The Hain Celestial Group, a leading organic and natural products company, has acquired Rudi’s Organic Bakery, a leading organic and gluten-free company with facilities in Boulder, Colo. Under the Rudi’s Organic Bakery and Rudi’s Gluten-Free Bakery brands, Rudi’s offers a range of approximately 60 products—including USDA-certified organic breads, buns, bagels, tortillas, wraps and soft pretzels and […]
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AWG Updates Clearly Organic Packaging And Product Line
Associated Wholesale Grocers has updated the package design for its Clearly Organic brand food products. Up to 40 existing and new Clearly Organic products have been released. Over the next six months, 150 new products will be added to the Clearly Organic line. In a concerted effort to offer customers affordable organic products, AWG and […]
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InnovAsian Cuisine Debuts Lemon Grass Kitchen Line Of Frozen Entrées
InnovAsian Cuisine, a leading producer of frozen Asian entrees, has expanded its line to include Southeast Asian dishes that can be prepared in minutes. To create an authentic Southeast Asian line, InnovAsian Cuisine says it partnered with one of America’s leading Asian cuisine experts, Chef Mai Pham. The collection is inspired by Pham’s Vietnamese and […]
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Energy Transfer Partners To Acquire Susser Holdings For $1.8B
Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), owner of Sunoco, has entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby ETP will acquire Susser Holdings Corp. (SUSS) in a unit and cash transaction valued at approximately $1.8 billion. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2014. By acquiring Susser Holdings, ETP will own the general partner […]
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Study: Digital Influences More Than $1 Trillion In Retail Store Sales
Digital interactions influence 36 cents of every dollar spent in the retail store, or approximately $1.1 trillion, according to the latest study from Deloitte Digital. By the end of 2014, that number will climb to 50 percent, or $1.5 trillion of total store sales. The study, “The New Digital Divide,” is first-of-its-kind research that quantifies […]
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Snoboy Produce Makes Return
The famous Snoboy brand of fresh produce is launching into the retail marketplace after an absence of several years. Bill Munger, president of Amerifresh, owner of the Snoboy brand, says Snoboy has been previously available only to foodservice customers like restaurants, schools, hospitals, casinos and cruise ships. “We’ve heard from a number of past customers […]
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Woman Executive Of The Year 2014: Unified Grocers’ Sue Klug
Sue Klug is perhaps the best-known woman in the West Coast food industry. The 54-year-old Unified Grocers executive started in the business at Vons as Susan Lawmaster in her early 20s. She went on to work at Lucky Stores before joining Catalina Marketing and later Albertsons/Supervalu. Prior to coming on board with Unified in late […]
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Taste Test: Four Mom Brands Cereals Preferred Over Post Varieties
Cereal lovers can enjoy great taste and save money at the same time, according to a recent national taste test conducted by Mom Brands, in which consumers reportedly said they preferred the taste of Mom cereals over Post Cereals brands. Consumers were asked to taste four MOM Brands cereal varieties and four similar Post Cereal […]