Nothings says “women’s empowerment” like a woman-owned alcohol brand joining forces with a female race car driver. This is precisely the move BuzzBallz LLC/Southern Champion made by sponsoring Taylor Reimer – University of Oklahoma student by day, professional midget car racer at night. A midget car is a 900-pound race car with a four-cylinder engine […]
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Rollin’ N Bowlin’ Continues Growth With Green Spoon Sales Partnership
Rollin’ n Bowlin’, a premium ready-to-blend smoothie and açaí CPG brand, has formed a partnership with Green Spoon Sales, a national food and beverage sales agency based in Boulder, Colorado. The relationship began in April, kicking off with a focus on expanding Rollin’ n Bowlin’s pouches to independent and conventional grocery retailers within the South, […]
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Kellogg Co. And 7-Eleven Team Up To Break Guinness World Record
Kellogg Co. and 7-Eleven have unveiled the World’s Largest Box of Toaster Pastries filled with Pop-Tarts in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven Store Support Center in Dallas, Texas. The box set a new Guinness World Record. Filled with 1,331 pounds of individual packages of toaster pastries, the box will be donated directly to the North Texas […]
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Stryve Foods Expands Retail Distribution Across New Channels
Stryve Foods, a maker of air dried meat snacks, said that a series of new retail locations are expected to begin carrying its products in the second quarter of this year. This expansion brings the total number of stores carrying Stryve brands to approximately 25,000. The following retailers are expected to begin carrying Stryve products during […]
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Scarlett Johansson Joins Snow Days As Creative Director
Austin, Texas-based Snow Days, the new brand bringing a health-forward approach to frozen comfort food, has unveiled a partnership with award-winning actress Scarlett Johansson. In addition to becoming an investor in holding company HumanCo, Johansson also will be joining Snow Days as creative director, bringing her insights and ideas to product development and continued brand […]
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Van’s Kitchen Helps Grocery Retailers With National Egg Roll Day
Dallas, Texas-based Van’s Kitchen, one of the nation’s leading egg roll manufacturing brands, will celebrate its third annual National Egg Roll Day on Wednesday, June 10, honoring 35 years of fun since its founding in 1986. Van’s Kitchen is a certified women-and minority-operated company that produces millions of egg rolls each year and is dedicated […]
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Remodeled Doc’s Country Mart Opens In Glenpool, OK
Doc’s Food Stores celebrated the grand reopening of its extensively remodeled Country Mart store in Glenpool, Oklahoma, with a ribbon-cutting on April 14. Additionally, Doc’s used the occasion of the store’s reopening to launch its Scan & Go service, which allows shoppers to scan groceries as they shop, pay for their items on their handheld […]
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Phoenicia Specialty Foods ‘Further Carved Out’ Niche To Differentiate Itself
Owner praises team for ‘collective positive effort’ through challenging times by Eric Pereira / staff writer The COVID-19 pandemic pushed grocery stores across the country to bring more convenience to their customers. As a result, Phoenicia Specialty Foods in Houston sees opportunities in the realm of pre-packaged meals, said Ann-Marie Tcholakian, manager and owner. “COVID […]