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Homepage News Launches Third Annual Insight Trend Index
ROSEMONT, IL (November 19, 2025)– The new era of at-home entertaining comes to life in the first edition of the annual HomePage News InSight Trend Index, a digital portfolio published today on HomePageNews.com, a service of the International Housewares Association (IHA). InSight – which is now entering its third year – sheds light on key lifestyle trends that will feed home and housewares demand in the coming year and beyond. InSight explores both emerging and enduring trends, bringing products, data and expert perspectives together into a comprehensive quarterly report that delivers actionable trend guidance. Featured products are sourced from leading trade ... |
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Marin French Cheese Co. Earns Top Honors at the 2025 World Cheese Awards
Petaluma, California (November 21, 2025)— Marin French Cheese Co., the country’s oldest cheese company, is honored to wrap its 160th year of artisan cheesemaking with the announcement of its outstanding honors at the World Cheese Awards 2025. Founded in 1865, Marin French Cheese Co. is a pioneer of California and American cheesemaking, rooted in a legacy that spans more than a century and a half. Today, the Northern California creamery marries its historic, time-tested recipes with modern craft, creativity, and terroir-driven innovation. Using fresh local milk and California’s unique coastal influences, Marin French Cheese Co. produces award-winning original cheeses, including ... |
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Bradshaw Home Announces Opening of Tampa-based Innovation and Experience Center
Rancho Cucamonga, California (December 3, 2025) — Bradshaw Home, a leading designer and marketer of kitchenware, cookware, bakeware, food storage and cleaning products — with owned brands, including GoodCook®, Casabella®, Evercare®, and RhinoStrength®, as well as licensed brands, including Clorox®, Mr. Clean®, Dawn® — yesterday celebrated the official opening of its new Tampa-based Innovation and Experience Center. The 16,000 square foot facility, located in South Tampa FL, will serve as a multifunctional hub for product design, product testing and enhanced partner collaboration. “The Bradshaw Home Innovation and Experience Center was designed to enrich product ideation and deepen retailer partnerships by providing a compelling window into our product innovation ... |
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Talents celebrate an anniversary at Ambiente: 25 years of fresh design and new perspectives
Frankfurt am Main, November 2025– What drives young design? Which approaches will shape designs in the future? And which names should we definitely remember? Since 2001, the Talentsprogramme has been promoting young international designers and providing valuable insights into relevant developments and newcomers. To mark its 25th anniversary, Messe Frankfurt is bringing together the works of former Talents, now internationally established designers, as well as emerging new participants in an interdisciplinary future lab. The special presentation will be presented at Ambiente, from 6 to 10 February 2026, in Hall 3.1. What solutions do contemporary designers offer for the challenges of ... |
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Time to Exhale: Cocoa Tariffs Removed!
November 25, 2025 Time to Exhale: Cocoa Tariffs Removed! The Fine Chocolate Industry Association (FCIA) is pleased that tariffs on cocoa have been removed, as of November 13, 2025. The Trump administration removed tariffs on cocoa, coffee, and dozens of other imported foods and commodities. Most of these foods, as with cocoa, either cannot be grown in the United States, or are unable to be grown in sufficient quantities to meet demand, necessitating their importation. This limitation left both businesses and consumers with no alternative but to pay the tariff, go without these foods, or reformulate their products to use ... |
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Walmart Tops List of Winners of PLMA’s annual Salute to Excellence Awards®
NEW YORK (November 16, 2025) - Walmart once again tops the list of winners of PLMA’s annual Salute to Excellence Awards®. The retailer received 15 awards across multiple categories for its Vibrant Life™, Parent's Choice™, bettergoods™, Marketside®, Great Value™ and Equate™ store brands. Albertsons, CVS Pharmacy, Lidl, Sam’s Club, Topco Associates and Whole Foods Market are among other companies winning multiple awards. PLMA’s annual Salute to Excellence Awards® program recognizes outstanding food and nonfood products introduced within the last year by supermarkets, drug stores, mass merchandisers, convenience stores, online retailers, wholesalers and more. Submissions were sampled and evaluated by a panel ... |
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Hestan Culinary Announced As Partner of the Michelin Guide Ceremony Northeast Cities 2025
NAPA VALLEY, Calif. (November 18, 2025) – Hestan Culinary, the premium cookware brand designed with thoughtful innovation and meticulous craftsmanship for a lifetime of high-quality performance, today proudly announces its partnership with the MICHELIN Guide as a partner of the MICHELIN Guide Northeast Cities Ceremony for 2025. This partnership blends the world’s most innovative cookware with one of the world’s most celebrated institutions. Beloved by MICHELIN Star awarded restaurants, professional chefs and home cooks alike, Hestan Culinary is proud to be a part of such a prominent event in the culinary space. The new partnership will be announced and celebrated at the MICHELIN Guide ... |
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Westfield Egg Farm Expands Operations with New Lebanon Facility
New Holland, PA — _[November 13, 2025] — Westfield Egg Farm is excited to announce the opening of a second egg processing facility at 440 Shaeffer Road in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. This expansion marks a major step forward in the company’s mission to support small family farms and build meaningful connections through farm-to-table products. “At Westfield, people are truly at the heart of everything we do,” said Dan Hammarberg, HR Manager. “As we prepare to open our new Lebanon facility, we’re excited not just about growth, but about what that growth means for our team and community. It creates opportunities for new ... |
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Ankarsrum® Kitchen Appoints Fredrik Berg as New CEO to Drive International Growth
VÄSTERVIK, SWEDEN– Ankarsrum Kitchen AB has named Fredrik Berg as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective November 4, 2025. With extensive experience leading premium consumer brands, Berg will guide the company’s continued global expansion and strengthen its position in international markets. Fredrik Berg joins Ankarsrum Kitchen from his most recent role as CEO of F&H Group Sweden. He has previously held senior leadership positions at Rosendahl Design Group and Georg Jensen, where he successfully expanded international sales and built new markets across retail, e-commerce, and distribution channels. “We are very pleased to welcome Fredrik to Ankarsrum Kitchen. His international growth experience ... |
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Rouses Markets To Acquire 10 Winn-Dixie Stores
Rouses Markets has entered into an agreement to acquire 10 Winn-Dixie locations in Louisiana and Mississippi from Southeastern Grocers, parent company of Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket, with the changeover expected to be complete in early 2026. “We are proud to welcome these stores, their team members and their customers into the Rouses Markets family,” said Donny Rouse Jr., third-generation CEO. “These locations in New Orleans East, Destrehan, Franklinton, Gramercy and Central, Louisiana, and Hattiesburg, Mississippi, are all areas we have looked at for a long time. “We are also strengthening our presence in Marrero, Covington, Mandeville and Kenner, which continue to ... |
