A Lifetime show airing this month features Facts Up Front and how this innovative front-of-pack labeling can help people shop for food and prepare balanced and healthier meals, according to the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA). The Balancing Act segment first aired Oct. 8 and will be broadcast again on Oct. 15, in addition to being […]
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Aldi Reformulating Exclusive Brand Food Products
Discount grocer Aldi has removed certified synthetic colors and partially hydrogenated oils, as well as removed added MSG, from all of its exclusive brand food products. The announcement is part of the company’s efforts to expand store offerings and address customers’ preferences and needs about particular ingredients in their food. With 90 percent of Aldi […]
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AFFI Applauds Legislation To Expand School Snack Program
American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) President and CEO Kraig Naasz expressed support for bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that will enable elementary schools to serve a full range of healthy fruit and vegetable snacks. Introduced by Reps. Bruce Poliquin (R-Maine) and Kurt Schrader (D-Oregon), the “Fruit and Vegetable Access for Children […]
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Organic Panel At Expo East Zeroes In On Tomorrow’s Opportunities
A group of organic thought leaders looked into the future and agreed that major challenges need to be overcome for organic to fulfill its potential and move significantly beyond its position of nearly 5 percent of the U.S. food supply. “The next three to five years are going to be mission-critical for what happens in […]
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NYC Health Board OKs Warning On Menu Items With High Salt, And More…
Food Service News In Brief… The New York City Board of Health has voted to require chain restaurants to put salt-shaker symbols on menus to denote dishes with more than the recommended daily limit of 2,300 milligrams of sodium. New York City is the first U.S. city to implement such a requirement. The warning will […]
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Rouses Hires First Full-Time Dietitian As It Kicks Off ‘Eat Right’ Initiative
Noting that today’s customers are more focused on nutrition, where their foods come from and how they are produced, Rouses Markets has appointed the chain’s first-ever full-time dietitian—Esther Ellis, RD. “Our new initiative, ‘Eat Right with Rouses,’ is all about building a healthier Gulf Coast,” says Donny Rouse, managing partner of the Thibodaux, Louisiana-based grocery […]
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FMI Gold Plate Awards Recognize Food Retail Mealtime Programs
The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) is recognizing food retailer and manufacturer companies that are helping to make mealtime more approachable, accessible and enjoyable for the nation’s grocery shoppers. FMI’s 2015 Gold Plate Awards are part of National Family Meals Month, a national campaign aimed at rallying families back to the table to share one more […]
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Hass Avocado Board Promotes Nutritious Eating, Diabetes Awareness In Latino Community
The Hass Avocado Board (HAB) is joining the American Diabetes Association in the national Stop Diabetes movement and has set a goal to help increase awareness among Latinos about the role good fats play in daily nutrition. The campaign will accelerate the conversation about ways to prevent, delay and manage diabetes through sharing the benefits […]
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Consumer Reports’ Tests: Conventional Ground Beef Twice As Likely To Contain Superbugs As Sustainable Beef
In Consumer Reports new tests of ground beef, 18 percent of the beef samples from conventionally-raised cows contained dangerous superbugs resistant to three or more classes of antibiotics used to treat illness in humans compared with just 9 percent of beef from samples that were sustainably produced. Consumer Reports’ investigation comes as food poisonings are […]
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Millennial Moms Choose Nutrition Over Price, Convenience For Kids’ Lunch Boxes
With back-to-school season in full force, parents are scrambling to get their kids ready for the new year. Millennial mothers are no different—they are getting in on the action as many more of them are now sending their children off on school buses for the first time. Influenster, a product discovery and reviews destination, conducted […]
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Natural Grocers To Open First Minnesota Store In September
Natural Grocers will open its first Minnesota store on Tuesday, Sept. 15. The store is located at 1507 Greenview Drive SW in Rochester and will officially open at 8 a.m. As part the grand opening, Natural Grocers will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 7:55 a.m. and will then distribute mystery gift cards to the first […]
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Roundy’s Donates 19K Pounds Of Apples Through ‘Take A Bite Out Of Hunger’ Program
Roundy’s Supermarkets recently made a donation of more than 19,000 pounds of apples to a local event and charities as a way to provide fresh produce to help feed the hungry. This donation signals Milwaukee-based Roundy’s participation in the “Take a Bite Out of Hunger” program sponsored by FirstFruits Marketing of Washington. The following local […]
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State-Of-The-Art Digital Menu Boards Installed At Yankee Stadium
Visual Graphic Systems (VGS) has installed a state-of-the-art digital menu board system at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York—allowing operators to easily change menu item images and providing patrons with calorie information and pricing. VGS installed 300 monitors throughout concession stands around the stadium as well as club suites. Operation managers requested that individual concessions feature wall-to-wall monitors, […]
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Aspartame-Free Pepsi Hits Retail Shelves
PepsiCo’s aspartame-free beverage promotion began hitting store shelves recently with the rollout of the company’s reformulated Diet Pepsi. The front of the new Diet Pepsi can declares “Now Aspartame Free,” and PepsiCo says it plans an “aggressive” sampling campaign in stores. Diet Pepsi, Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi and Wild Cherry Diet Pepsi are sweetened with a […]
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Sprouts Hosting In-Store Promotions For Vitamin Angels
For the third consecutive year, Sprouts Farmers Market is partnering with the nonprofit Vitamin Angels to support health and nutrition for children. Sprouts aims to help connect one million undernourished children with life-changing and lifesaving nutrients through in-store campaigns at more than 210 locations in August and October. The partnership has provided vitamins to more […]
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The Little Potato Co. Launches ‘Little Chef’ Program
The Little Potato Co. is launching a new program to provide tools and tips to make it easier for parents to cook with their kids, sharing new and important skills while having fun together. The program will include a growing collection of “Little Chef Approved” recipes featuring Creamer potatoes, as well as tips for cooking […]
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Campbell Shifts Portfolio Toward Faster-Growing Categories, Regions
Campbell Soup Co. is providing an update on the company’s key strategic imperatives. Led by President and CEO Denise Morrison, executives have outlined actions the company is taking to reshape Campbell and improve its growth trajectory by strengthening its core business and expanding into faster-growing spaces. This includes Campbell’s plans to change many of its […]
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Shaw’s Introduces Two Organic And Natural Food Lines
Shaw’s has expanded its selection of organic and naturally sourced products with the lines of O Organics and Open Nature. O Organics is a line of goods that has earned the official USDA Organic Certified stamp of approval. Some of the O Organic products include organic milk, stone ground wheat crackers, eggs and lightly salted […]
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House Passes National Food Labeling Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act by a vote to 275 to 150. The bill, which still must be passed by the Senate before it becomes law, establishes a federal labeling standard for foods with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), giving sole authority to the Food and […]
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Chipotle Gives Away Free Food In Interactive Online Game
Through August, Chipotle is giving customers a chance to win a free meal by playing the fast-casual chain’s “Friend or Faux” online game. The interactive contest’s goal is to educate participants about the differences between Chipotle’s ingredients and those commonly used by fast food chains. “Friend or Faux” also is designed to reinforce Chipotle’s “Food […]