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Here are the top trends from the food and fashion worlds to watch for this new year of 2013.

Renfro Foods is kicking off the New Year with new and improved products.

Teasdale Quality Foods Inc. acquired Zateca Foods LLC and Greeley Trading Company, a processor and supplier of packaged pre-cooked dehydrated beans.

Hawaiian Kettle Style Potato Chips has made a new Cracked Black Pepper & Sea Salt addition.

Beaverton Foods is expanding from the specialty condiments aisle to delicatessens and restaurants with its new Pacific Farms Authentic Wasabi.

Kalsec introduces Szechuan pepper extract.

Polska Foods Pierogi announced new product labels that can now be seen on the shelves of Whole Foods stores and select grocery stores in the West Coast region.

It’s been a busy year for menu development. Restaurants have been active in efforts to differentiate concepts, spark consumer interest in the menu, and drive customer traffic with the promise of value, quality or simply something new.

The transaction includes substantially all of the assets of the company, which will be renamed El Burrito Mexican Foods Products Corp.

A McKinsey & Co. study finds consumers in Mexico have remained considerably more brand loyal than their American counterparts since the onset of the economic downturn. The poll of 2,200 shoppers from Mexico and 1,000 from America found 70% of the former had trimmed their spending since the beginning of the downturn. By comparison, only 45% of the latter had done so.