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Smartfood Popcorn Launches Lower Calorie Options With Smart50

Plano, Texas-based brand Smartfood has introduced Smart50. Air popped and available in White Cheddar and Sea Salt, the brand’s two flavors of ready-to-eat popcorn are 50 calories per cup or less. “With the launch of Smart50, we wanted to show consumers that making smart choices doesn’t mean having to sacrifice fun or flavor,” says Tracey […]

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Peak Foods Purchases Health Food Smoothie Startup

Troy, Ohio-based Peak Foods LLC, a manufacturer of frozen whipped topping for the retail and food service markets, has acquired Blendtopia, a startup company based in Nashville that makes nutritionally rich superfood smoothies available at select retail outlets and online. Blendtopia founder Tiffany Taylor will join the Peak Foods team to coordinate sales, marketing and […]

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Safe Harvest Debuts Its Line Of Soups In Glass Jars

Safe Harvest soups in glass jars launched in 2,100 stores including Kroger, Ralphs, QFC and Fred Meyer, King Sooper, Fry’s, Roundy’s, Smiths and Dillons. “Ingredient purity and fresh taste is paramount for us,” says Bryan Boches, co-founder of Safe Catch. “We source wild seafood for its purity, amazing taste and nutrients, and we use organic […]

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Pitmasters, Prairie Farms Win At American Royal World Series Of BBQ

For the second year in a row, the first- and second-place teams in the American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Competition rib category cooked with Prairie Fresh ribs to secure their top spots. First place winner Smokin’ Hooks of Portland, Texas, and second-place finisher Smoke N Babes BBQ, of Olathe, Kansas, were among the […]

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Peet’s Coffee Expands Ready-To-Drink Portfolio With Blended Coffees

Emeryville, California-based Peet’s Coffee previewed Peet’s Blended Coffee, a new line of four ready-to-drink beverages, at this year’s National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) trade show in Atlanta, Georgia. Available in four flavors, they are made with real cream, real sugar and 100 percent single-origin Colombian coffee. Peet’s Blended Coffee, slated to launch across convenience, […]

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The Tea Spot Expands U.S. Distribution With The Fresh Market

The Tea Spot is now available in The Fresh Market with its line of organic and functional specialty teas for grocery and retail. The Tea Spot began the partnership with The Fresh Market earlier this year and is now in all 161 of the company’s grocery stores in 22 states across the United States. In […]

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Left Hand Brewing Releases First-Of-Its-Kind Nitro Mixed Eight-Pack

Longmont, Colorado-based Left Hand Brewing Co. is releasing the first-ever Nitro Mixed Eight-Pack, with three core beers and a rotating seasonal beer. The three core brands in the new eight-pack are: Milk Stout Nitro, the number-one selling craft stout in the U.S.; Flamingo Dreams Nitro, the berry blonde ale that debuted earlier this year; and Sawtooth […]

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Bristol Seafood’s My Fish Dish Launches In QFC Stores

Bristol Seafood’s new ready-to-cook brand My Fish Dish launched in all 62 locations of QFC in September. My Fish Dish is a retail line of seafood that includes scallops, cod, wild Sockeye salmon and Atlantic salmon in three different flavors in both frozen and slack and sell. “My Fish Dish addresses the primary barrier to […]