The new line of soups pushes Garden Fresh Gourmet® into a new category.

Campbell Soup's announced the acquisition of Garden Fresh Gourmet—a Ferndale, Michigan-based marketer of refrigerated salsa, hummus, and dips—reflects an industry-wide shift among food manufacturing giants to the fresher, livelier supermarket perimeter and to natural/organic products.

Campbell Soup Company announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets and business of Garden Fresh Gourmet for $231 million. Garden Fresh Gourmet is the No. 1 branded refrigerated salsa in the U.S. and also makes hummus, dips and tortilla chips.