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Best New Product Awards Presented to Five NY NOW Exhibitors
Five companies were named Tabletop + Gourmet Housewares Best New Product Awards winners at the NY NOW show, with Twig New York - Hankook Chinaware New York Inc. receiving the “Best of Market” award for its Cutlery Series. This product and four other individual category winners are eligible for NY NOW’s “Best of HOME” Award, which will be determined by online balloting – at www.facebook.com/nynowmarket – during the Summer 2014 edition of NY NOW, the Market for Home + Lifestyle, which runs through Aug. 20 at New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.Tabletop + Gourmet Housewares Best New Product Awards ... |
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Jelly Belly Moves Production to California
As part of a strategic realignment of its U.S. domestic business, Jelly Belly Candy Co. will soon move production from the North Chicago factory where its jelly beans have been produced since 1978.Seventy jobs will be eliminated as the company moves production of all Jelly Belly brand candy products to its headquarters in Fairfield, Calif. The factory will make private-label food products, which have experienced “double-digit growth in recent years,” as well as contract manufacturing. Jelly Belly Candy Co., formerly known in North Chicago as Goelitz Confectionary Co., began selling only candy corn made at the Illinois plant since 1913, ... |
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Typhoon Takes on Kilner, Price & Kensington Distribution
The team at Typhoon Homewares has begun distributing British brands Kilner and Price & Kensington, in addition to Typhoon and Mason Cash, in the United States. The decision to add sister brands Kilner and Price & Kensington to Typhoon Homewares’ portfolio was made by parent company The Rayware Group, and follows on from the addition of heritage brand Mason Cash in June. This move demonstrates The Rayware Group’s focus on building its U.S. operation to ensure that its high-quality products are made readily and widely available to the U.S. market. Kilner’s heritage dates to 1842 when John Kilner first devised the jar’s unique pressure seal and iconic design, the first of its ... |
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Mighty Leaf Tea Becomes Part of Peet’s Portfolio
Peet’s Coffee & Tea Inc., a premier specialty coffee and tea company based in Emeryville, Calif., has acquired Mighty Leaf Tea in partnership with Next World Group, a private investment firm, giving Peet’s an even greater presence in the high-growth premium tea industry. Mighty Leaf Tea will continue to operate independently and will have full access to Peet’s resources, capabilities and scale. In addition, Peet’s will continue to produce and market its own signature tea brand across its foodservice and retail channels. Next World Group, which will hold a minority stake in the partnership, has a proven track record in ... |
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Brand Castle Continues Expansion With Aspen Mulling Buy
Brand Castle LLC, a manufacturer of interactive baking kits, has acquired Aspen Mulling Co., a producer of mulling spice blends for specialty drinks and gourmet treats. The purchase, which is part of Brand Castle’s current expansion mode, will leverage the company’s brand equity and expertise in creating distinctive mixes to encourage overall growth. Brand Castle, which is searching for additional acquisitions, plans to retain the Aspen Mulling Co. brand and expand the product line. In addition to expansion through distribution and new SKUs, Brand Castle plans to cross-sell its own gourmet mixes to Aspen Mulling customers. David Kallen, Aspen Mulling’s ... |
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Organic Visionaries to Receive 2014 Organic Leadership Awards
A pioneer and tireless teacher of the organic way for more than 40 years, an organic farmer dedicated to making his farming operation a compelling example of a better way to farm, and an environmental engineer who triggered an organic revolution in the mattress and bedding industry will be honored by the Organic Trade Association (OTA) for their visionary work that is transforming organic farming and trade. “These outstanding visionaries have made invaluable contributions to demonstrating how organic practices can change our world for the better,” said Laura Batcha, OTA’s executive director and CEO. “We are excited to honor these ... |
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Edible Arrangements Acquires FruitFlowers Brand
Edible Arrangements has acquired the FruitFlowers brand, including two company stores, all e-commerce operations and a portfolio of trademarks that includes Incredibly Edible Delites, FruitFlowers and fruitflowers.com. “We are thrilled to welcome the FruitFlowers team to the Edible Arrangements family,” said Rob Price, Edible Arrangements’ president. “The expertise they bring perfectly complements the Edible Arrangements brand and we expect their integration into our system to be seamless, with no disruption in services.” Founded by Susan Ellman and Ellen Davis as a cottage industry in their own kitchens in the mid-1980s, FruitFlowers has locations in Broomall, Pa., and Wilmington, Del., and ... |
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Mary Moore Demos at Atlanta Farmer's Market with Special Guests
Mary S. Moore, owner and CEO of The Cook’s Warehouse, was the guest chef this passed Saturday morning at the Morningside Farmer’s Market in Atlanta, where she featured two special guests. Sous chef Harald Wüsthof, scion of the German knife-making family and managing partner of the worldwide firm, appeared as part of Wüsthof’s 200th anniversary. Chef Moore demonstrated cooking with okra from Crystal Organic Farm, and distributed her recipes for the Okra Cakes and Okra Curry that she prepared. A front-row guest for many years at the cooking demonstrations at the farmer's market was Lee Wiggins, who was honored by Moore and ... |
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Davidson’s Celebrates 15 Years in Organic Teas
Davidson’s Organic Teas is celebrating 15 successful years as the first entirely organic tea company in the United States, offering teas free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and pesticides.The company was recently awarded the highly coveted NSF certification in food safety supplier audit, and continues to pave the way in the organic tea industry for the highest standards of food safety and processing. “It’s exciting. It allows us to take a moment to recognize our progress,” said Kunall D. Patel, who co-owns the company with Promilla Mohan. “From our family’s legacy of premium organic tea gardens in India to today, ... |
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U.K. Grocer Powers Store With Food Waste, Comes Off National Grid
Sainsbury’s store in Cannock, U.K., will be the first to disconnect from the grid, using electricity generated entirely by its own food waste.Using Biffa’s advanced anaerobic digestion facilities and a unique power link up, the store will be powered using electricity generated using food waste from Sainsbury’s stores across the U.K.This ground-breaking project helps close the loop on food recycling and Sainsbury’s, which as a company sends zero operational waste to landfills, the company reported.Here’s how it works. Any food waste that is unsuitable for charitable donations or animal feed is sent to anaerobic digestion at Biffa to be converted ... |
