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Award-Winning Gourmet Market Plans Another Opening
Epicure Gourmet Market & Café, an award-winning specialty retail concept with stores in Miami Beach and Sunny Isles Beach Fla., will soon occupy the lower level of Gables Ponce, a mixed-use project at the corner of one of the busiest thoroughfares in Coral Gables, Fla. The 24,000-square-foot gourmet grocery and restaurant will open in October, offering a high-quality, eclectic mix of groceries, fine wines, teas and specialty foods. “Gables Urban is thrilled to welcome Epicure Gourmet Market & Café to Gables Ponce,” said Darin Botelho, vice president of retail for Gables Urban. “The tradition of this market is sure to ... |
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Talin Market Prepares Second Santa Fe Store
Talin Market World Food Fare in Santa Fe, N.M., will open its second store in February. The new store, in Luna, will be approximately 5,000 square feet and will offer Northern New Mexicans easier access to exotic food ingredients from all over the world. In addition, the store will provide a selection of tropical and Asian produce, fresh meat and seafood, eclectic gifts and housewares, and a Japanese-style ramen bar. The Santa Fe location will employ approximately 20 team members. “Santa Fe-ans have been some of our most loyal customers for decades,” said Victor Limary, Talin Market’s director of operations. ... |
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IMUSA Launches Redesigned Website
IMUSA, a leading ethnic housewares brand, announced that the brand’s new website, www.imusausa.com, is now live and features enhanced opportunities for customer engagement, such as social sharing options and chef-led tutorials. “IMUSA and technology have grown tremendously since our last website redesign,” said Manny Gaunaurd, president, who noted “80 percent of shoppers are now digitally engaged with brands in some way. With our new site, IMUSA will continue to be at the forefront of consumer engagement.” “The new website sports a very clean, contemporary, open feeling,” said Rachel Gutierrez, IMUSA marketing manager, who led the project. “Features such as ... |
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Yankee Candle Releases Spring Scents
The Yankee Candle Co. Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of premium scented candles, announced the launch of five new Yankee Candle fragrances and six new fragrances in its contemporary Pure Radiance line for the spring. Inspired by memories of vacations, Yankee Candle introduced fresh beach scents and exotic fruits to brighten the home and create a tranquil experience. These new fragrances are available at more than 564 Yankee Candle retail stores, www.yankeecandle.com and select specialty retailers and gift shops. “Our goal when developing new products is to take our customers to that special place or evoke a special memory through ... |
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Top Food Trends Spotted at the Winter Fancy Food Show
The top food trends for 2013 have been picked by a panel of trendspotters at the 38th Winter Fancy Food Show, which ended yesterday in San Francisco. The show is the largest marketplace for specialty foods and beverages on the West Coast, with 80,000 products on display including cheeses, snacks, olive oils, vinegars, chocolate, and natural and organic products from the U.S. and 35 countries and regions. The foods and beverages on display provided a glimpse at some of the flavor and ingredient trends coming in 2013. Savory and spicy flavors in unexpected places seem to be the themes at ... |
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Di Bruno Bros. Cheese Shop Debuts at Giant Food Stores
Giant Food Stores, in partnership with Philadelphia food icon Di Bruno Bros., this week is opening a brand-new cheese and specialty food shop inside its grocery store in Camp Hill, Pa. To mark the occasion, the store will host an official Parmigiano Reggiano cracking on Jan. 24 at 11 a.m. “We are thrilled to welcome the celebrated Di Bruno Bros. to our Camp Hill Super Store,” said Rick Herring, president of Giant Food Stores, the 200-store operator based in Carlisle, Pa. “By partnering with Di Bruno Bros., we’ll be introducing our customers to an amazing variety of high-quality, innovative specialty ... |
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Starbucks Campaign Aims to Win Over Light Roast Coffee Drinkers
Starbucks Coffee Co. said it aims to grow its share of the 40 percent of U.S. coffee drinkers who prefer lighter roasts by using a cross-channel campaign to win them over to Starbucks Blonde Roast. The coffeehouse has kicked off an extensive cross-channel sampling and sharing campaign featuring millions of offers for a free tall (12-ounce) cup of Starbucks Blonde Roast or Vanilla Blonde, and $1 off any Starbucks packaged coffee or Starbucks K-Cup packs in retail stores and where customers buy groceries. “Starbucks Blonde Roast is a new roast curve for Starbucks that celebrates our coffee heritage and roasting ... |
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Prepara Takes Sales and Distribution In-House
Prepara, known for its elegant and innovative kitchen tools and accessories, has just discontinued its relationship with Harold Import Co., and is taking all sales and distribution activities in-house. “Harold Import Co. has done a great job for us over the years with gourmet stores and specialty retailers,” explained Dean Chapman, president and CEO of Prepara. “However, due to our recent rapid expansion, we have been putting more and more efforts into developing our own rep group force under the guidance of our vice president of sales, Russ Johnson.”Prepara has been bringing designed products for the healthy cook into the housewares ... |
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Upfront Foods Hires Sales and Marketing Firm
Upfront Foods has retained Sunrise Brand Management Specialists LLC to handle the national and regional sales and marketing of its single-serving, kosher, non-GMO granola.Sunrise Brand Management Specialists will be handling the day-to-day contact with distributors, brokers and retailers to increase market penetration, said Gigi Twist, Upfront Foods’ founder. “We have had excellent response to our flagship product, Upfront Nutty Granola, and now is the right time to strengthen our sales team so we can be as responsive as possible to our customers’ needs, particularly as we look to add new products to our line of gourmet granola,” Twist said. Upfront ... |
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Lifetime Brands Acquires Fred & Friends Housewares Brand
Lifetime Brands Inc., a global provider of branded housewares products, has acquired the business and certain assets of Easy Aces Inc., which operates under the name Fred & Friends (F&F) and designs and markets novelty housewares and other products under the Fred brand. Fred products include innovative and fun kitchen tools, tabletop accessories, party goods, personal accessories and desk and tech products. Fred products are primarily distributed through independent specialty stores, selected major retailers and small chains, primarily in the United States and Canada. Jeffrey Siegel, Lifetime’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, commented in a prepared statement that “Lifetime’s ... |
