Pat Callaghan, 61, plans to step down as president of Pepperidge Farm at the end of the Campbell Soup Co.’s fiscal year on July 31, after more than 30 years of service. Campbell named Irene Chang Britt, 49, currently Pepperidge Farm’s chief strategy officer, as the new president. Britt will be based at Pepperidge Farm’s […]
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Tyson Partners With Jose Cuervo, Tabasco For Coupon Promotion
Tyson Foods Inc. will partner with Jose Cuervo and Tabasco hot sauce for a spring and early summer savings promotion, available in stores and online from April 30-June 29. Consumers will save with in-store coupons for $1 off 2 pounds or more of Tyson wings or boneless wings from the deli department, 75 cents off […]
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Harris Poll Study Identifies Brands With Staying Power
According to Harris Poll, 15 brands hold an eight-time consecutive run at the top of the 23rd annual EquiTrend study that measures equity of more than 1,500 brands across 127 categories. Within this list are “mega-brands” that in essence came to define their respective categories, like Coca-Cola, Oreos, Gatorade, Subway Restaurants and Life Savers. All […]
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Campaign Encourages FDA To Label GE Foods
The Just Label It (JLI) Campaign has announced that a record-breaking one million Americans of all political persuasions have called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to label genetically engineered (GE) foods, also referred to as genetically modified, or GMOs. The campaign also announced a new national survey revealing that Americans across the political […]
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Churchkey Introduces Handcrafted Beer In Ball Corp. Steel Can
American craft beer brewer Churchkey Can Co. is bringing back a package long associated with Americana with the launch of Churchkey’s handcrafted Pilsner-style beer in a three-piece, flat-top steel can from Ball Corp. “It’s about the joy of drinking good beer—from the people you drink it with to where you drink it—and with this unique […]
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Midan Marketing Maps Out Seven Meat Industry Trends
Midan Marketing has released the first report in “The Consumers’ Case,” the marketer’s ongoing effort to help the meat industry keep its pulse on the ever-changing consumer and meet their needs. From Midan Marketing’s webinar on March 20, seven trends emerged, with corresponding implications for grocers. Non-Existent “Average” Consumer In today’s changing world, there is […]
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A.M. Eating/Drinking Routines Vary Widely Among U.S. Consumers
U.S. consumers fuel themselves for the day with a variety of eating and drinking occasions from the time they awake in the morning until 11 a.m., according to a recently published morning meal study by market research company The NPD Group. NPD’s Morning MealScape 2011 study finds that 43 percent of these eating and drinking […]
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Tomato Company Ex-Chief Pleads Guilty In SK Foods Schemes
Tomato company baron Frederick Scott Salyer on Friday pleaded guilty in federal court in Sacramento to racketeering and an anti-trust offense in connection to his company SK Foods, which engaged in a pattern of bribes and kickbacks with customers, reports the Sacramento Business Journal. Salyer, 56, of Pebble Beach, Calif., must forfeit $3.25 million dollars […]