Truvia® has launched its Baking Blend, a mix of Truvia natural sweetener and sugar with 75 percent fewer calories per serving than sugar. Now in nationwide distribution, consumers can enjoy the great taste of Truvia natural sweetener in a product that bakes and browns like sugar, according to the company. A half cup of Truvia […]
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A.M. Eating/Drinking Routines Vary Widely Among U.S. Consumers
U.S. consumers fuel themselves for the day with a variety of eating and drinking occasions from the time they awake in the morning until 11 a.m., according to a recently published morning meal study by market research company The NPD Group. NPD’s Morning MealScape 2011 study finds that 43 percent of these eating and drinking […]
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New Hillcrest/Mission Hills Vons Set to Open Thursday
After 11 months of construction, the new Hillcrest/Mission Hills Vons at 515 West Washington St. in San Diego is set to open for business Thursday, March 29, following a 3 p.m. ribbon cutting ceremony. Safeway, Vons’ parent company, has owned and operated a 12,000-s.f. store at this location since 1960, but the store’s size and […]
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The Chef’s Toolbox Makes Poaching Eggs Fun
The Chefs Toolbox has come up with a way to make eggs fun for children without any added preservatives or colors. These cute, colorful square and oval silicone egg rings turn a nutritional breakfast into an adventure, and make poaching eggs simple. The silicone egg poachers come in packs of two or six and are […]
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Spangler Candy Announces Two New Dum Dums Flavors
Dum Dums welcomes two new flavors into its iconic flavor mix: Fruit Punch and Dulce de Leche. The two flavors are the result of online flavor voting at dumdumpops.com and extensive research from the Dum Dums flavor laboratory. New and improved Fruit Punch rejoins the Dum Dums flavor mix after going on vacation in 2002. […]
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Mann Packing Launches Two New Products for Spring
Mann Packing Co. is adding two new items to its line of fresh, washed, ready-to-eat vegetables: Brussels sprouts and a new blend for Rainbow Salad™. Mann’s Brussels sprouts are trimmed, washed and packaged in a microwave steamable 12-oz. bag. The reformulated Rainbow Salad adds mini-broccoli florettes to the shredded carrots, cabbage and cauliflower mix, also […]
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Starbucks Enters Energy Category With ‘Refreshers’ Beverages
Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee Co. plans for a global entry into the energy category with Starbucks Refreshers™ beverages—making Starbucks the first to bring green coffee extract innovation to customers on a global scale. Starbucks Refreshers beverages are a breakthrough innovation that deliver thirst-quenching refreshment from real fruit juice and a boost of natural energy from a […]
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Hormel Foods Donates Two Semi-Trailer Loads of Products
Hormel Foods Corp. donated 55,000 Hormel® Compleats® microwave meals and more than 11,000 cases of Hormel turkey pepperoni packs to Feeding America to aid in relief efforts for parts of Kentucky and southern Indiana following the recent tornadoes. “Our thoughts are with everyone affected by this unfortunate hardship,” said Julie H. Craven, VP of corporate […]