Sea Watch International celebrated its 40th anniversary on March 27. The company started with a cannery operation in Milford, Delaware, buying clams from independent clammers and shucking them at a small shucking house in Oyster, Virginia. In 1980, it added a fry line to make breaded clam strips for a growing market dominated by the familiar […]
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SCFRC Luncheon Panelists Prepare For The Future Of Frozen Foods
Earlier this year, the Southern California Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Council hosted a kick-off luncheon in Commerce, California, featuring an industry panel discussion on how to increase frozen and refrigerated food sales in 2018. Panelists included Jim Amen with Super A, Margie Bravo with Nestle USA, Rich Gillmore with Gelson’s, Chris Linskey with Super King, Mike […]
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Viva Fresh Expo Welcomes Texas A&M Students For Third Year
This year’s Viva Fresh Produce Expo again will feature the Aggies for Fresh Reception after two successful years of offering students the opportunity to connect one-on-one with attendees, with many of those students securing positions within the industry as a result. Aggies for Fresh is a campaign created to recruit students from Texas A&M University to the fresh produce industry. This year’s nine Aggies for Fresh scholarship […]
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Recommended: Walmart Is Reportedly In Talks To Buy Humana
A deal between the two huge companies would be the latest in a series of mergers in the health care industry in recent months. Walmart (WMT) and Humana (HUM) are looking at a variety of options, including an acquisition, the Journal reported late Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares in Humana, which has […]
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Canada Dry Combines Ginger Ale And Lemonade In Latest Offering
Canada Dry is introducing a new flavor combination, Canada Dry Ginger Ale and Lemonade. It features the flavors of ginger and lemonade made with real juice. “Canada Dry has seen eleven years of consecutive growth, which is a testament to our consumer loyalty and ability to develop great-tasting flavor combinations, taste-tested and approved by our consumers,” […]
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Fiji Water Targets Fitness Enthusiasts With New Sports Cap Bottle
Imported bottled water brand Fiji Water recently unveiled a new sports cap bottle featuring a flip-top cap and what the company describes as a slim and sleek design. The new bottle will begin hitting retail shelves soon and will be distributed nationwide in time for summer. “The Fiji Water sports cap bottle evolved out of […]
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Bridgewater, New Jersey, Whole Foods Features In-Store Mushroom Farm
Whole Foods Market Bridgewater, the first Somerset County, New Jersey, location for the natural and organic food retailer, opened late last week at 319 Chimney Rock Road at Route 22. The 49,000-s.f. store offers the grocer’s first indoor mushroom farm, developed in partnership with Smallhold, a New York City-based company that works with restaurants, grocery stores and […]
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Small And Independent Brewers See Sustained Growth In 2017
The Brewers Association (BA), the trade association representing small and independent American craft brewers, has released 2017 data on U.S. craft brewing growth, and the news is good. With more than 6,300 breweries operating during the year, small and independent craft brewers represent 12.7 percent market share by volume of the overall beer industry. In 2017, craft brewers produced […]