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NY NOW Named New York City’s Top Trade Show
NY NOW the Market for Home + Lifestyle has been ranked New York city’s top trade show as part of BizBash’s “New York’s Top 100 Events 2015,” a list of the meetings, parties and industry gatherings that make the most impact in New York year after year. Based upon economic impact, buzz, innovation and the event’s prominence within the communities it serves, BizBash selected NY NOW as the top trade show in its “tradeshow and convention category.” Other honorees in this category included popular consumer events such as the New York International Auto Show, New York’s ComiCon & Anime Festival, ... |
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Chef Michael Symon Teams With Ergo Chef on New Knife Line
Experienced chefs know when it comes to chopping, slicing, paring and dicing, it’s all in the wrist. Unfortunately, over time, this can take quite a toll as many professional and home chefs develop carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis. Scott Staib, founder of Ergo Chef LLC, experienced this firsthand. Enlisting the help of his engineer brother Mike, they worked with designers, engineers, culinary professors and countless chefs to create a line of professional-grade knives that would be a true extension of a chef’s hand. Ergo Chef CRIMSON Knives are crafted out of German-made high-carbon steel with the world’s strongest handle material ... |
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Enjoy Life Foods Purchased by Mondelez
Enjoy Life Foods, a private U.S. snacking company and the market-leading brand in the fast-growing "free from" segment, was acquired by Mondelez International. "As we focus on continuing to drive growth in snacking, the acquisition of Enjoy Life Foods is a great strategic fit for us," said Mark Clouse, chief growth officer at Mondelez International. "The Enjoy Life brand expands our portfolio into faster growing, on-trend, 'better-for-you' areas and provides an excellent platform to make these delicious offerings available to consumers with 'free-from' needs or simply looking for healthy-lifestyle options, both in the United States and beyond." Enjoy Life offers ... |
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Brad’s Raw Chips Recapitalizes, Changes Leadership
Brad’s Raw Chips has recapitalized and changed leadership to an investor group led by Arthur J. Pergament, CEO of Pergament Advisors and Pergament LOHAS Fund. Pergament converted all its debt into equity and invested additional equity capital to support the company’s next growth phase. “When I first started selling homemade raw chips at farmers’ markets six years ago, I never imagined it would turn into the multimillion-dollar business it is today,” said Brad Gruno, founder of Brad’s Raw Chips. “I am so proud of the tremendous success of Brad’s Raw Foods, and I’m confident that this nationally known and respected brand ... |
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Market Tracker Reveals Scope of Housewares Purchases
U.S. consumers purchased 78 million pieces of cookware, 59 million bakeware items and 115 million kitchen gadgets and tools in 2014, according to Riedel Marketing Group’s 2014 Market Tracker, a syndicated tracking report providing essential insight into the size of the cookware, bakeware, and kitchen gadget and tool markets. Market Tracker has been collecting quarterly data on consumer purchases from all retail and online channels of distribution, and retailers since the beginning of 2014. With four quarters of data on where consumers are buying cookware, bakeware, and kitchen gadgets and tools, and how much they are paying, Riedel Marketing Group ... |
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Source Atlantique Acquires Peloponnese Brand
Source Atlantique Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., has acquired the Peloponnese brand and business from Hormel Foods Corp. Peloponnese products comprise a variety of authentic Mediterranean foods harvested, processed and imported from Greece. The Peloponnese range consists of a variety of foods including olives, spreads, grape leaves, roasted sweet peppers and sesame tahini. The managements of Source Atlantique and Hormel Foods view this acquisition as an opportunity to add value for both Peloponnese and Source Atlantique’s portfolio of premium brands and products. “Acquiring Peloponnese presents us with wonderful new opportunities. The Peloponnese brand and products practically define the Mediterranean ... |
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Brandywine Import Group Takes on Novis Vita Juicer
The Brandywine Import Group acquired the U.S. distribution rights for the Novis Vita Juicer, a multifunctional juicer that offers a combination of four functions in a single appliance: juicing, pureeing, citrus pressing, and pressing and juicing together. According to Alan Senior, managing director of the Brandywine Import Group, “Most juicers have only one function, are very loud and are difficult to clean, so they are used sparingly and are likely to be stored in the cupboard. In addition, they do not extract the optimum amount of juice from vegetables and fruits. “The Vita Juicer extracts juice from veggies, presses pulp ... |
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Gourmet Catalog Plans Chicago Member Meeting
Gourmet Catalog & Buying Group (GC), a buying group for the housewares industry, will host a member meeting and breakfast March 7 at the 2015 Chicago International Home + Housewares Show (IH+HS). Independents from all experience levels will be in attendance to provide ideas and share their knowledge in problem-solving. “The peer-networking opportunities offered by GC continue to be stellar,” said Larry Oates, owner of KitchenArt in West Lafayette, Ind. “Even after 19 years in the industry, I took home a half dozen new ideas (last year) to generate traffic in my store.” Co-sponsoring the breakfast will be Groupe SEB, ... |
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National Global Innovation Award Winners Named
The International Home + Housewares Show (IH+HS) and International Housewares Association (IHA), the global sponsors and organizers of the Global Innovation Award (gia) program, have named the national winners of 2014-2015, including 25 outstanding home and housewares retailers from 24 countries. The gia program was created by the IHA and IH+HS to foster innovation and excellence in home and housewares retailing throughout the world. Since the launch of gia in 2000, there have been more than 320 gia retail award winners, from 40 countries on six continents. The 2014-2015 national gia winners are: ORGANIZZA of Argentina; Koskela of Australia; Presentes Rodriguez ... |
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Hudson’s Bay Co. and Keurig Executives Honored by Housewares Charity Foundation
Richard Baker, governor and executive chairman of Hudson’s Bay Co., and Brian Kelley, president and CEO of Keurig Green Mountain Inc., will be honored by the Housewares Charity Foundation (HCF) during its 18th annual Housewares Charity Foundation Gala.Baker and Kelley will receive Humanitarian of the Year awards during the gala, which will take place the evening of March 9 during the 2015 International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago. Proceeds will benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), the HCF’s legacy charity, and Save the Children. Since the first gala in 1998, the HCF has raised more than $27 million ... |
