Food Wire
FiveStar Gourmet Foods Expands to East Coast With New Manufacturing/Distribution Facility
FiveStar Gourmet Foods, an Ontario, California-based provider of fresh and frozen prepared foods, is expanding to the East Coast with a $20 million investment in a food manufacturing and distribution operation near Naples, Fla.
Terrafunga introduces Dark Chocolate, Mushroom and Hazelnut Terrafunga Bar
Terrafunga, a Vermont-based company dedicated to growing the highest quality gourmet mushrooms is pleased to announce the launch of its newest mushroom creation: the Terrafunga Bar. The distinctive chocolate tablet features the unique combination of sweet and smoky caramelized Maitake mushrooms with rich, velvety Venezuelan dark chocolate and toasted hazelnuts.
Whole Foods Market Hires Morgans Hotel Group & Momofuku Chef
Whole Foods Market today announced that it has named Tien Ho global vice president of culinary and hospitality. Ho will begin work in this newly created leadership role at the company’s Austin headquarters in January 2016.
GO VEGGIE Launches New Grab-N-Go Snack Bars in Sriracha & Cheddar
GO VEGGIE launches new GO VEGGIE Lactose & Soy Free Bars – the only lactose & soy free snack bars in the market — in Sriracha and White Cheddar flavors.
LouAna Pure Coconut Oil Partners with Carla Hall
LouAna® Pure Coconut Oil, the #1 seller of coconut oil by volume in America, has partnered with celebrity chef and cookbook author Carla Hall, to help home cooks make the switch to 100% Pure LouAna Coconut Oil.
MamaMancini’s Expands Distribution With Safeway, Costco, WFM & QVC
MamaMancini’s Holdings, Inc, a marketer of specialty pre-prepared, frozen and refrigerated all natural food products today announced that it has received new authorizations for distribution representing over 2200 new product placements which will be in supermarkets prior to January 1, 2016.
La Mère Poulard, the Beloved French Biscuit, Launches in US With New Look
La Mère Poulard, the buttery, classic French biscuits are launching in the US with a new look. The biscuits are baked with only natural ingredients. With no preservatives or artificial additives, non-GMO and vegetarian, they will delight every palate.
Cue the Holiday Spirit as Sunbelt Bakery Launches Its Gingerbread Chewy Granola Bars
Sunbelt Bakery, maker of delicious granola snacks that have a bakery-fresh taste with no preservatives, announced today that the company has added a gingerbread seasonal flavor to its line of chewy granola bars. The new Gingerbread Chewy Granola Bars are available now for a limited time nationwide.
Protein Power Up: Vega Launches New Vega Sport Performance Protein
Vega announces the launch of their new Vega Sport Performance Protein. With an additional 5 grams of protein and added performance ingredients like turmeric, tart cherry, and probiotics, the mix now offers 30 grams of multisource plant-based protein, 6 grams BCAAs, and 6 grams glutamine.
From Honeycomb to Cereal Bowl: Cheerios’ One-Of-A-Kind Living Billboard Unveiled
Florida residents previewed Honey Nut Cheerios’ one-of-a-kind living billboard, to celebrate the classic cereal’s key ingredient –real honey. The three-story free-standing structure was home to more than 100,000 honeybees and the honey from the working hives was used to produce a limited number of exclusive boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios.