Campbell Soup Co. last week invested $10 million in Chef’d, an e-commerce meal marketplace. The strategic partnership is designed to help grow Campbell’s e-commerce capabilities. With the investment, Campbell becomes Chef’d’s largest strategic investor and will receive a seat on the company’s board of directors. Campbell officials said Chef’d will help with infrastructure and distribution […]
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Meeting Supply Chain Sustainability Goals With Reusable Packaging
IFCO, a provider of Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs) for fresh food packaging, is collaborating with the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) to offer a series of online educational sessions, Just the Facts: How Reusable Assets Can Help Retailers and Growers Achieve their Zero Waste Goals. A session in mid-May focused on the key role shared and […]
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Reader’s Digest Annual Survey Reveals The Most Trusted Brands In America
Reader’s Digest has released the results of its third annual Trusted Brand Survey, published in the June issue that is available now. More than 5,500 Americans across the country participated in the online survey, which awards the “Reader’s Digest Most Trusted Brand” title to winners in 40 product categories, including travel, food and beverage, automotive, beauty and […]
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USDA Reorganized To Elevate Rural Development As Priority
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Thursday announced the creation of an undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a recognition of the ever-increasing importance of international trade to American agriculture, the department says. Perdue made the announcement standing by barges filled with agricultural products along the banks […]
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Cozy Harbor Seafood Wins Grand Prize For Best Retail Product
Cozy Harbor Seafood, a Portland-based seafood processor, distributor and supplier, won the grand prize for “Best Retail Product” for its Lobster Meat product at the Seafood Excellence Global Awards held recently in Brussels. The Best Retail Product prize was given for the entire line of lobster meat. Additionally, the company won the Seafood Excellence Global Special Award for its […]
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Perdue Confirmed As U.S. Secretary Of Agriculture
Former Georgia Gov. George Ervin “Sonny” Perdue has been confirmed as the new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. A number of trade groups, including the United Fresh Produce Association, are praising this week’s appointment, which was approved by an 87-11 vote. Robert Guenther, SVP for public policy at United Fresh, said, “United Fresh congratulates Secretary Perdue […]
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Mojo Cold Brew Coffee Partners With JOH
Mojo Cold Brewed Coffee of Beverly, Massachusetts, has formed a partnership with regional broker JOH and announced a reduction in wholesale pricing. The company also said it is passing on production efficiencies in the form of lower prices to its business partners. The company completed construction of a brewing and bottling facility in Beverly at the […]
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Camellia Brand Beans Expands Distribution Through Southeastern Grocers
Camellia Brand Beans has gained more than 6,000 new points of distribution through Southeastern Grocers’ Winn-Dixie and Harveys banners stores in Florida and Alabama. Fourteen different UPCs include Camellia’s Red Beans, Black-Eyed Peas, Great Northerns, Large Limas, Pinto Beans, Black Beans, Green Split Peas and Lentils. Camellia Soup and Dinner Mixes also are available in […]
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Hain Celestial Forms Joint Venture With Rosetto Foods
The Hain Celestial Group, a leading organic and natural products company, has established a joint venture with Rosetto Foods, a newly formed entity managed by Steven Sands. Hain Celestial has a 49 percent minority interest in the joint venture. As part of the strategic partnership with Rosetto Foods, Hain Celestial licensed the intellectual property associated with its non-core […]
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Specialty Food Industry Sales Hit $127 Billion In 2016
Sales continue to grow as Americans embrace specialty food and beverages, according to the Specialty Food Association (SFA), which reports that the industry is taking its place as an integral player with traditional and non-traditional specialty food retailers, foodservice operators and distributors. SFA’s annual State of the Industry report, released Thursday, examines the $127 billion […]
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Nestlé Waters North America Names New CEO
Fernando Mercé has been named president and CEO of Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA), effective May 1. Mercé, formerly CEO of Nestlé Purina Latin America & Caribbean, will oversee all NWNA’s operations in both the U.S. and Canada. Mercé also will serve as a member of the global Nestlé Waters board of directors. “I am delighted […]
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Mars Says It Will Invest $70M In U.S. Manufacturing
Mars Chocolate North America said Thursday that it will make a $70 million reinvestment in its U.S. supply chain, adding approximately 250 new jobs to sites across the country. The move ensures that more than 95 percent of Mars’ chocolate products for the U.S. are made in America, according to the Hackettstown, New Jersey-based company. […]
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Arizona Food Marketing Alliance Hosts Annual Golf Classic
The Arizona Food Marketing Alliance (AFMA) hosted its annual Golf Classic at the We-Ko-Pa Golf Club in the East Valley on March 23. This year’s sold-out event attracted more than 300 golfers, including AFMA’s retail partners and their premier vendors. With 12 sampling holes on the courses, vendors were able to connect with their grocery […]
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Tyson’s New Chairman’s Reserve Prime Pork Is An ‘Aspirational’ Product
Tyson has added a new level to its Chairman’s Reserve line with “Prime” high-quality pork. The distinction is more familiar on the beef side of the business, but the hope is that consumers looking for top-of-the-line products will respond to Chairman’s Reserve Prime Pork in the same way. The brand was introduced with a tasting […]
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GBFB Launches Online Resource For Healthy, Affordable Meals
The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) has launched ClickNCook.org, its online recipe resource for healthy, affordable meals using everyday ingredients. “Click ’N Cook was originally created to help provide economical recipes and practical cooking tips to the more than 140,000 people in need we serve every month,” said Catherine D’Amato, president and CEO of GBFB. “As the […]
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Brewers Association Releases Top 50 Breweries List
The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade group representing small and independent craft brewers—has released its annual lists of the top 50 craft and overall brewing companies in the U.S., based on beer sales volume. Of the top 50 overall brewing companies, 40 were craft brewing companies. “With such a broad range of brewers in today’s beer landscape, the […]
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Organic Farmers Association Elects Leadership Committee
To create a vehicle for organic farmers to weigh in on national policy issues and raise the profile of U.S. certified organic farmers, Rodale Institute’s Organic Farmers Association has unified with a parallel grassroots national organic effort called the Organic Farmers Alliance. Going forward as the Organic Farmers Association (OFA), sponsored by Rodale Institute, a […]
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GMA Praises Gottlieb As Pick To Lead FDA
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) is commending President Trump’s intended nomination of Dr. Scott Gottlieb as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Gottlieb was FDA’s deputy commissioner for medical and scientific affairs from 2005-07. In a statement, GMA President and CEO Pamela G. Bailey said, “Scott Gottlieb is an excellent choice to […]
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Godshall’s Quality Meats Converting To An Employee-Owned Company
Godshall’s Quality Meats of Telford, Pennsylvania, plans to become an employee-owned company. Owners Mark Godshall, Floyd Kratz and Ron Godshall say they are taking this step to ensure that the business remains independent and maintains its unique culture. “It seemed like the next step in our philosophy of treating our employees like family,” said Mark. […]
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S.O.S Soap Pads Marking 100th Anniversary
S.O.S Soap Pads are celebrating a century of cleaning as 2017 marks the brand’s 100th anniversary. Developed in 1917 by a cooking utensil salesman named Irwin Cox, the scrubbers were designed to help his customers keep their new pans shiny. Cox’s wife called the pads S.O.S, which stood for “Save Our Saucepans.” When S.O.S pads […]