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National Bulk Foods Week
Portland, Ore. – June 16, 2015 – The Bulk is Green Council (BIG), the leading organization dedicated to educating shoppers on the economical and environmental benefits of shopping the bulk aisles, has launched its retailer recruitment for the fifth annual National Bulk Foods Week. The celebration is scheduled for October 11-17 in the bulk aisles of grocery stores and natural food co-ops across the nation. National Bulk Foods Week represents the organization’s highest-profile initiative, and the growing number of participating retailers each year – last year more than 1,400 retailers took part – points to the growing trend of shopping the bulk bins. “Our annual ...

Beretta Farms Launches Organic Hot Dogs
TORONTO, June 23, 2015 – Just in time for grilling season, Beretta Farms is launching their new line of organic beef, turkey and chicken hot dogs in addition to their collection of premium meat products. Beretta’s new line of summer grilling favourites is certified organic, gluten-free and nitrate-free. Unlike average hot dogs, Beretta’s contain no nitrates, other than those naturally occurring in cultured celery juice. As with all of their products, Beretta’s hot dogs are made from exclusively Canadian-reared animals all raised without the use of antibiotics or hormones. Beretta has taken the guesswork out of hot dogs, providing consumers with an ...

Atalanta Unveils New Packaging for Celebrity Goat Cheese
Elizabeth, NJ – Atalanta Corporation announces the unveiling of a new design in its product packaging for Celebrity, its Canadian goat’s milk line. The initial run of the new packages will be presented at the Specialty Food Association’s Summer Fancy Food Show later this month. The development of the fresh new look reflects Atalanta’s commitment to build strong consumer brands, create consumer awareness and drive sales. After months of exploration and consumer research, the unanimous choice to effectively market. Celebrity to its targeted demographic is the packaging design with the sunglass-wearing spokes-goat. “The new identity ensures three things for this ...

Comte Offers New Videos on Website
The Comté Cheese Association has just released a new series of videos! The “Comté Cheesemonger” series—including How to Cut Comté, How to Wrap & Store Comté, andHow to Taste Comté—features expert instruction and valuable tips from cheesemonger David Robinson of Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge, MA for cutting, wrapping, storing and tasting Comté. From how to break down a whole wheel, to tips for storing Comté at both the store level and at home, to properly tasting Comté, these videos provide important advice for both members of the trade and for consumers. The videos are an excellent tool for promotions, staff training, ...

Temple Grandin To Give Keynote at Farm-to-Table
NEW ORLEANS - Dr. Temple Grandin will deliver the keynote address at the Farm to Table International Conference onSunday, August 9, at 3:30 p.m. at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Grandin is an American professor of animal science at Colorado State University, a best-selling author, an autistic activist, and a consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior. She also invented the “hug box,” a device to calm those on the autism spectrum. Grandin is a prominent and widely cited proponent for animal welfare. She has lectured widely about her first-hand experiences of the anxiety of feeling threatened by everything ...

Specialty Foods Honors Industry pioneers
NEW YORK (June 17, 2015) – The specialty food industry is flourishing. Sales are at a record high of $109 billion and account for nearly 15 percent of all U.S. retail food sales. It is an industry that hardly existed 50 years ago. Today's impressive performance is the result of the hard work and foresight of industry pioneers who decades ago saw an opportunity to elevate the culture of food in the U.S. and stepped in to make it happen. To honor these individuals, the Specialty Food Association is presenting its 2015 Lifetime Achievement Awards to eight trendsetters who helped ...

Michigan Good Food Fund Launches
LANSING, Mich., June 9, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Michigan Good Food Fund—a new public-private partnership loan and grant fund created to address lack of healthy food access in rural and urban communities alike by supporting good food entrepreneurs across the state—launches today. The Michigan Good Food Fund addresses the significant need for healthy food access in rural and urban communities alike. While Michigan is the second most agriculturally diverse state in the nation with food and agriculture contributing $101.2 billion annually to the state's economy, more than 1.8 million Michigan residents—including 300,000 children—live in lower-income communities with limited healthy food access. The ...

Pittsburgh Becomes Picklesburgh
Downtown Picklesburgh, PA – Did you know that Americans consume 26 billion pickles a year, which equals nine pounds of pickles per person? Whether you are among the many pickle fanatics or just simply pickle curious, you’ll want to make the trip to Picklesburgh, a new annual free festival that celebrates pickling in all of its glorious incarnations. For two days in July, the Rachel Carson Bridge in Downtown Pittsburgh will transform into Picklesburgh, highlighted by a giant flying Heinz pickle balloon, custom built by a team that also crafts balloons for Disney and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. The event ...

Valor Chocolate Joins Liberty Richter
Bloomfield, NJ, May 19, 2015 – Liberty Richter, a division of World Finer Foods, a leading supplier of specialty food, beverage and personal care products from around the U.S. and the world, is pleased to announce today the addition of Valor Chocolates to the Company’s comprehensive assortment of premium products. For more than 130 years (since 1881), Valor Chocolates based in Spain has crafted some of the most exquisite chocolates and bonbons, using the finest cocoa beans from various parts of the globe including Ecuador, Panama and Ghana. The master chocolatier has been honored with accolades such as the “2011 European ...

Atalanta Opens New West Coast Warehouse
Elizabeth, NJ - The Gellert Global Group has announced the opening of their new 204,000 square foot warehouse located in Carson, California. The Group consists of leading North American food importing companies and has been involved in importing food products for nearly 100 years. Andy Gellert, President of Gellert Global Group, remarked on the recent expansion, “The new space is a great opportunity to increase our presence on the West Coast and become more productive and efficient, in order to better serve our customers and suppliers.” The Group supplies the needs of retailers, distributors, foodservice chains, hotels, cruise lines, and ...

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