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Dallas Gourmet Gold Housewares Awards Judging Panel Announced
The Dallas Gourmet Gold Housewares Awards, sponsored by Gourmet Insider magazine, recognizes exceptional manufacturers in the housewares industry exhibiting at Dallas Market Center. Housewares products have expanded dramatically at Dallas Market Center, with more than 300 housewares product lines now featured throughout the entire marketplace, including the housewares neighborhood in the Trade Mart. The judges are: · Dotty Griffith, the former Dallas Morning News restaurant critic, is an expert on Texas culinary traditions and innovations as well as a cookbook author. · Jeffrey Kollinger, culinary entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in culinary design, event creation, and catering management. He currently serves as the CEO of ... |
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GC Buying Group Ready for January Markets
Dallas, January 2018 marks Gourmet Catalog and Buying Group’s 37th year in business and the Group is eager to celebrate alongside stores and vendors, giving attendants first exposure to surprise announcements during the 15th annual Start the Year Member Conference. This member exclusive conference will be held January 10 and 11 at AmericasMart Atlanta and is expected to be the best member event and vendor showcase to date. As the original and leading buying group for housewares, Gourmet Catalog is constantly working to amplify the member’s conference experience by offering best in class networking and learning opportunities. ... |
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SFA Names Front Burner Competition Contestan
The Specialty Food Association has selected the three SFA members who will vie for top honors at the Front Burner Foodservice Pitch competition, taking place Monday, Jan. 22, from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. The finalists were chosen from a pool of applicants by members of the SFA Foodservice Council who voted on criteria including foodservice appeal, differentiation, and product innovation. Contestants include Chitra Agrawal of Brooklyn Delhi who will pitch Tomato Achaar; Gerard Bozoghlian of Gardel’s Fine Foods who will pitch Gardel’s Chimichurri Autentico, and Daron Fitch of Food Specialties Trading/De Nigris who will pitch Modena ... |
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Kenny Family ShopRites to give $150,000 in Employee Bonuses After Tax Bill
WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Delaware Supermarkets Inc. is handing out $150 bonuses to 1,000 non-management and union-represented employees as a result of the recent tax reform bill being signed into law. The bonus is in addition to holiday and performance bonuses. The Wilmington, Delaware-based company, which owns six ShopRite supermarkets in New Castle County, Delaware, will also invest $150,000 into employee training and development programs. The company, locally known as Kenny Family ShopRites, is following in the footsteps of such large corporations as AT&T, Boeing and Comcast. "Our ability to provide bonuses and training to our employees demonstrates ... |
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John C. Portman Jr. Passes Away
ATLANTA – January 2, 2018 – John C. Portman, Jr., one of Atlanta’s greatest champions, died December 29, 2017 at the age of 93. As an architect, real estate developer, entrepreneur, artist and altruist, Portman had a dramatic impact on Atlanta's success and growth as a major international city and similar impact on other major cities throughout the world. He is internationally recognized for significant urban mixed-use complexes wherein his understanding of people and their response to space translates into enhanced environments and award-winning architecture. For Portman, design decisions were always rooted in the interpretation of basic human needs. Portman believed ... |
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‘Tis The Season For Shopping….And Planning! NY NOW® Winter Market Spotlights Gift Trends
WHITE PLAINS, NY. — December 20, 2017 — As the 2017 holiday season wraps up, buyers looking to restock their store shelves in 2018 can find all of their gifting product needs at NY NOW®, the Market for Home, Lifestyle + Gift. This February 4-7, 2018, explore thousands of products from hundreds of exhibitors in the Gift section of NY NOW, which can be found within the LIFESTYLE Collection on Level 1 of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. NY NOW’s Gift section consists of more than 400 exhibitors that will showcase everything needed to mark special occasions including ... |
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Ardent Mills and the National FFA Organization Announce National Partnership
DENVER, Dec. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Denver-based Ardent Mills, the premier flour-milling and ingredient company, today announced its three-star partnership with the National FFA Organization, formerly known as Future Farmers of America. As a three-star partner, Ardent Mills will provide monetary support to FFA at the national level, supporting the Living to Serve platform. The Living to Serve platform empowers every student in every classroom to make a positive impact in their community. FFA provides quality programs, resources, recognition and opportunities for members to put leadership into action through service engagement. The partnership will also make connections to local FFA ... |
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American Made Hydrox® Cookies Set New Trend in Clean Label Foods
LEAF® Brands, maker of Hydrox® Cookies continues to gain market share throughout the US as more consumers, foodservice providers, and commercial customers demand cleaner ingredients and choose Hydrox® new non-GMO/clean label formula as their favorite cookie. NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Dec. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- LEAF® Brands, maker of Hydrox® Cookies, the "original sandwich cookie," continues to gain market share throughout the US as more consumers, foodservice providers, and commercial customers demand cleaner ingredients and choose Hydrox® new non-GMO/clean label formula as their favorite cookie. As the major movement toward higher quality foods continue to grow within all aspects of the food industry, Leaf® Brands finds itself in an ideal situation. "Many ... |
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Ambiente To Feature From Point of Sale to Point of Experience
The future of the retail trade is digital – among other things! There is a demand for convenience. But whereas nowadays we can find convenience on the web in the form of search engines, diversity and delivery speed, the potential of tomorrow’s convenience will be far more dynamic and will be found in high street shops. The success of a retail store has always lived on unique selling points. To stand out from the crowd, an individual retailer needs to offer something that others can’t match. Right now this is an area where online trading can capitalise on several strengths ... |
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Lifetime Brands to Acquire Filament Brands
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. & SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lifetime Brands, Inc. (NasdaqGS:LCUT) (“Lifetime” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of branded kitchenware, tableware and other products used in the home, and Filament Brands (“Filament”), an established, category leader and innovator in the housewares industry, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Lifetime will acquire Filament, a portfolio company of Centre Partners, a leading middle market private equity firm, in a cash and stock transaction. Based upon the closing price of Lifetime common stock on December 21, 2017, the transaction values Filament at an enterprise value of approximately ... |
