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GoodBelly Offers Free Probiotic Drinks To Sickened Cruise Passengers

GoodBelly, a line of probiotic juice drinks designed to boost daily digestive health, is responding after passengers aboard the Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas cruise ship were struck with an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness, presumably due to norovirus. With hundreds of passengers and their tummies signaling SOS to “Save Our Stomachs,” GoodBelly says it […]

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Amazon Plans Retail Store Checkout System

Amazon.com is working on a checkout system for brick-and-mortar retail stores that includes using the company’s Kindle tablet device, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal. The Wall Street Journal reports Amazon would give retailers Kindles and credit-card readers for checking out customers, and could offer retailers other services, such as data analysis and website […]

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EVOL Foods Introduces New Products To Frozen Entree Category

EVOL Foods, Boulder-based maker of new-age frozen meals, burritos and snacks, is launching two new product lines: MultiServe Skillet Meals and Lean & Fit single-serve meals. These new products further round out EVOL’s growing product portfolio while still remaining committed to providing convenient, clean food made with real ingredients that taste great, according to the […]

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Samuel Adams Releases Rebel IPA Nationwide

After countless test batches in Samuel Adams’ Boston-based nanobrewery, the brewers say they are ready to share Samuel Adams Rebel IPA with drinkers across the country. Rebel IPA is a West Coast-style IPA brewed to maximize the aromatics and flavors of five of the brewers’ favorite American hops from the Pacific Northwest, according to Samuel […]

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Ocean Mist Farms Celebrates 90th Anniversary

Ocean Mist Farms will celebrate a 90-year legacy of growing artichokes and premium fresh vegetables with activities planned throughout the year ahead. The fourth-generation grower-owned business was founded by Italian immigrants in 1924 who started the business by growing artichokes and Brussels sprouts along the Pacific Ocean’s Monterey Bay in Castroville, Calif. Today the company farms […]