Aunt Dottie’s is rebranding its products as Greenjoy, revamping all its packaging and launching a new website. The name Greenjoy comes from the company’s line of Pressed Salad Bars and its relevance to the company’s goals—to bring joy to eating healthy greens and vegetables. As it continues to expand, the company is uniting all its […]
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Campbell Completes Snyder’s-Lance Acquisition, Creates Snacks Division
Campbell Soup Co. has completed the acquisition of Snyder’s-Lance Inc. for $50 per share in an all-cash transaction, which represents an enterprise value of approximately $6.1 billion. “Snyder’s-Lance represents a strategic and transformative acquisition for Campbell, creating a $10 billion company with nearly half of our annual net sales in the faster-growing snacks category,” said […]
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New York, Philadelphia & Miami Top Best Cities For Fresh Food Access
New York is the best city for fresh-food access, with 75 percent of its residents living within a five-minute walk of a grocery store or year-round farmers market, followed by Philadelphia at 64 percent and Miami at 57 percent. This is according to a new report by real estate brokerage Redfin, which analyzed Walk Score data for 48 major […]
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ShopRite Offers Gourmet-Style, Better-For-You Meal Kits
ShopRite has launched a line of gourmet-style meal kits for customers seeking convenient, creative dinners with better-for-you ingredients. The packaged kits, available at select ShopRite stores in the supermarket’s six-state trading area, include a variety of entrees such as Thai Coconut Chicken, Chicken Marsala, Korean Beef Stir Fry, Moroccan Chicken and Pork Scaloppini. Each recipe […]
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RifRaf Ricotta Snack Cups Launching In Select Whole Foods Stores
RifRaf Ricotta Cups—a first-of-its-kind ricotta cheese snack, according to startup company RifRaf—are coming to the dairy aisle at select Whole Foods Market stores. Combining spoonable, lightly cultured whole milk ricotta and a sidecar of flavored jams and honeys, RifRaf hopes to “upset an otherwise uniform yogurt category.” The Ricotta Cups will launch in five inaugural flavors: […]
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El Super To Acquire Fiesta Mart, Creating 122-Store Company
Bodega Latina Corp., doing business as El Super, a U.S. Hispanic grocer and a subsidiary of Grupo Comercial Chedraui, S.A.B. DE C.V., has agreed to acquire Fiesta Mart LLC. Fiesta, a portfolio company of ACON Investments LL, is a Texas-based international food retailer with an emphasis on the Hispanic segment, operating 63 stores primarily in […]
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Publix Opening New Supermarket In Huntsville, Alabama
Publix Super Markets will be opening a new store on March 28, in Huntsville, Alabama, at the Pinnacle at Provident Shopping Center on Old Monrovia Road. “Publix is known for providing excellent customer service and a unique shopping experience for our customers,” said Brenda Reid, media and community relations manager. “We are proud to open our […]
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National Milk Producers Federation Lauds Spending Bill For Dairy Pride Act Language
The congressional spending bill signed by the President on March 23 directs the FDA to take action against imitation dairy foods, “representing a victory for farmers and consumers alike,” said the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) in a response to the bill. The omnibus spending bill to fund the government for the remainder of Fiscal […]
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BrightFarms Entering Texas With $17M Hydroponic Greenhouse
BrightFarms, a brand of locally grown salads, has selected Abilene as the site of its first hydroponic greenhouse farm in Texas. Construction is slated to begin this summer, and shoppers will find fresh, local, pesticide-free and non-GMO greens and herbs in area grocery stores by early 2019. The 180,000-s.f. hydroponic greenhouse will be constructed at […]
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Kentucky-Made Cattlemen’s Ground Beef Debuts At Kroger
This week, Kentucky’s Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles joined Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association leaders, Kroger officials and farmers to unveil a new all-Kentucky beef product—and celebrate National Agriculture Day. Kentucky Cattlemen’s Ground Beef is sold in 85 Kroger supermarkets across the Commonwealth in one-pound packages and in two-pound packages of four patties each. “On a day when […]
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Recommended: Nearly 200 Cheeses Are Sold At Harmons Grocery Stores In Utah, And This 32-Year-Old Has Eaten Them All
Mariah Christensen has every cheese lover’s dream job — traveling, tasting and deciding which of the world’s cheddars, goudas and mozzarellas should be sold at Harmons Grocery Stores in Utah. The 32-year-old specialty cheese buyer is good at it, too. She recently was inducted into the Guilde Internationale des Fromagers, the French name for the […]
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Olé Mexican Foods Celebrating Its 30th Anniversary This Year
In 1988 Veronica Moreno sold her first order of tortillas from a recipe she learned from her grandmother. Today, 30 years later, Olé Mexican Foods Inc., maker of Olé and La Banderita tortillas, says it still aims to create “great food that brings friends and family together at the table.” On its 30th anniversary, Olé […]
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Southeastern Grocers Expanding Fresco Y Más To Central, West Florida
Southeastern Grocers (SEG), parent company of Bi-Lo, Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie stores, plans to expand its Fresco y Más Hispanic banner beyond South Florida and open three new locations in Orlando and Tampa, Florida. The new Fresco y Más locations will open in April and will offer customers “an authentic Hispanic grocery […]
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Albertsons Cos. Launching Digital Marketplace For Vendors
Albertsons Cos. is launching a new digital marketplace, opening general registration for vendors who want to participate in direct-shipping to Albertsons customers. “At Albertsons Companies, we have always prided ourselves on our wide assortment. This offering takes our assortment size to the next level by making the aisle practically infinite,” said Narayan Iyengar, SVP of digital […]
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Rouses Rolls Out Meal Kits For Two At Most Of Its Stores
Busy customers who want a home-cooked meal now can take shopping and chopping off of their to-do list. Rouses Markets has introduced its own line of ready-to-cook meal kits to most of its markets. “We’re always looking for ways to help our customers who are short on time,” says Donny Rouse, CEO. “Our meal kits let you […]
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Tampico Beverages Unveils Updated Logo, Branding
Tampico Beverages yesterday debuted its brand refresh, including an updated logo and a new “look and feel” across its family of fruit flavored juice drink products, website and social media channels. To celebrate the milestone and provide consumers with a chance to engage with Tampico’s new “Imaginatively Curious” tagline, brand ambassadors will be hosting “Tampico […]
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Whole Foods Celebrates Opening Of New Downtown Indianapolis Store
Whole Foods Market in late March opened its new 40,000-s.f. downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, store, located at 320 E. Market Street. The first 500 customers through the doors this morning received a Whole Foods Market gift card with a mystery value ranging from $5 to $50, with one lucky customer receiving a $500 gift card. “Whole […]
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Café Valley, Hershey Launch Chocolate Cheesecake Brownie Bites
Café Valley is partnering with The Hershey Co. to introduce a snack-size coffee cake bite that is equal parts brownie and cheesecake made with Hershey’s chocolate. Café Valley Chocolate Cheesecake Brownie Bites are set to hit grocery, convenience and club store shelves next month in 11.6-oz., clear plastic packages containing 12 brownie bites per case. The […]
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Meredith Corp., eMeals To Bring Curated Meal Plans To Home Cooks
Meredith Corp., a national media and marketing company serving nearly 200 million unduplicated American consumers every month—including 85 percent of U.S. Millennials—is partnering with eMeals, a digital meal planning solution, to bring editorially curated meal plans to millions of home cooks. Through this partnership, Allrecipes, Better Homes & Gardens, and EatingWell users will have access to a trusted, end-to-end […]
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Key Food, Goya Unite On 40K-Lb. Food Donation To City Harvest
Key Food Stores Co-operative teamed up with Goya Foods to donate 40,000 pounds of food to New York’s City City Harvest in mid-March. In total, Key Food and Goya will be donating 60,000 pounds of food as part of the Goya “Can Do” campaign. City Harvest will distribute this donation to 500 community food programs throughout […]