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Mouth Foods Partners with Arlo Hotels for Two New York Food Shops
Mouth Foods has partnered with the new hotel brand Arlo Hotels to open two highly curated shops in the lobbies of their Hudson Square and NoMad locations in New York. Mouth’s team is curating a rotating selection of dozens of American-made craft snacks, including chocolates, popcorn, jerky, cookies and pretzels. The micro hotel brand chose to forego traditional mini bars in its rooms, instead partnering with Mouth to curate the ultimate snack shop for guests and passersby alike to discover new, hard-to-find foods, as part of their specialty bodega made up of several local partners. Mouth’s selection of snacks, many ... |
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Four Directors Elected to IHA Board
Four new directors have been elected to the board of directors of the International Housewares Association (IHA), the full-service trade association for the housewares industry. The new directors are Mark Buss, CEO, govino LLC; William Endres, president, Select Brands; Melissa Kieling, CEO, PackIt LLC; and Kristine Malkoski, president, global business and chief commercial officer, World Kitchen LLC. Their three-year terms begin Oct. 1 and end Sept. 30, 2019. Also elected were new board officers: Chairman Gregory Cairo, president, Groupe SEB USA; Vice Chairman/Chairman Elect Brett Bradshaw, president, Bradshaw International Inc.; Treasurer John (J.C.) Collins, president, global sales and marketing, Neatfreak. ... |
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Six More Showrooms to Debut at Las Vegas Winter Market
Six new showrooms, featuring a combined total of more than 70 lines in 12,000-plus square feet, will debut at the Winter 2017 Las Vegas Market, running Jan. 22-26. These newest additions to floors C11 and to C1 bring the total number of gourmet resources at Las Vegas Market to more than 400 in both permanent showrooms and temporary presentations. “Las Vegas Market’s gourmet category expansion is continuing at a rapid pace and we expect to announce more additions and expansions in the coming weeks,” said Dorothy Belshaw, president of Gift & Home Décor, International Market Centers. “The market’s embrace of ... |
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Blue Buffalo Announces Secondary Common Stock Offering
WILTON, Conn., Sept. 12, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc. (Nasdaq:BUFF) (“Blue Buffalo”) today announced that certain of its stockholders intend to offer for sale in an underwritten secondary offering an aggregate of 14,300,000 shares of common stock of Blue Buffalo pursuant to Blue Buffalo’s registration statement on Form S-3, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). Blue Buffalo is not offering any shares of common stock in the proposed offering and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares in the proposed offering. The offering is expected to close on September 16, ... |
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Make International Opens At Forty One Madison
(NEW YORK, NY—SEPTEMBER, 2016)—In time for the September 27-30th New York Tabletop Market®, MAKE International is taking the wraps off of its first- ever North American showroom. The British-based ceramics company, founded in 2005 by company director Dominic Speelman, occupies a 1,000-square-foot space on the 17th floor of Forty One Madison where its high quality, stylish tabletop and accessories collections will be exhibited. Design collaborations are the DNA of the MAKE brand, with renowned British ceramicist Keith Brymer Jones joining Speelman in the business very soon after it was launched. Over the past decade, the two have tapped the talents ... |
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Gaea North America Expands Executive Team With New VP of Sales
(Hollywood, FL) September 6, 2016 - Gaea, the leading international manufacturer of Greek olive oil, today announced Susan Fuqua as Vice President of sales. In this role, Fuqua will be responsible for the strategic oversight of Gaea North America’s sales and retail distribution. As Gaea continues to experience rapid growth in North America, Fuqua will particularly focus efforts on sustaining this growth while assisting David Neuman, CEO of Gaea North America with continued Olive Oil Education. Fuqua will work directly with category managers and buyers offering high quality, traceable and affordably priced Gaea 100% Greek Olive Oils. In the coming ... |
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Moneta Cookware USA aids in Earthquake Relief
Lima, OH - Range Kleen Manufacturing, Inc., one of the largest manufacturers of Replacement Range Accessories in the U.S. since 1971, through their partnership with Moneta Cookware (Italy) is donating 20% of US website sales to the Italian American Relief Fund to help aid in the devastating earthquake that rocked central Italy on August 24, 2016. Moneta Cookware USA/Range Kleen Mfg., Inc. is donating 20% of all sales during the month of September that any consumer makes using the Code HELPITALY in the shopping cart. This will be provided to ItalianAmericanRelief.org for the sole purpose to assist in Italy’s time of ... |
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Swiss Diamond® and Certified Steak & Seafood Offer Sizzling New Deal
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's best nonstick cookware brand and the finest name in prime steak cuts and seafood have joined together for a special year-end promotion. Between September 1st and December 31st, 2016, consumers who purchase a minimum of a $150 worth of Swiss Diamond cookware at participating brick and mortar retail stores will be eligible to receive a $20 gift code for Certified Steak & Seafood as well as a premium gift from Swiss Diamond (choice of either a free 7" Try Me Fry Pan or a free 5 Piece Tool Set). The free gift ... |
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Lifetime Brands to Acquire Focus Products’ Kitchen Division
Lifetime Brands Inc. and Focus Products Group International entered into a letter of intent pursuant to which Lifetime would acquire the kitchen division of Focus Products Group, which sells various products under the Amco Houseworks, Chicago Metallic and Swing-A-Way brands. Lifetime is a leading global provider of branded kitchenware, tableware and other products used in the home. Founded in 2001, Focus Products Group is a growth-oriented national provider of leading brands in bath, home fashion and housewares for both retail and commercial spaces. Focus is a portfolio company of Centre Lanes Partners LLC. Jeffrey Siegel, Lifetime’s chairman and CEO, said, ... |
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Direct Eats Buys Online Food Purveyor Wholeshare
Direct Eats has acquired the business and brands of Wholeshare, a competitor in the online direct-to-consumer marketplace for the natural and organic grocery space. This move further advances Direct Eats' position in the e-commerce arena for organic, natural and specialty food products. In addition, this will fold in a wide audience of actively engaged natural and organic food buyers to Direct Eats. The Wholeshare website has been redirected to DirectEats.com. "Our customers are passionate about feeding their families with the best natural and organic products available. We've always worked to provide those products at a price they could afford," said ... |
