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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Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board Launches Mac And Cheese Site
The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board has launched a new website dedicated to All Things Mac and Cheese. All Things Mac and Cheese includes more than 100 recipes that range from simple stovetop variations to creative gourmet options. Home cooks can find recipes for a range of any add-in ingredient they have on hand, whether it’s seasonal […]
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Logic Captures No. 2 Dollar Share Spot Within E-Cig Industry
Logic Technology, makers of premium electronic cigarettes, has released the the results of the latest unit share report from Nielsen’s C-Track Database and Wells Fargo Securities LLC, indicating Logic has claimed the No. 2 spot for dollar share in convenience stores nationwide, and strengthened its No. 2 position for electronic cigarettes in unit share. Logic […]
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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 […]
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Top 2014 Specialty Food Trends Unveiled
The specialty food industry is once again leading the charge in new trends and flavors, all on display at the Winter Fancy Food Show, which wrapped up Monday in California. A panel of trendspotters named chocolate teas, seaweed chips and truffle ketchup as just a few of the products that were all part of a […]
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Yoplait Challenges Chobani In Greek Yogurt ‘Taste-Off’
Taste is king, and yogurt lovers from across the country have spoken: Yoplait Greek blueberry comes out on top over Chobani blueberry, according to Yoplait. Yoplait says it put taste to a head-to-head national taste test, revealing that nearly two out of three consumers (65 percent) prefer the taste of Yoplait Greek blueberry over the […]
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Nutrition-Focused Social Platform Provides Healthy Food Guidance, Cost Savings
In partnership with Guiding Stars and Wellness Layers, Premera Blue Cross has launched Serve it Up!, a free nutrition-focused social platform that helps people make healthier food choices at home and in the grocery store by “serving up” the most nutritious options first. The platform offers tools to build and share healthy shopping lists and […]