The Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) turned 110 years old on Feb. 13, 2019. The farmer-owned co-op, located on Oregon’s Pacific Coast, will mark the occasion by rolling out what it says is a “bolder, friendlier and more consistent look” across its entire line of dairy products. The new logo will appear on all company […]
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FDA Commissioner Responds To Youth Tobacco Use Increase
A new Vital Signs report published by the CDC found that about 4.9 million middle and high school students were current users of some type of tobacco product in 2018, up from 3.6 million in 2017. This increase—driven by a surge in e-cigarette use—erased past progress in reducing youth tobacco product use. With the exception of e-cigarettes, […]
KeHE’s 2019 Summer Show Draws More Than 4,000 Attendees
KeHE welcomed more than 4,000 industry professionals to the 2019 KeHE Summer Show at Nashville’s Music City Center, Feb. 5-6. Products were featured by nearly 750 exhibitors across all product categories, which enabled retailers to experience first-hand new and on-trend products for the summer season and beyond. “Each year, this show continues to gain momentum,” said […]
Nightfood Wins 2019 Product Of The Year With Best New Ice Cream
Nightfood Inc. has been named the best new ice cream of 2019 by Kantar, a global company in consumer research. In the annual survey of more than 40,000 consumers, Nightfood, based in Tarrytown, New York, won because of the way it solves a problem for people who snack at night. By giving consumers a sleep-friendly […]
Tasty Social Network Unveils Limited Edition Ice Cream
Tasty, the social food network of New York, is bringing “creative twists on classics” to the frozen aisle with the launch of Tasty Ice Cream. This month, four flavor combinations will start hitting shelves. Once the ice cream sells out, it is gone because Tasty Ice Cream is offering exclusively limited edition flavors. This launch marks […]
Applegate Farms Reveals New Brand Of Pasture-Raised Meats
Applegate Farms LLC, a natural and organic meat company based in Bridgewater, New Jersey, has a new brand, “The New Food Collective,” that uses pasture-raised meats and small-batch production methods. The launch will feature a line of fresh sausages that is the first pork to be certified by the American Grassfed Association (AGA). The AGA […]
URM Continues Upgrading Operations, Adding New Members
Ray Sprinkle, president and CEO of URM in Spokane, Washington, sat down in mid-November with Shelby Publishing’s president and publisher, Ron Johnston, at Sprinkle’s office in Spokane. URM Stores Inc., formerly called United Retail Merchants, began in 1921 when five retailers banded together to form a corporation. Today, URM comprises many more retailers than that, […]
John Leevers Of Leevers Supermarkets Dies
John “Jack” Norman Leevers of Leevers Supermarkets Inc. died at his home in Mesa, Arizona, on Jan. 22. Mr. Leevers, was born on July 25, 1942, to Norm and Marge Leevers as the oldest of four children in Devils Lake, North Dakota. With the opening of Norm’s IGA store and the founding of Colorado-based Leevers […]
