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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Churchkey Introduces Handcrafted Beer In Ball Corp. Steel Can
American craft beer brewer Churchkey Can Co. is bringing back a package long associated with Americana with the launch of Churchkey’s handcrafted Pilsner-style beer in a three-piece, flat-top steel can from Ball Corp. “It’s about the joy of drinking good beer—from the people you drink it with to where you drink it—and with this unique […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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The Chef’s Toolbox Makes Poaching Eggs Fun
The Chefs Toolbox has come up with a way to make eggs fun for children without any added preservatives or colors. These cute, colorful square and oval silicone egg rings turn a nutritional breakfast into an adventure, and make poaching eggs simple. The silicone egg poachers come in packs of two or six and are […]
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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. […]
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Mann Packing Launches Two New Products for Spring
Mann Packing Co. is adding two new items to its line of fresh, washed, ready-to-eat vegetables: Brussels sprouts and a new blend for Rainbow Salad™. Mann’s Brussels sprouts are trimmed, washed and packaged in a microwave steamable 12-oz. bag. The reformulated Rainbow Salad adds mini-broccoli florettes to the shredded carrots, cabbage and cauliflower mix, also […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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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The Laughing Cow Introduces Smooth Sensations Cream Cheese Spread
The Laughing Cow®, one of the nation’s leading brands of portion-controlled snack cheeses, has launched its new Smooth Sensations(TM) Cream Cheese Spread. The new product line joins The Laughing Cow’s portfolio of individually wrapped cheeses that include The Laughing Cow Cheese Wedges and Mini Babybel Cheeses, both favored snacks among health- and weight-conscious consumers. “We […]
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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 […]
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Local Produce Edging Out Organic In Importance Among Consumers
It seems like just yesterday natural/organic was the hot ticket, but local is quickly becoming a consumer favorite, as locally sourced products are becoming more popular at grocery stores and restaurants alike. According to recent Mintel research, the same is true in the fruit and vegetable industry with more than half (52 percent) of consumers […]
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Bob Sasser Joins Board of The Fresh Market
The Fresh Market Board of Directors has elected Bob Sasser, president and CEO of Dollar Tree Stores, as a new board member for the Greensboro, N.C.-based specialty grocery company. Sasser joined Dollar Tree as COO in 1999. He haas been president since 2001 and CEO since 2004. Prior to joining Dollar Tree, Sasser held senior […]
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Report: Sam’s Club, Aldi, Publix, H-E-B Have Most Loyal Customers
A new research report published by Temkin Group, “2012 Temkin Loyalty Ratings,” indicates that only seven companies—four of which are grocery retailers—earned “very strong” loyalty ratings: Sam’s Club, Aldi, USAA, Publix, credit unions, Amazon.com, and H-E-B. At the other end of the spectrum, 37 companies earned “very weak” loyalty ratings. The research examines consumer loyalty […]