Simply Eight announced Aug. 2 the launch of its new breakfast and snack food line in D&Ws and VG’s grocery stores owned and operated by Michigan-based Spartan Stores. The new line of cookies and chewy granola bars contain just eight or less all-natural ingredients. The new food is part of Simply Eight’s ongoing commitment to […]
Category: Grocery News
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Diamond Foods Receives Clearance on Pringles Acquisition
Diamond Foods Inc. has received clearance from the United Kingdom’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on its pending acquisition of the Pringles business from The Procter & Gamble Co. The clearance by the OFT follows Diamond’s June announcement that the waiting period for U.S. antitrust review under the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 […]
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New Alcohol Brand: Marin Institute Renamed ‘Alcohol Justice’
The alcohol industry watchdog formerly known as Marin Institute is now called “Alcohol Justice.”
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Seneca Foods and Allens Inc. Plan to Merge
Seneca Foods Corp. and Allens Inc. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding contemplating a merger of the two companies in a stock-for-stock transaction.
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SC Johnson Launches All-In-One Cleaning System
SC Johnson All-In-One Cleaning System allows users to clean more efficiently and effectively by choosing three of their five favorite trusted cleaners to dock in one simple, lightweight sprayer
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Harris Teeter Launches Exclusive Craft Beer
Harris Teeter revealed its exclusive craft beer Barrel Trolley to shoppers in July, discovered and delivered to you by the company’s wine and beer team. The craft beer will be available in all Harris Teeter locations in which wine and beer is sold the company said in a press release. Harris Teeter’s beer and wine […]
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Food/Beverage Execs Foresee Improved 2011 Performance
Senior financial executives of global food and beverage companies expect to achieve improved financial performance in 2011
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Coca Cola Will Raise Prices July 31
Beverage Digest reported Friday that price increases of 3-4 percent are coming on July 31.
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Post Foods Intros New Pebbles Boulders
Post Foods LLC, the makers of the classic children’s cereal with the spirit of Bedrock, on June 22 revealed a new Pebbles limited-edition flavor, Boulders Stone Age Caramel Apple. Each serving of caramel boulders and apple dinosaur bones contains 16 grams of whole grains.
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Coca-Cola Celebrates 125th Anniversary
Coca-Cola plans to celebrate its 125th anniversary all summer long with a variety of activities from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The 125 Years of Summer Fun, beginning May 8th, features two summer-long programs, promotions, advertising and celebratory packaging. “For 125 years, Coca-Cola has refreshed the world and celebrated with people as they enjoy fun […]
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J.M. Smucker Buys Rowland Coffee
J.M. Smucker Co. has paid $360 million for Miami-based Rowland Coffee Roasters, whose brands include Café Pilon, Café Bustelo, Café Oquendo, Medaglia d’Oro and El Pico brands. According to the South Florida Business Journal, a news release said Rowland’s 2010 revenue of more than $110 million makes it the nation’s largest coffee company marketing to […]
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New Product News
Dropps Dropps has partnered with TerraCycle, the international upcycling pioneer, to give consumers a 100 percent zero waste liquid laundry detergent choice. Until now Dropps pouches have been easy on the wrist, but not suitable for traditional recycling, despite being a fraction of the environmental footprint of giant plastic jugs. TerraCycle, which specializes in difficult-to-recycle […]
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U.S. Organic Industry Valued at Nearly $29 Billion in 2010
The organic industry grew at a rate of almost 8 percent in 2010, becoming a $28.6 billion business, according to the 2011 Organic Industry Survey from the Organic Trade Association (OTA) that was released April 21. Experiencing the most growth were organic fruits and vegetables, which represent 39.7 percent of total organic food value and […]
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United Fresh announces its 2011 New Product Award finalists
A record 34 fresh fruit and vegetable innovations are up for the United Fresh Produce Association’s 2011 New Product Awards. This year’s finalists will compete in six categories for the title of Best New Products at United Fresh 2011, May 2-5, in New Orleans. Products will be on display in the United Fresh membership booth […]
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Jack Link’s New Sasquatch Big Steak Now Available in Stores Nationwide
Jack Link’s® Beef Jerky has extended its popular Sasquatch™ Big Snacks line to include, for the first time, the new Sasquatch Big Steak. At more than 16 inches in length, the Big Steak is 20 percent larger than the next largest beef steak product on the market. It follows last year’s launch of the Sasquatch […]
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Sweetwater is 27th Largest Craft Brewer in the Country
SweetWater Brewing Co. keeps climbing up the ranking of America’s biggest craft beer companies. The Atlanta-based brewer, which recently discussed plans to expand its production capacity, moved up one slot to No. 27 in the Brewers Association’s list of the 50 largest independent U.S. brewers. Last year, the company was the 28th-largest craft brewery in […]
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Grocers Lose Fight Over Full-Strength Beer
A legislative effort to let Colorado grocery and convenience stores sell full-strength beer died in a landslide on the House floor Monday after a month of intense debate on the subject, reports the Denver Business Journal. House Bill 1284, sponsored by Reps. Larry Liston, R-Colorado Springs, and Crisanta Duran, D-Denver, pitted those stores against locally […]
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Consumers Want to Indulge, But Keep Health in Mind, Too
By Ashley Bates/staff writer Bubbly, fruity and refreshing soft drinks and other beverages have seen hard times in recent years, but many in the beverage industry may call 2011 the year of the beverage. Rebounding nicely this year are sports drinks, bottled waters and water beverages; soft drinks and diet soft drinks are as strong […]
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Diet Coke Passes Pepsi
As the soft drinks industry tries to recover from a long slide, Coca-Cola Co. has new bragging rights in its rivalry with PepsiCo reports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Sales of Coca-Cola and Diet Coke dipped by half a percentage point and one point, respectively, in 2010. But sales of Pepsi-Cola fell 4.8 percent. Beyond the sales […]
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US Tops France as Wine Sipping Leader
According to a report in the San Francisco Business Times, the United States supplanted France as the world’s largest wine-consuming nation in 2010, according to wine industry consultants Gomberg, Fredrikson & Associates, by roughly 330 million cases to France’s 320.6 million. Of course, the United States’ population dwarfs that of France, so “per capita, they’re […]