How Americans eat has evolved to match the frequently hurried, harried and hectic lifestyles of today’s consumers, says market research firm Packaged Facts. That shift has been a boon to convenient food options, including salty snacks such as potato chips, popcorn and pretzels. In its new report, “Salty Snacks: U.S. Market Trends and Opportunities,” Packaged Facts […]
Category: Grocery News
Survey: Gen Z, Millennials Apt To Try More Adventurous Donut Flavors
Bakery supplier Dawn Foods’ inaugural Donut Day survey found that 82 percent of Gen Z (ages 18-21) and Millennial (ages 22-34) consumers are interested in trying unique and adventurous donut flavors, such as pickle, sriracha and s’mores. For nearly 100 years, Dawn has supplied bakers with the ingredients needed to produce all kinds of donuts—mashups […]
Liqs Eyes Retail Shelves With New Wine-Based Cocktail Shots
Liqs, creator of individually packaged, ready-to-drink cocktail shots, is launching a new line of lower proof wine-based shots. Specifically aimed at retailers and venues that are unable to sell spirits, sales for the new, American-made product will be focused on big-box retailers, grocery chains, club stores and convenience stores, as well as on-premise accounts that […]
Litehouse Unveils Refreshed Branding For Simply Artisan Cheese Line
Litehouse Inc., an employee-owned company and producer of refrigerated salad dressings, dips, herbs and cheese, is aiming to “brighten up” its award-winning cheese line with new branding and packaging. The new look for Litehouse Simply Artisan leverages design cues from the recently refreshed core line of Litehouse dressings and dips, including modernized branding, top-down photography, eye […]
Food City Celebrates Phoenix Store’s Grand Reopening This Week
Shoppers who frequent the Food City location at 7th Avenue and Southern in south Phoenix, Arizona, can join in the store’s weeklong grand reopening celebration from July 4 through July 11. After undergoing a major remodel, the grocery store chain will deliver live mariachi music, giveaways, and more as it introduces new and expanded features to […]
Bergmann Leaves Supervalu West To Join Harvest/Sherwood
Leon Bergmann, who has served as president of West Region Wholesale for Supervalu since August 2017, has resigned to become CEO of Harvest Food Distributors/Sherwood Food Distributors, The Shelby Report has learned. Bergmann had joined Unified Grocers, which was bought by Supervalu in summer 2017, in December 2012 as SVP of sales. In addition to […]
H-E-B Now Delivering Beer And Wine In Under An Hour Through Favor
Favor, an Austin, Texas-based on-demand delivery company acquired by H-E-B in February, is now offering beer and wine delivery throughout Texas, exclusively from H-E-B stores. Favor rolled out its new service on June 29 in more than 30 cities, offering free delivery on beer and wine orders this summer through Labor Day. The new service […]
Tyson Donates $151K And Truckload Of Protein To Food Finders Food Bank
Tyson Foods in June made a $151,000 donation to Lafayette, Indiana-based Food Finders Food Bank to help fund a mobile food pantry and leverage access to federal funding for food programs. The company also donated a truckload of protein totaling 29,640 pounds, the equivalent of 118,560 servings. With the purchase of a refrigerated box truck, […]
