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Fruit Salad
On the National Menu

Craveable Salads

Darren Tristano
April 10, 2014
Don’t scoff: Burgers and pizza may be the first things to come to mind when the topic of craveable foods is brought up, but salads can register on consumers’ “crave-worthy” radar, too.
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campbell slow cooker sauce

Flavor Adventure Inside

More supermarket shoppers are finding flavor and appetite adventure in bottles of new dressings, sauces and spreads.
Bob Garrison
Robert Garrison
March 14, 2014
Consumers know such familiar phrases as “time in a bottle” and a “message in a bottle.”
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Special K cereal, Kellogg

A Healthy Start with Cereals and Bars

Granola grew in cereal introductions over the course of the year, as did sales for the cereal category as a whole.
Tom Vierhile
March 14, 2014
The fog that has enveloped the ready-to-eat (RTE) breakfast cereal category in recent years lifted somewhat in 2013, as breakfast cereal makers saw glimpses of something that had merely been a mirage in recent years: growth.
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flatbread

Bakery Bonanza

The bakery foods market provided plenty of headlines in 2013, but not in the usual way and not from the usual sources.
Tom Vierhile
March 14, 2014
The year 2013 will go down in history as the year the “Cronut” was born.
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Swanson infused broths

Soups and Sides Get Creative

Growth has been elusive in packaged soups in recent years, but 2013 saw soup makers willing to embrace unconventional approaches to jump-start sales.
Tom Vierhile
March 14, 2014
Growth has been elusive in packaged soups in recent years, but 2013 saw soup makers willing to embrace unconventional approaches to jump-start sales.
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annie's macaroni and hceese

Making the Meal

Comfort foods lead the way in meal introductions, with ethnic twists on familiar meals also playing a key role.
William A. Roberts, Jr.
March 14, 2014
A Noodles & Company survey, its “2013 National Noodles Poll,” found some 59% of U.S. adults eat noodles or a pasta dish at least once a week.
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greek yogurt, yoplait

Defining Dairy

Milk processors have turned to efforts to make milk a more convenient option, with extended shelflife packaging and on-the-go convenience.
William A. Roberts, Jr.
March 14, 2014
Dairy is one of the most frequently shopped grocery departments, with 36 trips per year, finds the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association’s (IDDBA) “What’s in Store 2014” report.
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William Robert, Jr.

Hope for the Fredos

This month sees the latest edition of Prepared Foods’ New Products Annual, a chance to revisit some of the products released over the past year.
William A. Roberts, Jr.
March 13, 2014
This month sees the latest edition of Prepared Foods’ New Products Annual, a chance to revisit some of the products released over the past year.
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