Prices for grocery items remain high, as unit prices in Nielsen-measured categories and retail channels have risen every month over the past two-and-a-half years. And the higher prices have consumers keenly focused on their budgets and how ...
Tags: Consumers, Growing Quest, Fresh
By Eric Aasen, Product Line Manager, Bosch Packaging Technology More than ever before, our supermarket shelves are a battleground for an enormous array of packaged fresh food products, each competing for the attention of time-strapped, ...
Bolthouse Farms, a manufacturer and processor of salad dressing and carrots, has opened a new US innovation centre. The US$5m facility will accelerate NPD across the group's portfolio and will "integrate marketing and research" to create ...
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7-Eleven, a US-based convenience store chain, is restocking its shelves with fresh foods, as part of its efforts to focus on healthier food options and draw calorie conscious consumers. Some of the new products that were launched recently ...
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UK retailer Morrisons lost market share over the last quarter, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel. The retailer has experienced a sales decline of 1.1% in the 12 weeks ended 25 November, bringing its share down from 12.3% ...
Tags: market share, retailer, convenience marke, sales
Campbell Soup Co. has acquired US salad dressings to beverages firm Bolthouse Farms for a cash consideration of US$1.55bn. The firm said the move would provide it with a "significant presence" in the "rapidly growing" market for packaged ...
Tags: packaged fresh foods, consumer marketing, salad dressings
US convenience retailer 7-Eleven has announced the acquisition of the retail and wholesale assets of Texas firm Tetco for an undisclosed sum. The deal will see 7-Eleven take on Tetco's company-owned convenience outlets in Utah and the ...
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US food group Campbell Soup Co. has recorded a drop in first-quarter earnings as costs related to its acquisition of Bolthouse Farms hit profits. In the three months to 28 October, net earnings amounted to US$265m, an 8% drop on last ...
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Vestcom, a provider of marketing services for the retail industry, has expanded its health and wellness in-store marketing program with the integration of US Department of Agriculture (USDA) data for fresh meat, seafood and produce. ...
Tags: marketing services, retail industry, health and wellness
US-based Duda Farm Fresh Foods will launch its holiday-themed packaging for celery. It will feature packs of 30-count celery stalks, 18-count celery hearts and 8oz celery sticks, according to thepacker.com. Duda marketing director ...
Tags: Celery Packaging, holiday-themed packaging, celery products
Campbell Soup has entered into an agreement to acquire Bolthouse Farms, a US-based food and beverage company, from private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners for $1.55bn in cash. The acquisition is a part of Campbell's strategy to ...
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Campbell Soup has completed the acquisition of Bolthouse Farms, a US-based food and beverage company, from private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners in an all cash deal of $1.55bn. The acquisition is a part of the company's strategy ...
Generally speaking, Chinese people preserve many deep-rooted folk customs during the first month after childbirth. "No hair-washing." "Consume as much tonic food as you can." These beliefs have been embedded in our heart. It seems a very ...
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Irish food producer Green Farm Fresh Foods has announced that it is experiencing significant export growth, with support of specialist UK and Irish distribution partner, Oakland International. Beginning March 2012, Oakland International ...
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Garden Fresh Foods is recalling approximately 13,600 pounds of meat and poultry salad products in the US,as they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes,according to US the Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection ...
Tags: FSIS, meat, poultry salad products, Listeria monocytogenes