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Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. announced the launch of Campbell’s® Fresh-Brewed Soup®, in partnership with Campbell Soup Company, available for purchase on Keurig.com.

The Soupman will also be on hand at Kroger Headquarters in Cincinnati on October 23rd to ladle up soup to celebrate the national roll-out of Soupman soups in Kroger stores.

Campbell Soup Company provided an update on the company's key strategic imperatives. Led by President and Chief Executive Officer Denise Morrison, executives outlined important actions the company is taking to reshape Campbell and improve its growth trajectory by strengthening its core business and expanding into faster-growing spaces. This includes Campbell’s plans to change many of its recipes, to build stronger connections with consumers and to increase the company’s focus on faster-growing categories, such as health and well-being and developing markets.

Happy Planet launched a line of Grab & Go fresh soups, which are all-natural, gluten-free and come in a convenient single-serve microwavable container.

Back to Nature's new artisanal soups are made with ancient grains and have non-GMO Project Verification.

Editor’s note: Prepared Foods talks with Jeff Wirtz, corporate executive chef at Blount Fine Foods, a Fall River, Mass., processor of fresh and frozen soups, sides, sauces and entrees.

What’s the recipe for success for soup and side dish manufacturers? Some of the ingredients already are there: more consumers are eating at home and they don’t want to cook from scratch.

The company will also discuss a major new cost reduction initiative and a significant initiative to simplify its organization structure in order to improve its agility in the marketplace. Campbell expects these steps to generate annual cost savings of at least $200 million over a three-year period.

Campbell Soup Company is giving people who choose to eat organic products even more choices this winter with the launch of Campbell’s Organic, a line of six, premium, ready-to-eat soups made with USDA certified organic ingredients.