef Line To Retail Offering
Wahlburgers, the casual dining restaurant brand founded by brothers Paul, Donnie and Mark Wahlberg in Boston, Massachusetts, along with other investors, have again collaborated with ARKK Food Co. to launch new Certified Angus Beef blends to add to the Wahlburgers At Home retail beef program. The updated line of consumer products, which is available now in the Midwest at Meijer stores and […]
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OHi Food Co. Unveils Peanut Butter Superfood Bar
OHi Food Co., a California-based natural food company, has unveiled a new superfood-dense peanut butter bar. This plant-based, refrigerated bar offers a modern take on traditional health bars without the preservatives and chemical additives. The new Peanut Butter Superfood Bar incorporates organic peanuts, the brand’s unique seed blend, organic coconut nectar, organic cacao butter, organic coconut, organic […]
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GMDC Reimagines The Retail Experience At Selfcare Summit 2019
Retail industry trade association Global Market Development Center (GMDC) is launching a new business development and educational event focused on the consumerization of health care and its impact on the future of retail: the Selfcare Summit. Taking place Oct. 3–7 at the JW Marriott in Indianapolis, the summit will replace GMDC’s annual Health Beauty Wellness Conference […]
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Tillamook Unveiling New Packaging And Logo For 100th Anniversary
The Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) turned 110 years old on Feb. 13, 2019. The farmer-owned co-op, located on Oregon’s Pacific Coast, will mark the occasion by rolling out what it says is a “bolder, friendlier and more consistent look” across its entire line of dairy products. The new logo will appear on all company […]
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FDA Commissioner Responds To Youth Tobacco Use Increase
A new Vital Signs report published by the CDC found that about 4.9 million middle and high school students were current users of some type of tobacco product in 2018, up from 3.6 million in 2017. This increase—driven by a surge in e-cigarette use—erased past progress in reducing youth tobacco product use. With the exception of e-cigarettes, […]
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Nightfood Wins 2019 Product Of The Year With Best New Ice Cream
Nightfood Inc. has been named the best new ice cream of 2019 by Kantar, a global company in consumer research. In the annual survey of more than 40,000 consumers, Nightfood, based in Tarrytown, New York, won because of the way it solves a problem for people who snack at night. By giving consumers a sleep-friendly […]
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Tasty Social Network Unveils Limited Edition Ice Cream
Tasty, the social food network of New York, is bringing “creative twists on classics” to the frozen aisle with the launch of Tasty Ice Cream. This month, four flavor combinations will start hitting shelves. Once the ice cream sells out, it is gone because Tasty Ice Cream is offering exclusively limited edition flavors. This launch marks […]
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Applegate Farms Reveals New Brand Of Pasture-Raised Meats
Applegate Farms LLC, a natural and organic meat company based in Bridgewater, New Jersey, has a new brand, “The New Food Collective,” that uses pasture-raised meats and small-batch production methods. The launch will feature a line of fresh sausages that is the first pork to be certified by the American Grassfed Association (AGA). The AGA […]
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Cumberland Farms Celebrates 80 Years With Birthday Blast Treats
Cumberland Farms, a convenience and gasoline retailer headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, is celebrating its 80th anniversary by launching an exclusive line of Birthday Blast treats. The newest products in the brand’s growing line of private-label offerings include Birthday Blast Premium Cookie Bites, Whoopie Pie, Premium Chocolate Bars and Ice Cream. Each treat is a twist on classic birthday celebration flavors with a […]
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New Craigs Creamery Cheese Produced By Family-Run Dairy Farms
Craigs Creamery, founded by eight local farm families in Pavilion, New York, and owned by Dairy Farmers of America, is a new cheese brand with a direct connection to the farm. The cheese is made with fresh milk that goes from cow-to-creamery within hours, and the farmers utilize modern farming methods that focus on environmental responsibility. […]
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Blueberries Gain American Heart Association Heart-Healthy Certification
As American Heart Month kicks off, the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council has announced that blueberries now are certified as heart-healthy through the American Heart Association Heart-Check Food Certification Program. The Blueberry Council and its grower members can use the official heart-check mark on blueberry packaging and throughout online, print and other promotional materials and activities. The American Heart […]
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Blue Bell Introduces Limited Time Raspberry Fudge Brownie Ice Cream
Brenham, Texas-based ice cream maker Blue Bell is debuting a new flavor—Raspberry Fudge Brownie Ice Cream—which began arriving in stores last week. Raspberry Fudge Brownie is an almond ice cream combined with fudge brownie chunks, flakes of dark chocolate and a raspberry sauce swirl. “We are excited to add a flavor that features raspberry to […]
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Study Finds Health Benefits Of Montmorency Tart Cherry Juice
Montmorency tart cherry juice helped lower systolic blood pressure and LDL or “bad” cholesterol in older adults by reducing certain biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress in older adults, according to a new study published in Nutrients. Larger and longer follow-up studies are needed to confirm these findings. Montmorency tart cherries are the most common variety of tart cherries […]
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Chicago Meat Authority’s Bennett Named To IPPE’s 30 Under 30 List
Chicago Meat Authority’s HACCP/SQF coordinator, Liang Bennett, is one of the 30 people under the age of 30 to be recognized as someone who has demonstrated exceptional leadership qualities in the meat processing industry by the International Production & Processing Expo and the North American Meat Institute. Bennett, who earned a master’s degree from Illinois […]