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Refrigerated and Frozen Foods
The conversation about frozen foods is changing, as consumer perceptions are on the rise, and the numbers are showing growth in the category after a number of years of decline, as evidenced in this new Frozen Foods Have Never Been Hotter Infographic, produced by the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Food Dive
Chef’d is collaborating with Walgreens to sell its meal kits at 30 Walgreens and Duane Reade stores in New York City. The expansion to the drug store chain is part of a larger partnership with Smithfield Foods to sell the meal kits at Costco, Weis Markets, Harris Teeter, Tops and Gelson's Markets. The meal kits can be found at certain locations in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Forest Hills and Yonkers as well as Hoboken and Jersey City in New Jersey.
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Eater
Health care, climate change, economic development and jobs are some of the major issues at the heart of current American politics. And there’s major legislation making its way through Congress right now that impacts all of these areas and every American who eats. Yet, most people know nothing about it.
The farm bill has flown under the radar for too long, with large agribusinesses and their lobbyists exercising an outsized influence on our nation’s food and farm policy while the rest of the country is left fighting for crumbs.
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USAgNet.com
The European Union is removing most cranberries from a list of American goods that will be targeted for tariffs, providing a major relief for a key industry in Wisconsin and Massachusetts.
The decision, confirmed by Representative Bill Keating of Bourne, Massachusetts, comes after a series of lobbying efforts to protect the Bay State's cranberry industry from the growing trade wars instigated by President Donald Trump, who campaigned in 2016 on protectionist trade policies.
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PRODUCT SHOWCASE
Food Business News
The success of Halo Top Creamery in the United States “was the surprise of last summer,” Mintel said. The company’s low-sugar, low-calorie, high-protein ice cream became the best-selling ice cream pint in the United States in July 2017, outselling such brands as Unilever and Nestle’s Dreyers brand.
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USAgNet.com
Michigan tart cherry production is forecast is 264.0 million pounds, 60 percent larger than the 2017 June cherry production forecast, according to the USDA, NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Despite reports of delayed bud burst due to cooler than normal April temperatures, growers are optimistic about the tart cherry crop. High temperatures in May promoted a quick bloom period, and no major damage has been reported thus far from weather, insects or disease.
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Food Navigator-usa
Wanting everything to be perfect when launching a new brand is understandable – but it is also a huge detriment that can delay the initial takeoff or hold back a product or company from reaching its full potential long-term, according to the CEO of ice cream company Coolhaus.
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Refrigerated and Frozen Foods
Organic Valley, La Farge, Wisconsin, launched Organic Valley Deli Meats, marking a move from the label of its Organic Prairie sister brand.
“Busy, health-conscious families want organic options for a quick lunch or snack,” says Ellie France, brand manager. “These are Organic Valley’s first branded meat products. And, we do it right — delicious offerings with no binders, fillers, carrageenan or added nitrates or nitrites.”
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