Columbus, Ohio-based Glory Foods Inc. has reintroduced its lower sodium product line, Sensibly Seasoned. All Glory Foods Sensibly Season-Lower Sodium products have met the American Heart Association food criteria for saturated fat and cholesterol for healthy people over 2 years of age and display the heart-check mark on each can. The Sensibly Seasoned-Lower Sodium product […]
Tag: expansion
Posted in, Midwest, New Products
Just Bare Introduces Chicken For Deli, Frozen Categories
Just Bare® chicken, a nationally distributed brand of premium, natural, antibiotic-free products, has expanded its line to the deli and frozen retail categories. Featuring attributes like “no animal by-products,” a commitment to carbon reduction, and third-party animal humane certification under the American Humane Certified® Farm Program, Just Bare appeals to consumers who want simply raised […]
Posted in, New Products, Perishables, West
‘Just Jane’ Treats Hit Shelves at Ralphs, Bristol Farms
For more than 20 years, Jane Lockhart, owner and founder of Sweet Lady Jane, has delighted the taste buds of her loyal customers with only the finest desserts made from the highest quality ingredients. With two retail stores in West Hollywood and Santa Monica, Jane now has exciting plans to enable many more to indulge […]
Posted in, Southwest, West
Sunflower Farmers Market Opening Third Oklahoma Store
Boulder, Colo.-based Sunflower Farmers Market, the full-service natural and organic grocer known for “serious food at silly prices,” will open its third store in the Oklahoma market in the first quarter of 2013. The market will be located at W. Main Street and S. Lahoma Ave. in Norman. “We’re truly looking forward to both our […]
Posted in, National, New Products, West
Noah’s Introduces Oxygenated Spring Water In Sleek Cans
Noah’s has expanded its beverage offerings to include new oxygen-infused spring water. Available now in Rexam 12-oz. Sleek cans, Noah’s Oxygenated Spring Water comes from Adobe Springs in California and contains eight times the amount of oxygen in regular spring water. “We are excited to offer consumers a quality spring water with added oxygen,” said […]
Posted in, West
WinCo Foods Opening Two New Nevada Stores
Boise, Idaho-based WinCo Foods LLC will open two new discount supermarkets in Nevada at 9 a.m. Sunday, March 4. The stores are located at 80 N. Stephanie in Henderson and at 6101 N. Decatur Blvd. in Las Vegas. Each store is approximately 94,000 s.f. and will employ approximately 200 individuals, most of whom have been […]
Posted in, Beverage News, Southeast
Coca-Cola Testing PlantBottle Packaging in Southeast
The Coca-Cola Co. is conducting a limited-time pilot for its new PlantBottle packaging in Birmingham, Atlanta and Nashville. According to a release from the Atlanta-based company, the new plastic bottle packaging is made with up to 30 percent renewable material from plants. Through the end of May, Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite, Fanta Orange […]
Posted in, National, New Products
Campbell CEO Unveils Products Developed by Innovation Teams
Campbell Soup Co. President and CEO Denise Morrison outlined the company’s progress on its new innovation program during a presentation at the annual Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) conference in Boca Raton, Fla., in late February. Last July, Morrison charted a new direction for Campbell based on three growth strategies: stabilize and then […]
Posted in, Northeast
Bottom Dollar Opening Eight Additional Stores in New Jersey
Bottom Dollar Food, a discount grocer with expansion efforts under way in the greater Philadelphia market, has plans to open eight additional stores in New Jersey. The expansion will create more than 300 jobs and more than double the number of Bottom Dollar Food stores in the Garden State, with the first two stores opening […]
Posted in, Equipment & Technology, Northeast
MyWebGrocer Adds 1 Millionth Product
MyWebGrocer has added the millionth product to its database, Cabot Creamery in Vermont. More than 114 retailers nationally, totaling more than 10,000 stores, use MyWebGrocer’s database to power their online grocery solutions, including digital circulars, list building and eCommerce tools. The Vermont Select Premium Extra Sharp 2-lb. package of Cabot Cheddar cheese was product 1 […]
Posted in, National
Groups Join Forces for Big Convention
The American Meat Institute, Food Marketing Institute (FMI), United Fresh Produce Association and National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) are partnering on four shows, to be co-located in Dallas, Texas, on April 30-May 3, with 1,200 exhibitors and 1 million s.f. of the latest food technology and trends on display. The American Meat […]
Posted in, Northeast, Southeast
Save-A-Lot Opens New Stores in the East
Save-A-Lot, one of the nation’s leading hard-discount, limited-assortment grocery chains and a wholly owned subsidiary of Supervalu, is opening a number of new stores, concentrated in the eastern U.S. The company plans to open four new stores in Pennsylvania in February and March, bringing the total number of Save-A-Lot stores in the state to 76. […]
Posted in, Center Store, National
Malt-O-Meal Co. Changes Corporate Name To MOM Brands
Malt-O-Meal® Co. has introduced its new MOM Brands™ corporate name and identity in a move to better showcase its growing house of brands to retailers and consumers, and to better reflect the company that it is today, according to a news release. With the introduction of the MOM Brands corporate name, the company will reinforce […]
Posted in, Midwest, Southeast, Suppliers
Glory Foods, South’s Farmers Bring Collard Greens To Table
Newton, Ga., may seem out of the way to many, but local farmer Cornelius Key and other members of the burgeoning Flint River Cooperative are helping plant it on the map as the birthplace of Glory Foods’ collard greens. Key is one of several African American growers to join the cooperative this year through work […]
Posted in, Beverage News, Southwest, Suppliers
Anheuser-Busch Investing $70M In Metal Container Facility
St. Louis, Mo.-based Anheuser-Busch plans increase production capacity at its Metal Container Corporation (MCC) facility in Arnold, an investment estimated between $70 and $80 million, to increase production and create at least 20 new jobs at the facility. The Arnold facility produces aluminum cans for Anheuser-Busch and soft drink makers. This expansion, planned for completion […]
Posted in, Southwest
Trader Joe’s Adds Two More Houston Sites
Trader Joe’s is adding two more Houston, Texas, area sites to its shopping list for store locations, according information on the Texas Comptroller’s website. The grocery store chain has received sales tax permits to open stores at 1440 S. Voss and 2922 S. Shepherd. The new locations will join a store under development in The […]
Posted in, Beverage News, Marketing News, National
MillerCoors Profits Up 32.5 Percent
MillerCoors LLC recorded a 32.5 percent increase in profits for the fourth quarter on growing market share for its Coors Light brand and ongoing cost savings related to the merger of Miller Brewing and Coors Brewing, reports the Denver Business Journal. SABMiller plc of London and Molson Coors Brewing Co. of Denver, Colo., the co-owners […]
Posted in, National, New Products
Karoun Dairies Rolls Out Greek Style Yogurt With Honey
Creating a healthy, energizing breakfast is easy and rewarding with Karoun’s new Greek Style Yogurt with Honey. With 100 percent pure, all-natural honey and rBST growth-hormone-free Greek style yogurt, the health benefits are numerous. Rich in both naturally occurring glucose and fructose, the added honey will give both immediate and extended energy to get through […]
Posted in, Southwest
H-E-B Opens New Central Market Convenience Format
The Dallas News reports that H-E-B has opened a new mini Central Market in Dallas, Texas. The News says it looks “as if someone took the CM concept and squeezed it up and in: You’ll see most of the products found at the larger stores, but tighter stocks stacked high—a narrower trough of sweet potatoes, […]
Posted in, West
Harmons Grocery Opening Today in Salt Lake City
Harmons Grocery will open a new 70,000-s.f. custom-designed urban grocery store in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, today, Feb. 15, with plenty of fan fare and festivities. Special care has gone into making Harmons’ 16th store an inviting hub for the city where people working and shopping downtown can find the best tasting and freshest […]