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Despite Prolonged Winter, Michigan Asparagus Season Underway

The Michigan asparagus season is now underway, it was announced in mid-May, and the vegetable is being shipped to stores on schedule. When late season blizzards dropped six inches of snow on asparagus fields, anxious consumers wondered if that would lead to delays in the highly anticipated Michigan asparagus season. While snows in April and […]

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Illinois’ Marcoot Jersey Creamery Launches Extreme Ice Frozen Treat

In time for National Dairy Month in June, Greenville, Illinois-based Marcoot Jersey Creamery has launched its new frozen treat, Marcoot Extreme Ice. Marcoot Extreme Ice contains crushed fruit and fresh sweet cream whey. Flavors are Strawberry, Mango and Strawberry Banana, with more coming soon. “After we began making cheese, we found ourselves with an excess […]

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Mars Wrigley Introduces Line Of Dove Gelato Bars

Mars Wrigley Confectionery of Hackettstown, New Jersey, has a new gelato ice cream bar line. The bar will come in two artisanal gelato varieties: Dove Gelato Salted Caramel and Dove Gelato Triple Chocolate Bars. The salted caramel bar variety offers a base of salted caramel gelato with a dark chocolate and butter toffee crisp cloak. […]

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Atlanta’s Food Well Alliance Receives Whole Foods Market Donation

Atlanta nonprofit Food Well Alliance has raised $45,105 in partnership with Whole Foods Market to support its Resource Center for Urban Agriculture. On April 18, 5 percent of net sales from all 11 metro Atlanta Whole Foods stores was donated to the nonprofit as part of the grocer’s semi-annual Community Giving Day. “We are thrilled […]

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Students Solve Need For Brookshire Brothers Distribution Center

A group of Texas middle school students solved a problem employees were having at the Brookshire Brothers Distribution Center. Six months ago, the grocer’s Distribution Center Operations Manager Jay Jelinek never would have guessed that a sixth-grade 3D design class would have the answer to an obstacle he and his team were facing. “We recently […]

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7-Eleven Showcases ‘Breakout Brands’ In Los Angeles-Area Stores

7-Eleven is launching a new wave of food and beverages in 125 Los Angeles-area stores from an exclusive list of breakout brands. Nearly 100 new better-for-you items were hand-selected for the test by 7-Eleven from 31 up-and-coming companies. This special product assortment includes options for “power snackers,” restricted diet followers and anyone looking for ways […]

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Utz Quality Foods Brings ‘The Little Utz Girl’ To Life

Utz Quality Foods is using regional television, digital and social platforms to tell the first-ever “Adventures of The Little Utz Girl.” Through 15- and 30-second commercials in an animated, contemporary format, the girl will jump off the package that has been her home for nearly 100 years. The girl, an icon who stands as the […]

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Campbell Soup Named To 100 Best Corporate Citizens List

Campbell Soup Co. of Camden, New Jersey, is recognized on the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List by Corporate Responsibility Magazine. This is the 10th consecutive year Campbell has been named to the list. Campbell ranked No. 4 among all large-cap Russell 1,000 companies in the magazine’s annual listing, which is regarded as an authority on […]