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First-Ever Martha Stewart Café Opens
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO) has opened its first Martha Stewart Café in New York’s Starrett-Lehigh building, home to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia’s corporate headquarters. The café offers handcrafted espresso beverages and teas as well as bagged coffee and tea in canisters. The menu, curated by Stewart, focuses on the finest sourced beverages and ingredients. The Martha Stewart Café draws its menu inspiration from the artisanal cafés of Europe. Along with hot beverages, it will serve cold-brew iced coffee. The café is partnering with Kobrick Coffee, a New York-based and family-owned roaster that sourced the beans for the custom “Martha’s ... |
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Virginia’s 2014 Peanut Yield Sets National Record
2014 was a record-setting year for Virginia peanut growers, according to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS). The Commonwealth broke national records with a yield of 4,350 pounds per acre, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Growers credit these extremely high yields to improved seed varieties, longer rotations and good growing conditions. The 2014 national average was a yield of 3,932 pounds per acre. “In addition to being a delicious and nutritious snack, peanuts are important to Virginia’s diverse agriculture industry,” said Sandra J. Adams, VDACS commissioner. ... |
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Thirteen Companies Honored With IHA Innovation Awards
Thirteen housewares suppliers were honored as winners of the annual International Housewares Associations’ Innovation Awards. The winners in each of the categories were announced at the 2015 International Home + Housewares Show this week. The winners are: Cook + Bakeware: Frieling USA, Inc., BLACK CUBE Cookware. Household Electrics + Home Environment: Miro, CleanPot. Kitchen Electrics: Boyd Coffee Company, Brazen Connected 8-Cup Brew System by Behmor. Kitchen Hand Tools + Cutlery: IMCG, Inc., Butter Mill. Kitchenware: Bruer LLC, Cold Bruer. Tabletop: Metrokane Inc., Rabbit Push Muddler. Home Organization + Storage: YouCopia, StoraStack. Bath + Personal Care: simplehuman, Adjustable Shower Caddy. Cleaning: ... |
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Starbucks Launches Specialty Coffee Subscription Service
Starbucks Coffee Co. has launched its fresh delivery subscription, giving online customers exclusive access to its line of super-premium, small-lot coffees roasted at its new Seattle Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room. Designed to provide the highest-quality coffee immediately after roasting, these fresh delivery subscriptions ensure customers receive their coffee within three to five days of being roasted, depending on location in the U.S. These coffees are only available through the subscription service. “Starbucks Reserve Roastery subscriptions are – aside from visiting the Roastery and having our partners scoop the coffee right in front of you – the freshest, fastest ... |
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Las Vegas Market Forges Retail Partnership With Gourmet Catalog
Las Vegas Market has forged a retail partnership with Gourmet Catalog Buying Group to support the launch of the new C11 showroom floor – dedicated to gourmet housewares, tabletop and specialty food lines – at the Summer 2015 Las Vegas Market, Aug. 2-6. “Las Vegas Market is delighted to be working with Gourmet Catalog to develop exclusive and individualized at-market activities for its Western members,” said Dorothy Belshaw, president of Gift & Home Décor, International Market Centers. “Janis Johnson [president and founder of Gourmet Catalog] is a thought leader in the gourmet housewares industry, and we anticipate that her early advocacy ... |
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Keurig Laser-Focused on 100 Percent K-Cup Recyclability by 2020
Keurig Green Mountain Inc.’s top sustainability priority is ensuring that 100 percent of its K-Cup packs are recyclable by 2020, according to the company’s 10th annual sustainability report. The company said in a statement it is taking a “holistic approach” to find a solution to the challenge, “focusing on product design, recycling infrastructure, and the end-market development for the materials.” Keurig said it expects to make significant progress well before 2020, and is currently testing key design concepts for a K-Cup pack that can be easily separated and readily recycled in the majority of communities. This includes supporting expansion of ... |
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First Estimates of Housewares Market Size Offered by Riedel Marketing Group
Riedel Marketing Group’s 2014 Market Tracker syndicated tracking reports provide essential insight into the size of the cookware, bakeware, and kitchen gadget and tool markets in the United States. The report reveals that U.S. consumers purchased 78 million pieces of cookware, 59 million bakeware items, and 115 million kitchen gadgets and tools in 2014. 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 ... |
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Culinary Futures Chicago Event Planned During IH+HS
The sixth annual Culinary Futures Cocktail Hour and Silent Auction brings together industry professionals and friends to benefit Careers Through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP), a national nonprofit organization that works with public schools to prepare at-risk students for college and careers in the restaurant and hospitality industry. Guests will enjoy dishes prepared and served by C-CAP students from nine Chicago high schools, plus a selection of fine wines and locally crafted beers, a silent auction, and music by Chicago’s premier DJ Sean Alvarez. All proceeds from this special event benefit C-CAP. The event is hosted by HIC-Harold Import Co., Conimer ... |
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Lifetime Brands to Purchase Reed & Barton
Lifetime Brands Inc., a leading global provider of branded kitchenware, tableware and other products used in the home, has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire the operating assets and to assume certain liabilities of Reed & Barton Corp., which has filed for bankruptcy protection. The agreement provides that Lifetime will purchase the assets pursuant to Section 363 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including completion of an auction process and bankruptcy court approval. Jeffrey Siegel, Lifetime’s chairman and CEO, commented, “Reed & Barton’s tableware business in flatware, crystal and ... |
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Las Vegas Market Gears Up for Gourmet Floor Launch
Las Vegas Market announced that 25 gourmet and specialty housewares brands have confirmed their intention to participate in the launch of a new permanent showroom floor dedicated to gourmet products – including housewares, tabletop and specialty food – debuting at the Summer 2015 Las Vegas Market, Aug. 2-6. The introduction of C11 marks the third and final phase of Las Vegas Market’s strategic growth plan to position itself as the leading buying platform for furniture, home décor and gifts in the western United States. “Our three-year strategic plan culminates this summer with the addition of a new boutique showroom floor ... |
