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Top 10 Natural, Organic Trends Include Man Food, Chewy Drinks
Sterling-Rice Group, a brand strategy and communications company, has identified the top 10 natural and organic food trends that will influence mainstream grocery shelves soon:1. Wholesome Foods Just for Men: Manly yogurt and jerky-fruit bars? Male-oriented health foods, with an emphasis on food-as-fuel, are on the rise.2. Higher-Order Benefits: Brands move away from functional benefits (like weight loss and immunity) and go loftier, promising clarity, calm, inner peace and bliss.3. Greens Leave the Salad Bowl: Power-packed greens like kale and arugula are becoming familiar to the mainstream, so they are expanding their reach, bringing health benefits to teas, snacks and sweets.4. ... |
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Vietri Opens New Boutique in Belk Department Store
Vietri Inc., the largest American importer of fine Italian handcrafted dinnerware, flatware, glassware, linens and garden and decorative accessories, has opened its second Vietri Boutique at a Belk department store in SouthPark Mall in Charlotte, N.C.The boutique will showcase the largest selection of Vietri products in the area, including tabletop collections, garden, home and wall décor. “We began our partnership with Belk over a decade ago. As Vietri is based in Hillsborough, N.C., we are pleased to have such a long-standing relationship with another North Carolina-based company, and such a reputable one at that,” said Susan Gravely, Vietri founder and ... |
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sofi Award Winners Announced at Summer Fancy Food Show
The winners of the 41st sofi Awards for the outstanding specialty foods and beverages of the year were announced last night at the Summer Fancy Food Show at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.The awards (sofi stands for Specialty Outstanding Food Innovation), from the Specialty Food Association, were presented at a red-carpet ceremony hosted by internationally-acclaimed chef Marcus Samuelsson. This year’s contest was the largest in its 41-year history, with specialty food makers submitting 2,573 products across all 32 awards categories.This spring, a national panel of specialty-food professionals convened over eight days to taste and evaluate all entries ... |
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Independent Gourmet Retailers Embrace QWIQQ Social Selling Program
Dallas-based QWIQQ has entered into an agreement with Gourmet Catalog & Buying Group, the leading and original buying group in the housewares industry, offering its location-based social selling platform and services to more than 300 independent gourmet retailers nationwide.“Likes are great. But selling stuff rocks. We call it 'enhanced social engagement,' and we are thrilled to work with President and Founder Janis Johnson of Gourmet Catalog & Buying Group,” said Jack Wrigley, co-founder of QWIQQ, the leader in social-local-mobile (SoLoMo) commerce helping small businesses sell more socially.QWIQQ plans to help connect Gourmet Catalog store members with its specialty app designed ... |
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EveryWare Global Acquires U.K. Housewares Business
EveryWare Global Inc., a U.S.-based leader in the consumer tabletop and foodservice markets under the Anchor Hocking and Oneida brands, has acquired the George Wilkinson and Samuel Groves business units of Metalrax Housewares, a maker and provider of metal bakeware, cooking utensils and catering supplies based in the United Kingdom. George Wilkinson and Samuel Groves are designers, manufacturers and distributors of branded and private-label retail bakeware, retail kitchenware and catering supplies to major U.K.-based retailers and foodservice operators. The acquisition brings a broad portfolio of brands, including Mermaid, Great British Bakeware, Le Buffet, Longlife, ecoChef and RTA. “The acquisition of ... |
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KitchenAid, SodaStream Team on Soda Maker
KitchenAid, a leading maker of premium kitchen appliances and culinary tools, and SodaStream International Ltd., the leading manufacturer and distributor of home beverage carbonation systems, plan to introduce a jointly developed home carbonation system to the KitchenAid portfolio. The soda maker is expected to be available at retail in the fourth quarter of 2013. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We are excited to expand our KitchenAid family of products and enter the growing category of home carbonation,” said David Elliott, general manager of KitchenAid small appliances. “Working with SodaStream brings together their best-in-class technology with our stylish ... |
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Lifetime Brands Appoints New President
Lifetime Brands Inc., a leading global provider of branded kitchenware, tabletop and other products used in the home, has appointed Daniel T. Siegel as president of the company. Since joining the company in 1992, Siegel has held various positions including senior vice president-sales and, most recently, executive vice president. He also serves on the boards of directors of Grupo Vasconia SAB, Lifetime’s 30 percent-owned partner company in Mexico; and GS Internacional SA, the company’s 40 percent-owned partner company in Brazil. “Dan has made many significant contributions to Lifetime,” said Jeffrey Siegel, Lifetime’s chairman and chief executive officer. “He repeatedly has ... |
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Long Grove Confectionery Sold
Baldi Candy Co., which does business as Arway Confections Inc. in Chicago, has reached an agreement to purchase the business and real estate of Long Grove Confectionery Co. (LGC) of Buffalo Grove, Ill. Arway Confections, a 63-year-old family-owned business, plans to retain the Long Grove Confectionery name and employees, including David Mangel, LGC’s vice president, who will play an active role in sales and product development, and Dwayne Hallan, director of operations. The combined entity will use both the existing 75,000-square-foot Arway manufacturing facility in Chicago as well as the newly acquired 85,000-square-foot LGC facility in Buffalo Grove. LGC’s retail ... |
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Rubel to Keynote First Farm to Table International Symposium
Gardener and award-winning agricultural writer William Rubel will be the keynote speaker at the first Farm to Table International Symposium (F2Ti), which will take place Aug. 2-4 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. F2Ti, produced in partnership with the SoFAB Institute, will feature the thought leaders and practitioners in the burgeoning farm-to-table movement and will explore the cultivation, distribution, and consumption of food and drink sourced locally to globally. Rubel is the author of “The Magic of Fire: Hearth Cooking: One Hundred Recipes for Fireplace and Campfire” and “Bread: A Global History.” Rubel writes on small-scale ... |
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Amazon Expands AmazonFresh Grocery Service to Los Angeles
Amazon has expanded its AmazonFresh grocery delivery service to a second test market on the West Coast. After testing the program for six years in Seattle, Amazon is expanding same-day delivery service on fresh and packaged foods to Los Angeles.AmazonPrime customers in several Los Angeles zip codes can receive a free, 90-day trial of same-day and early-morning delivery on 500,000 items, some of which are sourced products from local shops and restaurants, according to The Seattle Times. After 90 days, customers will be invited to upgrade from a regular $79-a-year Prime membership to a new tier called Prime Fresh, which ... |
