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Fiesta Plans January Announcement of New Color, Products
Fiesta dinnerware, the colorful and iconic made in America brand, will announce its new color and new product introductions for 2017 at The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market Jan. 10, the first day of the show. This is the first time Fiesta will be announcing its new color at the Atlanta show and this early in the year. Fiesta dinnerware will be exhibiting in Keystone Marketing’s expanded showroom in Building 2, Suite 901A on the ninth floor. “We’ve put a lot of thought and consideration into when and where we make our new color announcement,” explained Rich Brinkman, ... |
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ConAgra Picks Up Frontera Specialty Brands
ConAgra Foods Inc. has acquired the packaged foods businesses of Frontera Foods Inc. and Red Fork LLC, including the Frontera, Red Fork and Salpica brands. These businesses make authentic, gourmet Mexican food and contemporary American cooking sauces. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Frontera’s premium salsa, sauces, snacks and meals feature the flavors of Mexico, while Red Fork is known for its premium American cooking sauces and Salpica is a Tex-Mex salsa line. “We are excited to add the Frontera, Red Fork and Salpica brands to our portfolio. In particular, the Frontera brand is a pre-eminent gourmet Mexican food ... |
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Savannah’s Kitchenware Outfitters Closing
Barbara and David Freeman, owners of Kitchenware Outfitters of Savannah in Savannah, Ga., are closing their store at the end of October after more than a decade in business, according to BusinessinSavannah.com The Freemans opened the culinary specialty store in the Twelve Oaks Shopping Center in 2004 offering a variety of kitchen items and weekly cooking classes. Before opening the store, Barbara Freeman worked as CFO in North American for a European cookware brand and David Freeman worked in marketing. “We have very much enjoyed our time in retail and appreciate the many people who have supported us over the ... |
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NY NOW Celebrates Successful Summer 2016 Market
WHITE PLAINS, NY. – September 20, 2016 – This summer, NY NOW®, the Market for Home, Lifestyle + Gift, delivered another show-stopping event at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. With tens of thousands of new and on-trend products across the HOME, LIFESTYLE, and HANDMADE Collections, buyers and industry attendees had a robust selection from which to choose, no matter what they were looking for. The wide range of exhibitors, a strong seminar program, an emphasis on the international community, a number of awards programs, and more, combined to provide attendees with all of their purchasing ... |
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SIAL Paris Names SIAL Innovation Award Winners
THE SIAL INNOVATION PRIZES ARE AWARDED TO THOSE WHO HELP SHAPE WHAT WE EAT BOTH TODAY AND TOMORROW. The food world is constantly swinging between new technological and digital innovations, and a desire to go ‘back to basics’. What role does innovation play in facing 21st century global challenges? The key to it all is new data, and as always SIAL opens its doors onto the future of a creative and passionate industry constantly challenged by new consumer paradigms. What links consumer benefit and pure innovation... or consumer “schizophrenia” and brand proposals... or retail, catering and consumption...? Taste! A sense ... |
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Victoria Fine Foods Launches Four New On-Trend Sauces This Fall
BROOKLYN, N.Y., Sept. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Victoria Fine Foods (VFF), the #1 slow kettle-cooked premium pasta sauce manufacturer in the U.S., demonstrates their commitment to innovation and dedication to their Read Your Label campaign with the launch of four Brooklyn-based Victoria Fine Foods, founded in 1929, is committed to using only the finest ingredients and the most authentic slow kettle-cooking process for a true homemade taste. In keeping with the brand's philosophy of Ingredients Come First™, they were the first major pasta sauce company to put their ingredients on the front of their premium sauce label. Victoria's newest sauces include: ... |
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PURELL™ Brand Extends Portfolio with Launch of PURELL™ Surface Disinfecting and Sanitizing Sprays
AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- PURELL™ Surface Disinfecting and Sanitizing products are the latest innovation from GOJO, the inventors of PURELL® instant hand sanitizer and the global leader in hand hygiene solutions. The expansion of PURELL™ products into the surface disinfecting and sanitizing category reflect the GOJO commitment to delivering exceptional well-being solutions for people, surfaces and our environment. The PURELL™ brand, trusted by hospitals, schools and restaurants for decades, is introducing its new surface disinfecting and sanitizing sprays into the foodservice, healthcare and professional markets. "People and businesses want to effectively disinfect and clean their work environments, ... |
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Record-Breaking Natural Products Expo East Hosts Over 28,000 Attendees
Boulder, CO (September 24, 2016) – The 31st Annual Natural Products Expo East, held September 21-24, hosted more than 1,450 brands including 450 first-time exhibitors. This year, the exhibit space was expanded to both the third and fourth levels of the convention center to accommodate increasing demand. This was the largest show on record and grew by 10%, gathering over 28,000 community members to the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore. Natural Products Expo East is produced by New Hope Network and is co-located with Biofach America, NPA East, and the Harvest Festival. “The timing of Expo East is important for ... |
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Sea Watch International Makes Investment in Look’s, Bar Harbor Foods
Maryland-based Sea Watch International—the largest fully integrated producer of clams in the world—completed a major investment and partnership transaction into historic Look's Gourmet Food Co., doing business as Bar Harbor Foods in Whiting, Maine. Look's, a nearly 100-year-old company, is best known for its premium Bar Harbor and Atlantic brand products of all-natural, sustainable shelf-stable seafood and food products. Look's, originally a family business begun in 1917, had its assets purchased by Michael Cote in 2003. Bar Harbor Foods currently produces seafood chowders, bisques, seafood juices and stocks, sauces, and fancy-packed seafood meats. The match brings together years of collective ... |
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Organic Trade Association Unveils Enhanced Global Organic Trade Guide
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) has unveiled a new and enhanced International Organic Trade Resource Guide. This resource, accessible online at no cost, provides comprehensive and up-to-date market, policy and trade information on global organic markets available for American organic exporters and importers. The enhanced guide features in-depth information for 40 countries and 38 trade regions along with key marketing and policy data on each specific region. From the trade guide's interactive map, users can pick a country and quickly understand the growth and demand for organic products, top retailers and brands, and consumer demographics in that market. This data ... |
