Campbell Soup Co. and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) today announced an agreement that will bring together Campbell’s, the No. 1 soup brand in the U.S., and Keurig, the No. 1 coffee brewer brand in the U.S. by dollar sales. Campbell’s Fresh-Brewed Soup K-Cup packs will offer consumers the taste and experience of Campbell’s soups […]
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FMI Hires Krys To Manage FMI Connect Trade Show
The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) has appointed Susan Krys as its VP of industry events. A seasoned event management professional, FMI says Krys adds a level of expertise to help the organization realize a stated objective of re-engineering the annual industry trade show, FMI Connect, to make it into an industry-wide focal event. “Susan brings the […]
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Bison Council Launches To Encourage Americans To ‘Meet’ The Better Meat
Bison is back. Enjoyed for centuries and already popular among health enthusiasts and many of the nation’s leading chefs, bison meat will be returning to the American diet with the help of The Bison Council, which launched Tuesday. Uniting some of the country’s best culinary and nutritional experts, The Bison Council and its educational and […]
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Grocery Shopping Network Adds Two VPs To Team
Grocery Shopping Network (GSN) has hired two new VPs. Jeff Zoss is VP of national sales and Scott Simerlein is VP of technology and development. In his new role at GSN, Zoss will take the lead in providing leadership and direction for the sales and customer service teams to position them as leaders in our […]
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Mayorga Rolls Out Hispanic Coffee Line
Mayorga Coffee has launched Cafe Sabroso, a line that the company says it has developed to fill a gap in the Hispanic coffee market. As the “New Generation of Latin Coffees,” the brand is characterized by a fresh approach to the Hispanic coffee segment, which is dominated by the all-too-familiar “brick packs,” according to Mayorga […]
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Jarden To Acquire Yankee Candle For $1.75B
Jarden Corp., a leading global consumer products company, has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Yankee Candle Investments LLC, a leading specialty-branded premium scented candle company in the U.S., from a fund managed by Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, a private equity firm, for approximately $1.75 billion in cash, subject to working capital and […]
Posted in, Perishables, Southeast
Georgia Meat Cutter Makes Case For Course At Local Tech School
Leon Wildberger, owner of meatcuttersclub.com, has been on a journey for two years to benefit the Georgia grocery industry. Georgia and surrounding states lack in qualified meat cutters, according to Wildberger who aims to have a meat-cutting course added to Northwestern Technical College. As the owner of meatcuttersclub.com, Wildberger gets requests from different companies and recruiters to help them find meat […]
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L.A. Creamery Releasing Its Rosh Hashanah Ice Cream At Bristol Farms
L.A. Creamery Artisan Ice Cream is releasing only 50 cases of its small-batch limited-edition Rosh Hashanah flavor honoring the Jewish New Year and ice cream lovers. The handcrafted and hand-packed ice cream will be sold this year exclusively at eight Bristol Farms Markets beginning Saturday: Beverly Hills/West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Hollywood, South Pasadena, Westchester, Westwood, […]
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Harris Teeter And Titan Farms Donate 57K Lbs. Of Peaches To Food Bank
Harris Teeter and vendor Titan Farms donated approximately 57,000 lbs. of peaches to the Second Harvest Food Banks in Winston-Salem and Charlotte, N.C., this past week to help feed people struggling with hunger in the local communities. This donation is part of the retailer’s participation in the inaugural “Peaches with A Purpose” program sponsored by […]
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Blue Bell Combines Chocolate And Peanut Butter In New Flavor
Blue Bell Ice Cream has rolled out its newest flavor, Chocolate Peanut Butter—a rich chocolate ice cream with a creamy peanut butter swirl. “There is no fancy gimmick to this flavor,” says Paul Kruse, Blue Bell CEO and president.“It’s plain-and-simple creamy peanut butter surrounded by an equally creamy chocolate ice cream.Chocolate Peanut Butter is one […]
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Boyd’s Becomes First U.S. Roaster To Launch Harvested By Women Certified Coffee
Women play a major role in coffee production throughout the world, but they often have little or no control over the economics of coffee transactions. This all changes with the new Harvested by Women certification, which gives women in coffee-producing countries more financial investment in the production process from bean to cup. Boyd’s Coffee says […]
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Report: Private-Label Foods Often Meet, Eclipse National Brands In Quality
Buying store-brand foods can save Americans money at the supermarket, and more often than not they’ll get products that are at least of the same quality as the national brand alternative, according to a new Consumer Reports study. CR’s expert taste-testers judged 33 of 57 store-brand foods to be as good as or better than […]
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Mondelez Makes Region Leadership Changes In Prep For Pant’s Retirement
Mondelez International has announced that Pradeep Pant, 59, EVP and president, Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa (EEMEA), will retire at year-end. Timothy P. Cofer, 44, who currently serves as EVP and president, Europe, will replace Pant. Hubert Weber, 51, president of coffee, Europe, and leader of the company’s global coffee category […]
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Online Grocer Relay Foods Launches Beta Version Of New Mobile Website
Relay Foods, the online market for sustainable food and everyday groceries, has announced the beta launch of its new mobile website, which represents a significant step forward in the online grocery shopping experience, according to the Charlottesville, Va.-based company. Thanks to the fully-functioning mobile site, Relay Foods’ curated selection of high-quality local, organic and artisanal […]
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Applegate Introduces Naturals Uncured Bologna
Applegate is rolling out its Naturals Uncured Bologna, made with humanely raised 100% beef and pork with no fillers—no antibiotics and no hormones. The organic and natural meats company says the new bologna, which hits supermarkets in September, has 40 percent less fat and 25 percent less sodium than conventional brands. A 7-oz. package is […]
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Stop & Shop Survey: Half Of Shoppers Say Family Dinners Cramped By Time
As summer comes to an end and families get back into the school routine, parents consistently find themselves feeling pinched for time, according to The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. LLC, which recently surveyed more than 500 shoppers on their dinner habits. The survey found that more than 40 percent of families rely on recipes […]
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Ag Leaders Unveil First-Ever Colorado Proud Store At State Fair
Government officials, agricultural experts and members of Colorado Proud cut the ribbon of the first-ever Colorado Proud Store on Friday. The store opened at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo and supports local businesses and connects consumers to the state’s $40 billion agricultural industry. The Colorado Proud Store was initiated to educate consumers about the […]
Posted in, Marketing News, Northeast
Crunch Pak Takes Sliced Apples To Big Apple
Crunch Pak took its sliced apples to the Big Apple Thursday as a team of 20 gave away free samples of fresh product under the company’s electronic billboard in New York City’s Times Square. Packages of FlavorZ, Foodles and DipperZ and 2-oz. mini bags were given away to New Yorkers on the street for four […]
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Illinois Governor Presents Dutch Farms With New Exporter Award
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn presented Chicago-based Dutch Farms with a 2013 Governor’s Export Award on July 31. Dutch Farms received recognition as a “New Exporter.” A distributor of refrigerated dairy, deli, bakery and meat products, Dutch Farms serves grocery warehouses and stores of every size. The company began exporting in 2008 and primary international markets […]
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FMI Redesigns Annual Trade Show, Now Called FMI Connect
The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) has redesigned its annual event in order to forecast the future of food retailing. FMI’s reformatted trade show, FMI Connect, will offer attendees a global food retail experience, June 10-13, 2014, in Chicago. FMI has long served the food retail industry’s need for idea sharing, training, products and solutions and, […]