This year’s Cinco de Mayo fiesta just got one-step easier with the addition of a recipe video that shows how to make turkey quesadillas. National Turkey Federation’s (NTF) latest turkey cooking video features Chef Philip Anderson, director of fresh foods at Harris Teeter, who creates a warm and crispy turkey quesadilla with only five ingredients. […]
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EST: Alignmed Posturing to Straighten Up the Workforce
by Katie B. Davis/staff writer For years Bill Schultz had pain in his lower back, at times debilitating. At the age of 45, roughly five years ago, he scheduled a procedure to have his lumbar disc fused in hopes it would at best take away, at least minimize, his pain. Schultz, however, has yet to […]
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United Fresh announces its 2011 New Product Award finalists
A record 34 fresh fruit and vegetable innovations are up for the United Fresh Produce Association’s 2011 New Product Awards. This year’s finalists will compete in six categories for the title of Best New Products at United Fresh 2011, May 2-5, in New Orleans. Products will be on display in the United Fresh membership booth […]
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FIANY Chief Receives N.G.A. Association Leadership Award
by Millie Adcox/staff writer Jim Rogers, president and CEO of the Food Industry Alliance of New York (FIANY), received the National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) 2011 Association Leadership Award March 30 at the Washington Public Policy Conference hosted by N.G.A., the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Food Industry Association Executives (FIAE) in Washington, D.C. “Jim’s dedication […]
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PLMA: Shoppers Can Save 33% By Purchasing Store Brands
Six-week studylooked at prices at a Northeast supermarket A new study conducted by the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) that tracked prices on a wide range of everyday supermarket items revealed that shoppers on average could save 33.3 percent off their grocery bill by filling their carts and baskets with the store brand versions of […]
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VGA’s Harrison Receives FMI’s MacManus Award
In recognition of his professional skills, knowledge and passion for the industry, Jim Harrison, president of Vermont Grocers Association (VGA), was given the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Donald H. MacManus Association Executive Award at the Washington Public Policy Conference hosted by FMI, the National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) and Food Industry Association Executives (FIAE). “Jim Harrison […]
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Jack Link’s New Sasquatch Big Steak Now Available in Stores Nationwide
Jack Link’s® Beef Jerky has extended its popular Sasquatch™ Big Snacks line to include, for the first time, the new Sasquatch Big Steak. At more than 16 inches in length, the Big Steak is 20 percent larger than the next largest beef steak product on the market. It follows last year’s launch of the Sasquatch […]
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Package Changes Prove Challenging for Some
She wrote that her mother got so frustrated with the cap that she finally resorted to just unscrewing the whole darn thing. That was my daughter commenting on my frustration with Coffeemate via the Web. The cap does frustrate me. It either won’t open like it is supposed to or it won’t shut right. And […]