Shelby Publishing’s Maggie Kaeppel recently visited with Andy Harig, FMI – The Food Industry Association’s VP of tax, trade, sustainability and policy development, to add additional economic context on the state of the industry following the Annual Meat Conference, which was held March 2-4 in Baltimore, Maryland. What forces are having the greatest impact on […]
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Utz Brands Showcases New Products At Expo West
Utz Brands showcased new products from its Boulder Canyon and Utz brands during the 2026 Natural Products Expo West, held March 4-6 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Boulder Canyon featured its full lineup at the show, including classic kettle style chips, tortilla chips and the new Boulder Batch Agave Sriracha kettle style […]
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Fairway Market Celebrates Lunar New Year With Dumpling-Making Class
Fairway Market celebrated Lunar New Year with a culinary collaboration alongside Nom Wah, New York City’s oldest continuously operating dim sum restaurant, bringing an interactive dumpling-making class to its 74th Street Café on the Upper West Side. The two-hour class Feb. 26 was led by Wilson Tang, owner of Nom Wah, who guided guests through […]
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Simbe Becomes First Retail Robotics Company To Achieve Certification For Tally
Simbe is the first retail technology company to achieve UL 3300 certification from UL Solutions for Tally, its shelf-scanning autonomous mobile robot. UL 3300 is the standard for service, communication, information, education and entertainment robots. The certification showcases that Tally meets the requirements of the safety standard and helps set a new bar for trust and […]
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Registration Open For 2026 NFRA Convention
The National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA) has opened registration for the 2026 NFRA Convention, set for Oct. 17-20 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. The convention is expected to bring together more than 2,000 retailers, manufacturers, sales agents and supply chain partners to conduct more than 7,500 […]
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Little Northern Bakehouse Launches New Gluten-Free Sourdough Line
Little Northern Bakehouse is expanding its lineup with two Sourdough Wide Slice Loaves debuting at Natural Products Expo West 2026, which is set for March 3-6 at the Anaheim (California) Convention Center. Made with a house-crafted gluten-free sourdough starter and sprouted ancient grains, these loaves bring sourdough character to full-sized, gluten-free sandwich bread designed for […]
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Flowers Foods Promotes Lorge To Lead Simple Mills Unit
Michelle Lorge has been named president of the Simple Mills business of Thomasville, Georgia-based Flowers Foods Inc., the company announced March 2. Lorge succeeds Simple Mills founder and CEO Katlin Smith, who Flowers said “has made a personal decision to step down to spend more time with her family and on philanthropic interests, and will […]
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Shift In Spending Patterns Detected As DE Shoppers Navigate Economic Minefields
Julie Miro Wenger, executive director of the Delaware Food Industry Council, spoke with The Griffin Report about the busy year she and her members have had. Many challenges have arisen over the past 12-plus months, as a new administration has made some sweeping changes that affect the industry. But the state’s grocers, as is their […]