Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday, May 19, announced that all New York City chain food retailers offering prepared foods, or “restaurant-type foods,” will be required to post calorie counts on menu boards. In addition, chain restaurants and retailers will be required to have full nutritional information—not just calories—for standard menu items available on site, […]
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Latest Buy Takes Sales And Marketing Agency C.A. Fortune National
With its latest transaction in the Pacific Northwest, sales and marketing agency C.A. Fortune says it now offers complete national coverage for brands within the natural/organic, specialty/conventional and bakery/deli retail trade channels. The Chicago-based company recently joined forces with Portland, Oregon-based Bridge Sales & Marketing, completing the agency’s goal of providing coast-to-coast coverage for its client brands […]
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Lowes Foods To Open First Lexington, South Carolina, Store On May 24
Lowes Foods will host a grand opening of its first Lexington, South Carolina, store, located at the Northwest corner of Charter Oak and Augusta roads, on May 24. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. The Lowes Foods’ Fuel Center, located in front of the store, opened May 17. “We are thrilled to share our […]
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Reader’s Digest Annual Survey Reveals The Most Trusted Brands In America
Reader’s Digest has released the results of its third annual Trusted Brand Survey, published in the June issue that is available now. More than 5,500 Americans across the country participated in the online survey, which awards the “Reader’s Digest Most Trusted Brand” title to winners in 40 product categories, including travel, food and beverage, automotive, beauty and […]
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Hy-Vee Guarantees 100 Percent Of Its Sushi From Responsible Sources
Hy-Vee Inc. has successfully transitioned 100 percent of its sushi to responsible sources. The supermarket chain guarantees that all sushi prepared and sold in its 244 Midwestern stores, including Hy-Vee Market Grille restaurants, will now contain seafood that is caught in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. According to its recently updated Seafood Procurement Policy, Hy-Vee […]
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Wegmans Posting Calorie Information Ahead Of Menu-Labeling Deadline
Wegmans’ customers who pick up a made-to-order or prepared item, such as a muffin or sandwich at the Sub Shop, will begin to notice updated calorie information on labels and menu boards around the store. In 2010, the FDA advised chain restaurants and similar food establishments that, by May 5, 2017, they would be required […]
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Bow & Arrow Foods A Pioneer Of Non-GMO Corn Products
by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Southwest The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (UMUT), one of three federally recognized tribes of the Ute Nation, resides in Towaoc, Colorado, on a reservation that covers more than a half-million acres and touches the Four Corners area—Arizona, New Mexico and Utah as well as Colorado. Surrounded by huge rock mesa formations and home […]
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Supervalu Reveals ‘Beef Stampede’ Winners, Karns Quality Foods Takes Grand Prize
Karns Quality Foods in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, took top honors in Supervalu’s 2016 national “Beef Stampede” contest. The annual merchandising contest is a month-long program held each fall to showcase beef as a dinner plate staple. More than 120 grocery retailers nationwide served by Supervalu’s independent wholesale distribution business participated in the contest. “Supervalu applauds all of […]
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AWG Ramps Up Kenosha D.C. With New Chicago Retailers On Board
Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. (AWG) has begun serving additional Chicago-area supermarket retailers, the Kansas City, Kansas-based wholesaler said May 5. With the new Chicagoland business coming on board, AWG is ramping up full-scale deliveries out of its Kenosha, Wisconsin, division—acquired following its merger with Affiliated Foods Midwest (AFM) last October—which will be the main distribution center […]
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Bud’s Best Cookies Founder Inducted Into Baking Hall Of Fame
Albert L. “Bud” Cason, founder and chairman of Birmingham, Alabama-based Bud’s Best Cookies, was inducted into the Baking Hall of Fame by the American Society of Baking (ASB) during BakeTech2017 in Chicago Feb. 26-28. The award recognizes industry innovation and entrepreneurial spirit as well as organizational growth and development, equipment design and innovation, advancements in […]
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Oscar Mayer Brand Changes Its Hot Dogs
The Oscar Mayer brand has made what it calls “radical changes” to its full line of hot dogs, making it the first to market with no added nitrates or nitrites, no artificial preservatives in its meat and no by-products in every one of its hot dogs. The overhaul comes after more than a year of recipe testing and […]
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Perishables, Prepared Meals On Showcase At New Dave’s Marketplace In Rhode Island
A nearly 30,000-s.f. Dave’s Fresh Marketplace has opened in Cranston, Rhode Island. Dave’s is a locally owned and operated supermarket chain focused on high-quality, fresh foods. More than half of the new store is focused on perishables and prepared meal items. In January, GM Bill Hogan said, “Neighborhood markets are the cornerstone of communities. We are happy […]
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Highland Park Market Recognized For 25-Year Bakery Partnership
Between Rounds Bakery Sandwich Café, a growing bakery café and bagel shop with locations in Connecticut, recently celebrated its silver anniversary partnership with Highland Park Market, a five-unit family-owned supermarket business in the Hartford area. For 25 years, Between Rounds has supplied its signature bagels to Highland Park Market stores in Coventry, Farmington, Glastonbury, Manchester and Suffield. Founded […]
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FDA Delays Menu-Labeling Rule
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on April 27 submitted an interim final rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget that signals a delay in the agency’s final menu-labeling rule set to take effect on May 5. While the FDA announced the submission that has yet to be published, the final rule […]
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Michigan’s Busch’s Fresh Food Market Debuts First In-Store Restaurant
Busch’s Fresh Food Market recently opened a new location in Canton Township, Michigan, that has the company’s first in-store restaurant. J.B.’s Smokehouse seats 170 people and serves St. Louis-style barbecue ribs, Texas-style beef brisket, North Carolina-style pulled pork, mac ‘n cheese, sweet potato coins and fried pickles, and has a full bar with 22 Michigan draft […]
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Harris Teeter Launches Program To Encourage Healthy Eating
Harris Teeter has launched a program to encourage customers to make healthy food choices. Free From 101 is designed to make it easy to select healthier options at shelf without having to read every ingredient label. North Carolina-based Harris Teeter, a banner of The Kroger Co., is identifying items it carries that are free from […]
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From Broker To Baker: Goodman Aims For Better Tasting Gluten-Free Products
by Mike Berger/editor-Northeast Bob Goodman was known as a premier bakery broker in New England until his retirement in 2014. But it was a short retirement. He soon traded in his broker’s hat for a baker’s hat, with the goal of developing better tasting gluten-free products. Soon, Goodman Gluten Free, a line of gluten-free baked […]
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Ciraulo Elevated To SVP Of Fresh Foods At Stater Bros.
Stater Bros. Markets has promoted John Ciraulo to SVP of fresh foods, overseeing and managing the supermarket chain’s perishable departments. “John is a well-respected and valuable member of the Stater Bros. family,” said Stater Bros. President and CEO Pete Van Helden. “John’s broad knowledge of perishable foods in addition to his extensive marketing and retail experience will allow the […]
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Mayfield Goes Retro With Brand Refresh As It Rolls Out Ice Cream To New Markets
The Mayfield Creamery ice cream brand is expanding further across the southern U.S. to a collection of new markets in Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico. Mayfield Ice Cream debuted in 1923 and currently can be found in grocery stores across the Southeast in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Mississippi, West […]
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Perdue Confirmed As U.S. Secretary Of Agriculture
Former Georgia Gov. George Ervin “Sonny” Perdue has been confirmed as the new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. A number of trade groups, including the United Fresh Produce Association, are praising this week’s appointment, which was approved by an 87-11 vote. Robert Guenther, SVP for public policy at United Fresh, said, “United Fresh congratulates Secretary Perdue […]