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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 ... |
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Mintel Names Five Key 2015 Food and Beverage Trends
Market intelligence company Mintel has released the five key trends set to impact the food and drink market in the United States in 2015. As January draws to a close, many Americans find themselves in one of two categories: ditching their resolution or committing to a healthier lifestyle for the long haul. A look at the major food and drink trends occupying American dinner tables in 2015 tells the story of healthy lifestyles, “clean” ingredients, at-home gourmands, value consciousness and e-commerce specialty products, according to Mintel.Utilizing research, data and trends from across Mintel’s extensive product portfolio, and expert analysis from ... |
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Tim Hortons Launches Salted Caramel Flavor Collection
This month, Tim Hortons Cafe & Bake Shop is delivering a combination of sweet and salty to flavor lovers with the launch of its new Salted Caramel beverage and baked goods collection.“Salted caramel is an on-trend flavor in the culinary world that is becoming widely popular and being featured everywhere from bake shops to high-end restaurants,” said Kate O’Shaughnessy Jung, director of marketing, Tim Hortons U.S. “Our guests will enjoy this sweet and savory combination now applied to some of their favorite Tim Hortons Cafe & Bake Shop treats.”Tim Hortons Cafe & Bake Shop, which has 4,590 restaurants, including 869 ... |
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Celeb Chefs Headline Cooking Theater Lineup at Housewares Show
Top Chef Masters champion Rick Bayless and Top Chef “Fan Favorite” Fabio Viviani head the lineup of celebrity chefs appearing in the Cooking Theater at the 2015 International Home + Housewares Show, March 7-10 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.Also appearing this year will be Food Network chef Aarón Sánchez, “The Queen of Southern Cooking” Paula Deen, “The Pioneer Woman” Ree Drummond and James Beard Award-winner Ming Tsai. The Cooking Theater is the focal point of Savor Home, the revitalized Gourmet Food + Specialty Products category in the Dine + Design Expo in the South Building. On hand will be exhibitors of ... |
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Best NY NOW Tabletop, Housewares Products Named
Five companies won the winter 2015 edition of the semiannual Tabletop + Gourmet Housewares Best New Product Awards, with Sagaform’s Mini Greenhouse Planter recognized as Best of Market. Additional winners were recognized for excellence in four categories – cooking, dining, gourmet accessories and kitchen preparation – and all five honorees qualify to compete for NY NOW’s Best of HOME Award, to be determined by online Facebook balloting at http://bit.ly/NYNOW_BNP_HOME during the winter 2015 edition of NY NOW, the Market for Home + Lifestyle. In addition to the Best of Market distinction, Tabletop + Gourmet Housewares Best New Product Awards were ... |
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Lucky’s Market Enters Michigan With Ann Arbor Location
Lucky’s Market will open its first natural and organic grocery store in Michigan on Feb. 25 in the Burns Park neighborhood of Ann Arbor. Opening-day activities include a bacon-cutting ceremony and a presentation of more than $40,000 of donation support to local nonprofit organizations such as The Family Learning Institute’s Brain Boot Camp; Dawn Farm; Ozone House’s WorkZone Program and Food Gatherers’ Community Kitchen Job Training Program. The Ann Arbor store is the ninth store nationwide for Lucky’s Market, a Boulder, Colo.-based retailer that has stores in Gainesville, Fla., Columbia, Mo., Ellisville, Mo., Billings, Mont., Louisville, Ky., Longmont, Colo., Columbus, ... |
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Batali, La Colombe, Target Team up on Coffee Offering
Chef, author and TV personality Mario Batali has launched Caffé Italiano, a collection of Italian-style coffees, at select Target stores nationwide and online at www.target.com. The coffee is a collaboration between Batali and Todd Carmichael, founder and CEO of La Colombe, a world-renowned specialty coffee roaster. On an episode of Travel Channel’s “Dangerous Grounds,” Carmichael’s TV series based around coffee, Batali challenged Carmichael to create blends that capture the Italian coffee experience. Mario Batali Caffé Italiano is the result of that mission. “One of life’s greatest joys is sitting in an Italian café with good friends and enjoying a great ... |
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13th World Tea Expo Planned for Long Beach
Geared toward bolstering businesses of all kinds through its in-depth education program, the 13th annual World Tea Expo will take place May 6-8 in Long Beach, Calif., at the Long Beach Convention Center. This year’s agenda covers a wide variety of industry topics and tea retail strategies, including the state of the tea industry, direct trade with tea producers, sustainability and the global tea system, product quality, false marketing/labeling, growing tea commercially in the United States, marketing of organic teas, increasing sales through the latest trends, the culinary world and tea, and tea and health, among other topics. In addition ... |
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USDA Begins Organic Survey
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has kicked off the Organic Survey to gather detailed data on U.S. organic agriculture production. The survey is a complete inventory of all known organic producers that are certified, exempt from certification, and transitioning to certified organic production. “Total organic product sales by farms and ranches in the United States have continued to grow over the last few years, increasing by 83 percent between 2007 and 2012,” said USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden. “These latest census results show the continued interest in organic agriculture among consumers, producers and businesses. “As we look to the ... |
