Golden State Foods (GSF), headquartered in Irvine, California, and one of the largest diversified suppliers to the foodservice and retail industries, has promoted Chad Buechel to president of KanPak U.S. From the GSF subsidiary’s headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, he will be responsible for all aspects of KanPak’s U.S. business, including its production of more than 18 million […]
Category: Grocery News
Mars Unveils Twix Cookies & Creme Ice Cream Bar
Hackettstown, New Jersey-based Mars has unveiled its newest ice cream product, the Twix Cookies & Creme Ice Cream Bar. Inspired by the Twix Cookies & Creme Chocolate Candy Bar, it is packed with vanilla ice cream mixed with chocolate cookie pieces and topped with crunchy chocolate cookies. “We’re thrilled to kick off summer celebrations this […]
Atlantic Natural Foods Ramps Up Production in U.S. And Thailand
Nashville, North Carolina-based Atlantic Natural Foods, a manufacturer of shelf-stable, plant-based foods, said it preparing to launch two new shelf-stable, plant-based products—Hawaiian Bowl and Ultimate Vegetarian Chili—under its Loma Linda brand. The new products were developed in collaboration with Costco and will start rolling out over the beginning of summer with the Hawaiian Bowl. Additionally, the […]
Tyson Appoints Former FedEx Executive Bronczek To Board of Directors
Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson Foods has appointed David J. Bronczek, 65, to the company’s board of directors. Bronczek is the recently retired president and chief operating officer of FedEx Corp., the global logistics and transportation company. He was part of FedEx for more than 40 years, starting as a courier and progressing into the company’s management […]
Sprouts Foundation Taking Applications For Neighborhood Grants Program
The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation is accepting applications now for its annual Neighborhood Grants program. The grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations working at the community level to provide nutrition education and food access programs to kids. Nonprofits that provide resources such as community gardens and youth cooking classes in the states where Sprouts Farmers […]
Hormel Natural Choice Launches Hardwood Smoked Product Line
The makers of Hormel Natural Choice premium lunch meat have launched a new line of slow-smoked products called Natural Choice hardwood smoked lunch meats. These products—smoked in netting over real wood chips for over four hours—include flavors like applewood ham, applewood turkey with garlic and herbs, pecanwood ham with sweet black pepper and pecanwood ham with […]
Data Shows Bottled Water Consumption Continues To Increase
New data from the Beverage Marketing Corporation (BMC) shows bottled water continues to be America’s favorite drink. Consumers are increasingly choosing bottled water instead of less healthy packaged drinks. The BMC data detail how, since 2010, bottled water has steadily increased in sales volume each year, while consumption of carbonated soft drinks has declined. Bottled […]
Gotham Greens Opens New Greenhouse In The Rockies
Gotham Greens opened its new greenhouse in the Mountain Region on May 20. The 30,000-s.f. greenhouse, adjacent to Stanley Marketplace, a food hall and urban market in Aurora, Colorado, is located next to an abandoned runway at the former Denver Stapleton Airport site that had been sitting vacant for decades. The greenhouse will deliver a […]
