al fresco All Natural—America’s No. 1 chicken sausage—is introducing its newest addition to its line of natural chicken sausage: Smoked Andouille. This new flavor is made with Cajun seasoning and lean chicken meat and then naturally hardwood smoked for a deep, rich spicy flavor. “We’re so excited to introduce our first smoked flavor to the […]
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Posted in, Northeast
Workers Reach Tentative Agreement With Giant, Safeway
Giant and Safeway workers in the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore metropolitan areas represented by United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Locals 400 and 27 have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with their employers, the parties announced March 29. Giant Food of Landover, Md., says the tentative agreement covers approximately 17,000 of its […]
Posted in, Southwest, West
WinCo Foods Debuting First Arizona Stores On Sunday
Boise, Idaho-based WinCo Foods will open three new discount supermarkets at 9 a.m. Sunday, April 1. Two of the stores mark the first entry for WinCo Foods into the Arizona market with locations at 330 W. Bell Rd. in Phoenix and 5850 W. Bell Rd. in Glendale. Each Arizona store is more than 90,000 s.f. […]
Posted in, Marketing News, Northeast
New Jersey’s Doherty Receives FMI Association Executive Award
Linda M. Doherty, president and CEO of the New Jersey Food Council (NJFC), received the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Donald H. MacManus Association Executive Award on March 28 in recognition of her outstanding leadership and accomplishments in the food distribution industry. The award was presented at FMI’s Day in Washington. “Linda works diligently to represent […]
Posted in, Beverage News, Midwest
Meijer Moves Into Dairy Production With ‘Purple Cow Creamery’
Meijer, the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer, has acquired the plant operations at Bareman’s Dairy, a family-owned company based in Holland, Mich. Meijer’s move into dairy production also will include a more than $8 million investment to expand the Bareman’s dairy plant in Holland. “This is an exciting day for our company,” said Co-Chairman and CEO […]
Posted in, Marketing News, Southeast
Food Lion’s Brand Strategy Unveiled in Stores in Three States
On March 28 Food Lion launched its new brand strategy in 268 stores in Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina. The changes focus on lower prices on thousands of products, quality store brands, produce and a better overall shopping experience. These markets are the first stores in 2012 to unveil the new strategy, which Food […]
Posted in, Marketing News, National, Suppliers
Callaghan to Retire from Pepperidge Farm; Britt is Successor
Pat Callaghan, 61, plans to step down as president of Pepperidge Farm at the end of the Campbell Soup Co.’s fiscal year on July 31, after more than 30 years of service. Campbell named Irene Chang Britt, 49, currently Pepperidge Farm’s chief strategy officer, as the new president. Britt will be based at Pepperidge Farm’s […]
Posted in, Beverage News, Marketing News, National
Tyson Partners With Jose Cuervo, Tabasco For Coupon Promotion
Tyson Foods Inc. will partner with Jose Cuervo and Tabasco hot sauce for a spring and early summer savings promotion, available in stores and online from April 30-June 29. Consumers will save with in-store coupons for $1 off 2 pounds or more of Tyson wings or boneless wings from the deli department, 75 cents off […]
Posted in, Beverage News, National
Campaign Encourages FDA To Label GE Foods
The Just Label It (JLI) Campaign has announced that a record-breaking one million Americans of all political persuasions have called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to label genetically engineered (GE) foods, also referred to as genetically modified, or GMOs. The campaign also announced a new national survey revealing that Americans across the political […]
Posted in, New Products, West
New Truvia Baking Blend Arrives On Retail Shelves
Truvia® has launched its Baking Blend, a mix of Truvia natural sweetener and sugar with 75 percent fewer calories per serving than sugar. Now in nationwide distribution, consumers can enjoy the great taste of Truvia natural sweetener in a product that bakes and browns like sugar, according to the company. A half cup of Truvia […]
Posted in, Beverage News, National
A.M. Eating/Drinking Routines Vary Widely Among U.S. Consumers
U.S. consumers fuel themselves for the day with a variety of eating and drinking occasions from the time they awake in the morning until 11 a.m., according to a recently published morning meal study by market research company The NPD Group. NPD’s Morning MealScape 2011 study finds that 43 percent of these eating and drinking […]
Posted in, Beverage News, West
New Hillcrest/Mission Hills Vons Set to Open Thursday
After 11 months of construction, the new Hillcrest/Mission Hills Vons at 515 West Washington St. in San Diego is set to open for business Thursday, March 29, following a 3 p.m. ribbon cutting ceremony. Safeway, Vons’ parent company, has owned and operated a 12,000-s.f. store at this location since 1960, but the store’s size and […]
Posted in, National, West
Tomato Company Ex-Chief Pleads Guilty In SK Foods Schemes
Tomato company baron Frederick Scott Salyer on Friday pleaded guilty in federal court in Sacramento to racketeering and an anti-trust offense in connection to his company SK Foods, which engaged in a pattern of bribes and kickbacks with customers, reports the Sacramento Business Journal. Salyer, 56, of Pebble Beach, Calif., must forfeit $3.25 million dollars […]
Posted in, National
Top 10 American Metro Areas Eating The Freshest Foods Revealed
According to the Ziploc® Fresh Eating Survey, while 81 percent of Americans are looking for more ways to incorporate fresh ingredients into mealtime, less than 50 percent actually eat fruits and vegetables on a daily basis—a clear disparity between Americans’ outlook on eating fresh foods vs. the reality of mealtime. The Ziploc Fresh Eating Survey […]
Posted in, Southwest
Brookshire Grocery Co. To Stop Selling LFTB Products
Tyler, Texas-based Brookshire Grocery Co. officials announced Thursday that its 152 Brookshire’s and Super 1 Foods stores in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas will no longer sell ground beef containing lean finely textured beef. “While the USDA has determined it to be safe, customers have said they do not wish to purchase the product. This change […]
Posted in, National, New Products
Spangler Candy Announces Two New Dum Dums Flavors
Dum Dums welcomes two new flavors into its iconic flavor mix: Fruit Punch and Dulce de Leche. The two flavors are the result of online flavor voting at dumdumpops.com and extensive research from the Dum Dums flavor laboratory. New and improved Fruit Punch rejoins the Dum Dums flavor mix after going on vacation in 2002. […]
Posted in, Beverage News, National, New Products
Starbucks Enters Energy Category With ‘Refreshers’ Beverages
Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee Co. plans for a global entry into the energy category with Starbucks Refreshers™ beverages—making Starbucks the first to bring green coffee extract innovation to customers on a global scale. Starbucks Refreshers beverages are a breakthrough innovation that deliver thirst-quenching refreshment from real fruit juice and a boost of natural energy from a […]
Posted in, Equipment & Technology, National
AllTrust Networks Launches Retail Connect
AllTrust Networks has launched Retail Connect, a web-based Point-of-Sale (POS) service. It provides retailers an all-in-one front-end that consolidates management of financial service offerings. Typical services offered by retailers include check cashing, walk-in bill payment, money transfer, prepaid services and money orders. Retail Connect also works in conjunction with Paycheck Secure®, AllTrust’s check cashing service, […]
Posted in, Beverage News, Midwest, Southeast
Hormel Foods Donates Two Semi-Trailer Loads of Products
Hormel Foods Corp. donated 55,000 Hormel® Compleats® microwave meals and more than 11,000 cases of Hormel turkey pepperoni packs to Feeding America to aid in relief efforts for parts of Kentucky and southern Indiana following the recent tornadoes. “Our thoughts are with everyone affected by this unfortunate hardship,” said Julie H. Craven, VP of corporate […]
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Kraft Foods Changing Its Name
The name “Kraft Foods” has been around for decades, but the maker of all sorts of cereals, snacks and other well-known food products says it’s time to go in another direction, starting with a name change, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Pending shareholder approval, Kraft Foods will become Mondelez International. The company, which is splitting into […]