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Extra Virgin Alliance Plans Summer Olive Oil Tasting Seminar
The Extra Virgin Alliance (EVA) will sponsor an Olive Oil Tasting Seminar for buyers and culinary professionals two days before the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York. The intensive course is tailored to meet the needs of retail executives, category managers, buyers, culinary professionals and store employees, and will take place June 27 and 28 in advance of the Specialty Food Association’s Summer Fancy Food Show. The class is a practical, hands-on introduction to the world of olive oil, including fundamentals of olive oil tasting; recognizing defects and appreciating positive attributes; understanding olive oil testing; deciphering global quality and ... |
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Natural, Organic Producer Annie’s Acquires Snack Plant
Annie’s Inc., a leading natural and organic food company, has completed the acquisition of Safeway’s snack manufacturing plant in Joplin, Mo., which has been Annie’s primary manufacturer of cookie and cracker products since the inception of its snacks business in 2002. Annie’s Baking LLC, a subsidiary of Annie’s Inc., acquired the plant for $6 million, plus the actual cost of inventory and supplies on hand at closing. The acquisition was funded with approximately $7.4 million in cash on hand. Concurrent with the closing of the transaction, Annie’s Baking also entered into a supply agreement to produce products on behalf ... |
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Online Registration Opens for Summer NY NOW
Online registration for the summer 2014 edition of NY NOW, The Market for Home + Lifestyle, is now open at www.nynow.com/register. The market, which runs Aug. 16-20 at New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Passenger Ship Terminal’s Pier 94, is expected to feature 2,800 exhibitors and to attract some 33,000 attendees. “We’ve opened NY NOW attendee registration early to facilitate retailers’ summer market planning,” said Christian Falkenberg, NY NOW director and GLM senior vice president. “Our easy-to-use online system not only allows round-the-clock access, but also provides convenient pre-population of data for returning registrants. The system also has links ... |
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Radiant Orchid: Pantone Color of the Year
Radiant Orchid is the Pantone Color of the Year, according to Leatrice (Lee) Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute.“It’s a beautiful color,” she said. “The inspiration for it is a harmony of fuchsia and pink undertones, like a gorgeous sunset. It’s a hue that sparks the imagination. It is a magical, captivating and enigmatic color.”In her presentation at the International Home + Housewares Show, titled “New Harmonies: Changing Themes in Color/Design Trends,” Eiseman – who is also director of the Eiseman Center for Color Information and Training, and author of several books on color – said that Radiant ... |
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Starbucks and Oprah Winfrey Introduce Teavana Oprah Chai Tea
Starbucks and Oprah Winfrey have co-created Teavana Oprah Chai Tea, which will be available beginning April 29 at Starbucks and Teavana stores in the United States and Canada.As part of the collaboration, for each product sold, Starbucks will make a donation to the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy Foundation to benefit educational opportunities for youth.“With the introduction of Teavana Oprah Chai, we are going to elevate the tea experience in the same way we did for coffee,” said Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. “Partnering with Oprah Winfrey in the creation of this distinctive and remarkable tea is a strong next step forward ... |
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Keurig Pledges to Make K-Cups Recyclable by 2020
Keurig Green Mountain (KGM) announced ambitious new 2020 sustainability targets, focusing on three main practice areas – resilient supply chain, sustainable products, and thriving people and communities.One of its biggest goals is to make 100 percent of K-Cup packs recyclable by 2020, and achieve zero waste-to-landfill at owned and operated manufacturing and distribution facilities. Another stated goal is to reduce life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of brewed beverages by 25 percent vs. 2012 baseline.In its supply chain, KGM pledges to engage 1 million people in the company’s manufacturing and agriculture supply chains to significantly improve their livelihoods. The goal is to ... |
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Italian Kosher, Halal Delights to be Showcased at Cibus 2014
The 17th Cibus Food Fair will include new features that will transform the traditional international fair into a multichannel expo, open to the whole food industry, from producers to distributors. Cibus 2014, which will take place in Parma, Italy, May 5-8, will include a large variety of exhibitors from large food companies to medium and small food enterprises, and national and international distributors as well as retailers and duty-free companies. Also included will be producers of products made in Italy as well as trending organic, halal, kosher and gluten-free products.Between January and November 2013, the Italian market decreased by 2.1 ... |
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Millennials More Willing Than Boomers to Share Personal Info With Brands
While consumers overall are becoming increasingly protective of their personal information, millennials are much more prone to over-sharing relative to their baby boomer parents, according to new research by Mintel.Fully 60 percent of millennials would be willing to provide details about their personal preferences and habits to marketers, whereas baby boomers are much more protective of their personal information. Interestingly, even for the most private of information, at least 30 percent of millennials who first claimed they would not provide it said they would do so after receiving an incentive offer (i.e., a $10-off coupon toward their next purchase), whereas ... |
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Cronut Creator to Host sofi Awards at Summer Fancy Food Show
Dominique Ansel, an internationally acclaimed pastry chef and creator of the Cronut, a croissant-donut hybrid, will host the 42nd sofi Awards at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York. Ansel, owner of Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York, was voted one of Business Insider’s Most Innovative People Under 40 in 2013 and has been a James Beard Award finalist for Outstanding Pastry Chef in 2013 and 2014. He previously was executive pastry chef at Restaurant Daniel and was part of the team that won a three-star Michelin rating and garnered a four-star New York Times review. A native of ... |
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Mrs. Green’s Natural Market Plans Major Expansion
Mrs. Green’s Natural Market announced large-scale expansion plans for 2014. The neighborhood store plans to open more than 20 new locations this year across the Northeast and Midwest, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Alberta. Spring grand openings will include West Windsor, N.J., on March 28 and New Canaan, Conn., on April 11. Mrs. Green’s plans to open additional stores in New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Virginia and Washington, D.C., this year. “Mrs. Green’s Natural Market is based upon the idea that good food is both good for you and good for the environment,” said CEO Robin S. Michel. ... |
