The awards honor influential and innovative entrepreneurs who are transforming the specialty food industry
December 8, 2020
The Specialty Food Association (SFA) announced the winners of the 2021 Leadership Awards. Honoring influential and innovative entrepreneurs who are transforming the specialty food industry, the awards are presented in three categories: Business Leadership, Citizenship, and Vision.
PepsiCo, General Mills and Imperfect Foods honored during Food & Agribusiness Summit
December 4, 2020
Rabobank, a global food and agribusiness (F&A) bank, announced the recipients of its annual Rabobank North America Leadership Awards. The awards celebrate both large-scale F&A corporates and fast-growing emerging companies that are setting admirable examples of industry stewardship, sustainability and innovation across the region.
Orange juice brand unveils functional beverage featuring elderberry, Vitamin C, Vitamin D and zinc for immune support
November 4, 2020
Uncle Matt's Organic® launched Ultimate Immune Orange Juice Beverage, an immune support powerhouse made with organic orange juice, elderberry, 300% of your daily dose of Vitamin C, 50% Vitamin D and 25% Zinc for immune and wellness support.
One part of the story involves King & Prince Seafood Corp., Brunswick, Ga., and one of its most popular products, Lobster Sensations®. It’s a frozen, premixed blend of lobster and seafood for foodservice operations to easily and quick thaw, portion and serve. Yet back in 2018, King & Prince customers—including convenience stores, sandwich shops and in-store delis—said their employee teams still needed a little more help in the kitchen.
List of winners includes Hidden Valley Honey Mustard Flavor Packet, The Original Ranch Christmas Stocking and Zaxby’s Caribbean Jerk Sauce
October 20, 2020
The Association for Dressings & Sauces (ADS) awarded Oakland-based The Clorox Company as the winner of the Dressing of the Year Award for its Hidden Valley Honey Mustard Flavor Packet. The announcement was made during the ADS Technical Meeting “Face2Face” held virtually October 5-7.
Grand View data show North America as the largest regional kombucha market and the firm’s analysts divide the category into “original” and “flavored” segments. These analysts expect flavored kombucha to continue holding the leading market share and register the fastest CAGR of 21.8% during the 2020-2027 forecast period.
Last February saw foodservice distributing giant Sysco Corp. approve and start selling Tyson Crispy Thigh Wings. These are boneless, skinless, whole muscle chicken thigh portions uniquely cut to look and eat just bone-in wings. It’s all to give consumers the tender, juicy taste of wings they crave—but without the bones.
The well-known proverb used to be “if at first, you don’t succeed, try, try again.” As ascribed to Thomas Palmer, the phrase had everything to do with education and encouraging 19th century American school children.
2020 US BASES Top 25 Breakthrough Innovations List examines innovation and evolving consumer needs
October 7, 2020
As competition for consumer attention in-store and online intensifies, this year’s Breakthrough Innovations have won consumers’ hearts and minds through ingenuity, marketing savvy, and expert-level decision-making.
Here’s a twist on the dinnertime dilemma between parents and picky eaters. Want your kids to eat more vegetables? Just hand them a breadstick. Actually, that’s part of the magic behind B&G Foods’ new Green Giant Cauliflower Breadsticks, which made their freezercase debut in March 2020.