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Rotten Goes National with Dick’s Sporting Goods
Better-for-you gummy candy brand Rotten has landed in Dick’s Sporting Goods stores nationwide, doubling down on its core parent-and-child demographic and bringing its total retail door count to over 5,000.
Kooshy Uses Chopt LTO to Kick Off Broader Foodservice Expansion
Sourdough crouton maker Kooshy recently secured a major vote of confidence by collaborating on a limited-edition salad with Chopt that utilizes the brand’s Chili Lime crouton as its star ingredient.
Lexington Bakes Readies Retail Growth With New Price, Pack Size and Protein
Lexington Bakes is rolling out a slightly smaller pack size (1.65 oz. versus 2 oz.) which has enabled the company to lower its price point, pursue a national retail strategy, and save on costs without “heavily” sacrificing margin points.
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Ahold Partners with RangeMe for Product Discovery
Today Ahold USA, parent company of Stop & Shop New England, Stop & Shop New York Metro, Giant Landover, Giant Carlisle and online grocery Peapod, announced a partnership with product discovery platform RangeMe. Ahold will use RangeMe for both inbound submissions as well as to scale its product discovery efforts.
Les Trois Petits Cochons Launches Organic Pâté for Retail
The three new products are now available for purchase at specialty food markets nationwide.
Could Employee Woes Result in Coal for Whole Foods?
While the winter holidays are usually a cheery time for retailers, a spate of publicized woes might be giving natural grocery chain Whole Foods Market the grumps.
Evoke Continues Growth With New Single-Serve Product Line and Investment
Evoke Healthy Foods is officially launching a new line of single-serve muesli packs on January 2, according to founder Ian Szalinski.
Lotus Fine Foods Hits the U.S. Market
The Canadian rooted gluten- free food company is releasing its nutritional products into the US market.
HTY’s Asian-style Sweet Beef Now Available in U.S. at Costco
Costco will be the first retailer to carry HTY’s Sweet Beef Jerky, cooked with natural fruit for a savory and sweet protein snack.
Batali’s Eataly Offers Brands A Rising Retail Channel
For many food brands, legitimacy comes with access to a national or regional chain, either a Target or Whole Foods, an HEB or a Gelson’s. But could the Italian marketplace Eataly become a similar proving ground? As a high-profile specialty foods location that is growing nationally, it just might.
Listeria and Foreign Matter lead to Sabra, Clif Recalls
In less than a week, two major brands — Sabra and Clif Bar — and a store brand from retailer HEB have all announced recalls due to manufacturing issues.
FreshDirect Raises $189 Million To Expand Reach
Today, grocery delivery service FreshDirect announced it had closed a $189 million round led by J.P. Morgan Asset Management on behalf of its PEG Digital Growth Fund II L.P. Also investing in the round was second-time investor W Capital and AARP’s Innovation Fund.
WFM Quarterly Earnings Call Reveals New Changes For Brands
Last week, Whole Foods Market held its 3rd quarter earnings call, and with it laid out a slew of new information as to how brands will be able to potentially work with the retailer going forward. A common theme throughout the call was shifting from regional efforts to more global, streamlined processes. While the company said some of the options are still in the testing (or even conceptual phase) it seems the future holds some changes.