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Highland Park Market Recognized For 25-Year Bakery Partnership

Between Rounds Bakery Sandwich Café, a growing bakery café and bagel shop with locations in Connecticut, recently celebrated its silver anniversary partnership with Highland Park Market, a five-unit family-owned supermarket business in the Hartford area. For 25 years, Between Rounds has supplied its signature bagels to Highland Park Market stores in Coventry, Farmington, Glastonbury, Manchester and Suffield. Founded […]

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FDA Delays Menu-Labeling Rule

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on April 27 submitted an interim final rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget that signals a delay in the agency’s final menu-labeling rule set to take effect on May 5. While the FDA announced the submission that has yet to be published, the final rule […]

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Michigan’s Busch’s Fresh Food Market Debuts First In-Store Restaurant

Busch’s Fresh Food Market recently opened a new location in Canton Township, Michigan, that has the company’s first in-store restaurant. J.B.’s Smokehouse seats 170 people and serves St. Louis-style barbecue ribs, Texas-style beef brisket, North Carolina-style pulled pork, mac ‘n cheese, sweet potato coins and fried pickles, and has a full bar with 22 Michigan draft […]

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Harris Teeter Launches Program To Encourage Healthy Eating

Harris Teeter has launched a program to encourage customers to make healthy food choices. Free From 101 is designed to make it easy to select healthier options at shelf without having to read every ingredient label. North Carolina-based Harris Teeter, a banner of The Kroger Co., is identifying items it carries that are free from […]

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From Broker To Baker: Goodman Aims For Better Tasting Gluten-Free Products

by Mike Berger/editor-Northeast Bob Goodman was known as a premier bakery broker in New England until his retirement in 2014. But it was a short retirement. He soon traded in his broker’s hat for a baker’s hat, with the goal of developing better tasting gluten-free products. Soon, Goodman Gluten Free, a line of gluten-free baked […]

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Ciraulo Elevated To SVP Of Fresh Foods At Stater Bros.

Stater Bros. Markets has promoted John Ciraulo to SVP of fresh foods, overseeing and managing the supermarket chain’s perishable departments. “John is a well-respected and valuable member of the Stater Bros. family,” said Stater Bros. President and CEO Pete Van Helden. “John’s broad knowledge of perishable foods in addition to his extensive marketing and retail experience will allow the […]

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Mayfield Goes Retro With Brand Refresh As It Rolls Out Ice Cream To New Markets

The Mayfield Creamery ice cream brand is expanding further across the southern U.S. to a collection of new markets in Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico. Mayfield Ice Cream debuted in 1923 and currently can be found in grocery stores across the Southeast in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Mississippi, West […]

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Perdue Confirmed As U.S. Secretary Of Agriculture

Former Georgia Gov. George Ervin “Sonny” Perdue has been confirmed as the new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. A number of trade groups, including the United Fresh Produce Association, are praising this week’s appointment, which was approved by an 87-11 vote. Robert Guenther, SVP for public policy at United Fresh, said, “United Fresh congratulates Secretary Perdue […]