The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) in the US has urged Congress to pass the bipartisan bill that will create a labelling standard for foods with genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling ...
McLanahan’s grocery store is located in Jamaica Junction or Chromic Town and it is here where the rise of electronic cigarettes is quite evident. The grocery store displays popular electronic cigarettes and a multitude of accessories ...
Tags: Electronic Cigarettes, Cigarettes
US-based Baristas Coffee Company has completed development on their retail grocery product line of single serve K-Cups, a plastic container with a coffee filter inside. Initially, the K-Cups product line is rolling out with the Baristas ...
Tags: K-Cups product, White Coffee, Packaging
Specialty food manufacturer Inventure Foods has partnered with Vidalia Brands to develop first potato chip flavoring made from latter's sweet onions. The flavouring is used in making Sweet Vidalia Onion Kettle Chips, which are the ...
Tags: potato chip, trans-fats, Agriculture
Dunham's Sports has signed a 50,500 square foot lease at Massillon Commons in Massillon, OH, according to Retail Properties of America, Inc. Dunham's Sports is the Midwest's largest sporting goods chain with over 200 stores in 19 states. ...
Tags: grocery store, trade area, Sporting Goods
The hog market has been a good place to be in the last year. Live hog prices in the last few months have trended almost $20 a head higher than the same period in 2013. So, what's the outlook heading into winter? Feed supplies remain low, ...
Tags: hog market, Agriculture
We all need to eat – and that means we all need food packaging, with most of us handling some form of food pack several times every day. Whether it’s the cereal box at breakfast, the sandwich packet at lunch, perhaps a snack in ...
Tags: food packaging, food pack
The Pulse Beverage Corporation, makers of Natural Cabana Lemonades, Limeades, and Coconut Waters, and PULSE Heart & Body Health functional beverages,has secured placement of Natural Cabana Coconut Water into Whole Foods Market stores in ...
Tags: Pulse Beverage Corporation, natural and organic foods, Agriculture
Beef prices are stacking up to all-time highs. Consumers are not only paying more for beef at the grocery store, they are willing to pay premium prices for USDA graded prime beef. Only 3% of all carcasses grade prime on a national average, ...
Inventure Foods has launched Rader Farms Fruit PLUS Vitamins, a fortified whole frozen fruit product, a move which advances the company’s frozen fruit category. According to the company, proprietary technology was used, while ...
Tags: Inventure Foods, Vitamins, Food
Inventure Foods has launched Rader Farms Fruit PLUS Vitamins, a fortified whole frozen fruit product, a move which advances the company’s frozen fruit category. According to the company, proprietary technology was used, while ...
Tags: Inventure Foods, Vitamins, Food
The barcode was invented at Westinghouse in 1930 by John Kermode, Douglas Young and Harry Sparkes. The first patent for a barcode, US Patent #2,612,994, was issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver on 7 October, 1952. The ...
Proposed changes to food labels for all manner of information pertaining to fat, calories and carbs will give better, clearer information to shoppers, according to a Kansas State University human nutrition specialist. K-State Research ...
Tags: Food Labels, calcium
Berlin Packaging, a leading full-service supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures, announced that its packaging solutions had a strong showing at the 2014 NACD (National Association of Container Distributors) Packaging ...
Tags: Berlin Packaging, Packaging
The Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association (AIPIA) is a treasure chest of knowledge. Here are two gems: Has the milk gone off in the carton? Are the veges in the can still ok? Soon, there will be a way to know without ...
Tags: Intelligent Packaging, Packaging