Fresh produce is in demand. At $61 billion in annual sales, fresh produce is big, growing (+4 percent) and lucrative, with a grocery basket with fresh produce averaging nearly $30 more than one without. The consumer trends in Food Marketing Institute’s (FMI) second annual Power of Produce report substantiate the growth opportunities for fresh produce […]
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FMI’s New Power Of Fresh Prepared/Deli Study To Be Released This Fall
As the number of meals prepared away from home grows and consumers seek new methods of convenience, the supermarket industry will continue to identify improved ways to track consumer dynamics, convenience and household trends that have had a profound impact on meal preparation and shopping behaviors regarding fresh prepared foods. The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) […]
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Maine Coast Names GM As Location Nears Completion, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… Maine Coast has appointed Peter Kendall general manager of its new Boston Fish Pier facility that will open later this month. Kendall has managed the Yankee Fishermen’s Co-op and was operations manager at Gloucester Seafood Processing. He has served as chair of the Atlantic States Fisheries Commission Northern Shrimp Advisory Panel. […]
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Texas-Based NaturalShrimp Will Expand In Three States
NaturalShrimp Inc. has announced its domestic expansion plans for three regional shrimp production systems in Texas, Nevada and New York. The regional facilities will include sales, packaging and shrimp plant management along with its patented water treatment systems and technology for growing shrimp in an indoor environment. Dallas and San Antonio, Texas, will remain the […]
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Fareway Donates More Than 60K Dozen Eggs To Food Banks
Fareway donated a truckload of 21,600 dozen eggs to the Food Bank of Iowa in Des Moines on June 8, followed by donations of 10,800 dozen eggs each to the Northeast Iowa Food Bank in Waterloo, Food Bank for the Heartland in Omaha (Nebraska), Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc. (HACAP) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, […]
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More Than Half Of U.S. Households Purchase Fresh Mushrooms
The Mushroom Council recently released a study analyzing the latest mushroom shopper purchase trends. The Fresh Mushroom Fast Facts study provides key insights into the shopping behaviors that are driving fresh mushroom category growth. According to the study, more than half of U.S. households purchased mushrooms in 2015. Nearly four out of five purchasing households […]
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General Mills Partners With Cooperative To Increase Organic Dairy Supply
General Mills has formed a sourcing partnership with the largest organic cooperative in the U.S. that will help about 20 dairy farms add around 3,000 acres to organic dairy production over the next three years. The program with Wisconsin-based Organic Valley will drive more acres in the U.S. into the organic certification process and builds […]
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Second Mushroom Council, Beef Checkoff Veal Summer Grilling Promotion Under Way
The Beef Checkoff and the Mushroom Council have teamed up for a second Veal Mushroom Summer Grilling Promotion. A new Veal and Portobello Mushroom Blend Burger recipe has been introduced through labels placed on specially marked packages of veal. The promotion is supported with a consumer sweepstakes featuring a $500 grand prize and two $50 […]
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Cargill To Acquire Fort Worth-based Five Star Custom Foods
Cargill has signed an agreement to acquire Fort Worth, Texas-based Five Star Custom Foods Ltd., a business specializing in cooked protein products and custom prepared soups and sauces for the foodservice and food processing sectors. The acquisition includes both of the Five Star Custom Foods facilities in Fort Worth and Nashville, Tennessee. Terms of the […]
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GMA Highlights Industry Progress In Reducing Food Waste
The food industry has made significant strides in cutting food waste and is taking steps to reduce consumer confusion around product date labeling, an expert from the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) told the House Agriculture Committee on May 25. GMA Senior Director of Sustainability Meghan Stasz testified at the hearing on behalf of the Food […]
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Clifty Farm Owner And President Dan Murphey Dies At 73
Mr. Dan Murphey died Saturday, May 28, at his residence in Paris, Tennessee, at age 73. He was president of Clifty Farm Country Meats, where he began work with his father in 1964 when it was a small family business. Mr. Murphey worked there for more than 50 years. Clifty Farm has grown to be […]
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TreeHouse Foods To Close California And Wisconsin Facilities
TreeHouse Foods is closing manufacturing plants in Azusa, California, and Ripon, Wisconsin. The Azusa facility has approximately 660 employees and produces bars and snack products primarily for retail customers. The full facility is expected to close and production is expected to end in the second quarter of 2017. Products produced at the Azusa facility will […]
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McLane Co. Joins Partnership For A Healthier America
McLane Co. Inc. has signed on as a partner of the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), an organization that works to make healthy choices easier for families. As part of McLane’s commitment, it will enhance its healthier-for-you offerings and support PHA’s goal of solving the childhood obesity crisis within a generation. Temple, Texas-based McLane […]
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Federal Bill Aims To Make Food Expiration Dates Less Confusing, Reduce Waste
A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate and House Wednesday would make expiration date labeling on food less confusing, helping to eliminate a key cause of consumer food waste in the U.S. Forty percent of food in America goes uneaten, and consumers are responsible for more of that waste than grocery stores, restaurants or any […]
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Amazon To Launch Private Label Products, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… In the coming weeks, new lines of private label brands will begin to appear on Amazon.com, which will include the e-commerce company’s first broad push into perishable foods. The new brands will include nuts, spices, tea, coffee, baby food and vitamins as well as household items such as diapers and […]
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Retailer SNAP Comment Deadline Is May 18, And More…
C-Store News In Brief… The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) is urging retailers to register their concerns about the proposed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) changes via the NACS webpage before the May 18 deadline. According to NACS, the proposed regulations could negatively impact convenience stores. The proposed changes would rewrite the requirements retailers […]
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FDA, NRA Issue Safety Tips After Listeria Outbreak
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Restaurant Association are advising restaurateurs to check out their frozen vegetables to see if they have any products linked to a recent multistate Listeria outbreak. The frozen food linked to the outbreak, identified as organic white sweet cut corn and organic petite green peas, is part […]
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Greenridge Farm Expanding Into Midwest Costco Stores
Beginning this month, consumers will find Greenridge Farm artisanal sausages in Costco stores in 13 states, including Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas and Iowa. The products will be available in 3-lb. packages at Costco vs. its standard 14-oz. packages available at neighborhood grocery stores. Greenridge Farm […]
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Red Button Pies Win Blue Ribbons At National Competition
Red Button Vintage Creamery Premium Pies now are blue-ribbon winners. Its Dazzleberry Lattice and Apple Crumb pies recently were recognized at The American Pie Council (APC) National Pie Championship in Orlando, Florida. The two flavors won for Best Super Gourmet Pies in the Commercial Pie category and were selected from more than 400 entries. “We […]
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FMI’s Fikes: Consumers Distrust New Science, Big Biz More Than GMOs
With the battle over food labeling still raging, manufacturers and retailers are struggling to understand the best and most cost-effective way to ease consumer fears surrounding GMOs, or genetically modified organisms. What they don’t realize, according to David Fikes, VP of consumer/community affairs and communication for the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), is that consumers are […]