The Wonderful Co., known for its Wonderful Pistachios, Wonderful Halos and POM Wonderful, has invested more than $1 billion over the past decade marketing its products to consumers across the globe. This milestone, which Wonderful will celebrate at PMA Fresh Summit, “has made Wonderful Pistachios America’s No. 1 fastest-growing snack brand, Wonderful Halos America’s No. […]
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Cuties Now The Official Citrus Fruit Of Disney World And Disneyland
Clementine brand Cuties is adding another title to its name: the official citrus fruit of Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort. The strategic promotional agreement will bring Cuties to food and beverage areas throughout these Disney Parks, starting this fall. “Cuties and Disney Parks is a natural fit because so many kids and parents love both […]
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Lakeview Farms Bringing Cheesecake Factory Desserts To Retail
Delphos, Ohio-based Lakeview Farms LLC, a manufacturer and marketer of refrigerated desserts, dips and specialty products, has entered into an agreement with The Cheesecake Factory to produce, market and sell The Cheesecake Factory At Home brand refrigerated desserts. “We are pleased to be partnering with The Cheesecake Factory to bring truly decadent, ready-to-eat dessert options to consumers nationwide,” […]
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Foodshare Awarded Multi-Year Grant To Support Child Nutrition Programs
Foodshare has received a grant from the Winter–Lehman Family Foundation that will help it address child hunger by supporting Weekend Backpack programs and Summer Meal programs. The family foundation, based in West Hartford, Connecticut, committed $35,000 each year for three years. “Matt Winter and Jane Lehman have been great friends of Foodshare, and their newly formed […]
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Mama Biscuit’s Entering Walmart Stores Nationwide
Lesley Riley, also known as “Mama Biscuit,” is bringing her Mama Biscuit’s Gourmet Biscuits to Walmart shelves at 55 stores in nine states. The rollout started Oct. 8. Mama Biscuit’s, based in Frederick, Maryland, is just three years old and was one of the 500 companies and 750 products invited to attend Walmart’s Open-Call event […]
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Fresh Cravings Organic Salsas Debut At Florida Publix Stores
FoodStory Brands, the company behind Fresh Cravings refrigerated salsa, is launching Fresh Cravings Organic Salsa in all Florida-based Publix Super Markets. Fresh Cravings introduced its core refrigerated salsa line three years ago. This new line of Fresh Cravings Organic Salsa is available in Restaurant Style Mild, Medium and Hot varieties and Chunky Salsa Mild and Medium varieties—all in 16-oz. […]
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J.D. Power Rates Wegmans Pharmacy Highest In Customer Satisfaction
The recently released J.D. Power 2018 U.S. Pharmacy Study ranked Wegmans Pharmacy “Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Supermarket Pharmacies” with a score of 906 on a 1,000-point scale. Now in its 10th year, the study measures customer satisfaction among all categories of brick-and-mortar pharmacies, including chain drug stores, mass merchants and supermarkets as well as mail-order pharmacies. Satisfaction […]
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Karen Caplan: The New Holiday Table
by Karen Caplan/President and CEO, Frieda’s Specialty Produce If you’re a retailer, you’ve probably already set your ads for the upcoming holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas. And chances are you’ve chosen pretty much the same selection of produce items to feature as you did last year: orange sweet potatoes, green beans, Russet potatoes and cranberries. I’m […]