As part of its second quarter earnings release, Whole Foods Market announced its plans to open a new chain of stores targeting millennial shoppers and offering lower prices as competition over natural and organic products from other chains increases.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) will appeal the April federal court ruling that denied the association’s motion to stop a Vermont law requiring the mandatory labeling of genetically modified food from going into effect.
The avian influenza outbreak that has devastated turkey flocks across the country, including suppliers to Jennie-O Turkey store, has forced the company to layoff employees at a Minnesota plant.
This week Nielsen announced its 12 US Breakthrough Innovation Winners for 2015 which included nine food and beverage products from big names such as PepsiCo, MillerCoors, Kellogg’s and Kraft Foods.
D.E Master Blenders 1753 B.V. and Mondel?z International, Inc. announced Tuesday they received conditional approval from the European Commission to combine their respective coffee businesses to create the pure-play coffee company Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE).
Dean Foods announced the launch of its national branded milk product “DairyPure”, a new label that combines its 31 regional products under one brand to strengthen the company and promote the quality of its product, according to the Associated Press. The company will use the new label in addition to its regional labels.
From Acesulfame K to Vanillin, these are just two of the more than 80 artificial ingredients Panera Bread says it plans to eliminate from its food by the end of 2016.
Vegan hot fudge from Seattle, Wagyu beef jerky from New Mexico, and Grilled Olives from central Italy, are just a few of the 125 products named as finalists in the 43rd annual Specialty Foods Association’s sofi—“Specialty Outstanding Food Innovation”—Awards which will honor the most outstanding specialty foods and beverages of 2015.
In one of General Mills’ latest efforts, the company announced Yoplait’s Original line of yogurts will now be made with 25 percent less sugar. The company first removed high fructose corn syrup and discontinued use of dairy with rBGH/rBST growth hormone in 2009.
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