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IHA Announces Cooking Theater Lineup for Housewares Show
Attendee favorites Cake Boss Buddy Valastro, Charm City Cakes’ Duff Goldman, Top Chef Masters champion Chris Cosentino and James Beard Award winners Stephanie Izard and Michelle Bernstein have joined the lineup of celebrity chefs appearing in the Cooking Theater during the 2015 International Home + Housewares Show, March 7-10, at Chicago’s McCormick Place. The Cooking Theater is the focal point of Savor Home, the Gourmet Food + Specialty Products category in the Dine + Design Expo in the South Building. It is jointly sponsored by KitchenAid, Wilton Brands, Robinson Home Products and WellnessMats. Also scheduled to appear are Matt Abdoo, ... |
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ContentChecked App Aimed at People With Food Allergies, Intolerances
More than 15 million people in the United States suffer from food allergies, and the number is far greater when you add in all those who develop stomach problems as a result of different foods. Content Checked Inc., a Los Angeles-based startup, has introduced a smartphone app that simplifies the process of determining the ingredients in favorite foods. “Shoppers armed with ContentChecked will be able to register their food allergies or intolerances, and then walk the aisles of their favorite supermarket simply scanning the bar codes of whichever items they are considering purchasing,” said Victoria Brodsky, ContentChecked nutritionist. “Our app can ... |
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JCPenney Serves Up First-Ever Product Line From Epicurious
JCPenney has launched its first-ever product line from Epicurious, debuting the cookware through 600 of its more than 1,000 stores this month. Through a unique collaboration with Condé Nast, this new line of Epicurious cookware is now also exclusively available on jcpenney.com.“We are thrilled that Epicurious chose JCPenney to launch its first-ever product line,” said Jan Hodges, senior vice president for home at JCPenney. “Home is an important part of our growth strategy, and partnering with Epicurious gives us the opportunity to connect our home store with millions of users who trust the experts at Epicurious.com for professionally tested recipes ... |
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NPD: Housewares and Appliances Sales Rise for Second Consecutive Year
Consumers spent more than $47 billion on small appliances, non-electric housewares products and home fashions in 2014, according to market research company The NPD Group.This nearly half-a-billion-dollar increase in spending, a 1 percent increase over 2013 home-product sales, continued the growth trajectory begun in 2013, when the industry grew by 4 percent. Sales of small kitchen appliances, bed, bath and home fashions products buoyed the industry in 2014, while most non-electric housewares continued to struggle.“Inspiration, innovation and simplification influenced consumers and product performance throughout the home in 2014,” said Debra Mednick, executive director and home industry analyst for NPD. “Following ... |
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Honey-Can-Do International Acquires Zevro
Honey-Can-Do International, provider of home storage and organization products, has acquired Zevro, a Skokie, Ill.-based provider of kitchenware products. Founded in 2003, Zevro’s line of products includes food dispensers, barware and vacuum-seal food storage containers. Many of its products include a portion control feature to promote health and weight management. “The entire Honey-Can-Do team is excited by this acquisition,” said Steve Greenspon, CEO of Honey-Can-Do. “Zevro has great product designs, and we will utilize their expertise in kitchen storage and dispensing. We look forward to continuing to grow and develop the product line.” Zevro products will be sold under the Zevro by Honey-Can-Do ... |
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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 ... |
