EarthWater is expanding into the private label water market by launching a private label program. The Texas-based company announced the private label program is in response to requests from corporate clients seeking to enter the Black Water market. The company also wants to expand into the growing private label water market, which currently exceeds $2.8 […]
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Posted inWest, Center Store, Executive News, Home Page Slider, Suppliers
Diamond of California Names Industry Veteran Craig Hope CEO
Craig Hope has been named CEO of Diamond of California. He has more than three decades of leadership in the consumer packaged goods industry. He spent the past two years with the company working on brand extension and reinventing product offering image. According to a news release from Diamond of California, Hope’s focus will be […]
Posted inNortheast, Association News, Frozen Food
FRANE Lunch N’ Learn Taste Day Coming Up March 14
FRANE, the Frozen & Refrigerated Association of the Northeast, is holding a Lunch n’ Learn Taste Day on Thursday, March 14, at Lombardo’s Restaurant in Randolph, Massachusetts. Kurian Thomas, SVP and practice leader-Americas at IRI, will attend the discussion on “Trends in Dairy and Frozen…Adapting to the New Sales Landscape and Today’s Consumers.” The luncheon […]
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Campbell Soup Co. Names New Owner Of Garden Fresh Gourmet
Camden, New Jersey-based Campbell Soup Co. has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of Garden Fresh Gourmet to an affiliate of Fountain of Health USA, a maker of hummus, dips, variety packs, prepared salads, pâtés and frozen desserts. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Garden Fresh Gourmet is part of the Campbell Fresh […]
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Analysis Explores Meat And Poultry’s Role In Today’s Food Culture: The Way We Eat, Shop And Live
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Foundation for Meat and Poultry Research and Education—the foundation for the North American Meat Institute—have released The Power of Meat 2019, the 14th annual exploration into how to best optimize meat and poultry’s role in today’s food culture: the way we eat, shop and live. The report examines the $67 billion […]
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Table Talk Pies Breaks Ground On New Warehouse In Worcester, Mass.
Table Talk Pies and Tippmann Innovation broke ground in late February on a new cold storage facility in Worcester, Massachusetts. Cold storage contractor Tippmann Innovation of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is constructing a -10°F freezer warehouse that maximizes energy efficiency, according to the companies. The freezer sits adjacent to Table Talk’s 150,000-s.f. manufacturing facility, which will […]
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La Brea Bakery Founder To Help Create Breads For 30th Anniversary
La Brea Bakery is partnering with founder Nancy Silverton to celebrate the brand’s 30th anniversary. Silverton, who founded the bakery on South La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles in 1989 and is credited with bringing the artisan bread movement to the U.S., is working with the bakery to develop special edition breads to commemorate the […]
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Brookshire Grocery Co. Expands Digital Commerce Capabilities
Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC), a Texas-based food retailer, working with Mercatus—a digital commerce solutions provider—has rolled out online ordering with curbside pickup service to 100 stores in its Brookshire’s, Super 1 Foods and Fresh by Brookshire’s banners. After initially piloting curbside pickup in late 2017 at its Fresh by Brookshire’s store in Tyler, Texas, the company […]