Gourmet coffee brand Eight O’Clock is relaunching its award-winning 100% Colombian Peaks coffee, now 50% Rainforest Alliance Certified, and, as always, featuring 100% Colombian beans. Eight O’Clock has teamed up with the Rainforest Alliance to help to ensure its coffee beans are grown and harvested using environmentally and socially responsible practices. Available on grocery store […]
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Associated Food Stores Partners With P&G To Combat Post-Holiday Sales Slump
Associated Food Stores of Salt Lake City, Utah, says it is determined to help their member retailers combat the post-holiday sales slump that many businesses feel. The grocery wholesaler is partnering with Procter & Gamble to sponsor “Marvel Universe Live!”, a superhero live-action show at the Vivint Smart Home Arena, Feb. 11-14. As part of […]
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Coborn’s Cake Decorator To Appear On Food Network’s ‘Cake Wars’
Cake decorator Amanda Hansen of the Coborn’s store in Sartell, Minnesota, will appear on Food Network’s “Cake Wars” at 9 p.m. (Eastern) today, Jan. 18. According to the Cake Wars website, the episode is described as a Dr. Suess theme: “Everyone from the Cat in the Hat to Thing 1 and Thing 2 are coming […]
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Glazer’s To Merge With Southern, Will Retain Malt Beverage Business
Dallas, Texas-based Glazer’s Inc. plans to separate the majority of its malt beverage distribution business prior to the closing of its combination with Southern Wine & Spirits of America Inc. As a result of the separation, the beer business within Glazer’s existing MillerCoors footprint will operate under a new company called Glazer’s Beer & Beverage, […]
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Aldi Rolls Out ‘Refresh’ Offerings
To kick off the New Year, Aldi says it is giving customers more selections they can feel good about. The company now is offering increased organics and healthier options at checkout and exclusive brand food products free from ingredients customers worry about, the grocer says. “This time of year, I’m especially focused on looking for […]
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NatureFresh Farms Breaks Ground For Phase II In Ohio
With the first crop of OhioRed tomatoes to be picked in late February, NatureFresh Farms says it has broken ground on Phase II of its Delta, Ohio, greenhouse facility. Like Phase I that was completed in late November 2015, Phase II will be 15.30 acres in size. It will be completed this summer. “The support […]
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Blue Bell: No Listeria Discovered In Plants
To proactively communicate with customers about its efforts to keep its production facilities free of potential sources of contamination, Blue Bell sent out a press release Jan. 7 to outline what it is doing. Unfortunately, some of the company’s statements were misinterpreted by a large enough number of media outlets that Blue Bell was prompted […]
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Indianapolis Among Few Markets Where New Folgers Product Available
New Folgers Perfect Measures coffee tabs are available in just three markets, and Indianapolis is one of them. Made of 100% pure ground coffee compressed into a tab that measures out a perfect scoop of coffee (one coffee tab equals 1 tbsp.-sized scoop), Folgers Perfect Measures coffee tabs take the guesswork out of brewing a […]