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Maxim Marketing Sues ConAgra, Trader Joe’s $60M For Interfering With Pretzel Biz

Maxim Marketing Corp. on Wednesday filed suit against ConAgra and Trader Joe’s in Los Angeles County Superior Court for breach of contract, intentional interference with contractual relations and violation of California antitrust law. “The lawsuit alleges that the actions of Trader Joe’s and ConAgra breach a number of their obligations to Maxim and also violated […]

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Whole Foods Debuting ‘Dark Rye’ TV Series Tonight On Pivot

Whole Foods Market and Pivot, Participant Media’s TV network targeting Millennials, is launching a television series called “Dark Rye.” The first episode, hosted by Kirk Lombard, a Bay Area fisherman and forager, airs at 9:30 p.m. (ET) tonight. Dark Rye was created as an online magazine by Whole Foods Market in 2012. The publication, through […]

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IGA Recognizes Five Star Retailers

A number of IGA retailers in the U.S. have achieved IGA Five Star status, the highest level of recognition possible based on the alliance’s rigorous standards. The Five Star assessment program aligns a series of in-store appraisals, IGA Coca-Cola Institute training and online customer feedback to provide a unique “brand-building” tool available only to IGA […]

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Hunt Brothers Debuts Limited-Time-Offer Pizza

Hunt Brothers Pizza is introducing a limited-time-offer pizza just in time for the Big Game. The specialty pizza, Italian Meats, includes Hunt Brothers Pizza’s original rising fresh crust, topped with a signature sauce and layered with slices of Italian-style ham, salami, big pepperoni and 100 percent mozzarella cheese. This also is the first time that […]