Local company works with global powerhouse to create healthy solutions
October 30, 2014
Origin Food Group has long fostered strong partnerships with dairy farmers to help grow the economy through the use of the highest-quality ingredients. Origin knows firsthand what it takes to build successful brands and deliver creative, useful products.
Former Boulder Soup Works brand enters new era with name change, new facility, expanded offerings on the horizon
October 29, 2014
The popular Boulder Soup Works brand has a new label, and a new shingle…the company announced that it has changed its name to Boulder Organic!, and relocated to a new 23,500 sq. foot manufacturing facility in Boulder County.
New variety is result from 2014 "Do Us A Flavor" Contest
October 28, 2014
Following nearly three months of competition, Lay's potato chips – one of the marquee brands from PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division – today announced Lay's Kettle Cooked Wasabi Ginger flavored potato chips as the winner of this year's Lay's "Do Us A Flavor" contest.
The competition encourages innovation in four categories within the global food system
October 27, 2014
The Food Lab at UT, which recently launched an early-stage business startup competition, the Food Lab Challenge Prize, received more than 120 registrants for its first-time event.
Mars, Incorporated was recognized as one of the World's Best Multinational Workplaces by Great Place to Work®, being ranked 22 on a list of 25 companies. The ranking is the world's largest annual study of workplace excellence, identifying the top 25 best multinationals in terms of workplace culture.
The respondents rated settlement using smartphones, table-top systems and traditional methods
October 24, 2014
As the U.S. restaurant industry gradually rolls out guest-operated payment technology, a Cornell study finds that restaurant guests are enthusiastically ready to use smartphones and table-top tablets to pay their bill.
Hain Celestial raises awareness of Seed Savers Exchange's mission with two new flavors
October 23, 2014
The two new flavors are made from vegetables whose varieties are part of the collection at Seed Savers Exchange, a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds and plants.
53 organizations agree that USDA should not allow farmed fish at sea to be labeled "organic"
October 23, 2014
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) released a comprehensive, scientific report detailing why ocean-based aquaculture (fish farming) can never be certified organic.
Barkaat to use capital to expand existing operations and develop new product lines
October 23, 2014
Barkaat Foods, a Chicago-based, Zabiha Halal protein processor, recently announced that it secured a Shariah-compliant credit facility from FirstMerit Corporation (FirstMerit) and Prairie Street Capital with the help of Sikich Investment Banking (Shariah law is the moral code and religious law of Islam). Barkaat will use this capital to expand its existing operations and develop new product lines. Barkaat expects to double its current staff of 40 people in the next year.
The partnership is designed to drive efficiencies, increase capacity and quality of specialty oils and fats
October 16, 2014
At the heart of the partnership is the shared responsibility of accelerating sustainable market transformation for Palm Oil. The partnership was signed at Unilever’s Partner to Win Summit in Wembley, London (UK).