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Nestlé Drumstick, an Oakland, Calif.-based brand of Nestlé USA, Arlington, Va. said it is unveiling new Crushed It! sundae cones and bars this spring. The offerings feature a unique cookie coating made with a new-to-market proprietary technology.

As part of Culinary Tides’ ongoing work, we have been tracking the political and economic unease here and abroad, well before the onset of COVID-19.  What the spread of COVID-19 has caused, is an amplification and acceleration of the Tide that was already rolling in.

SweeTARTS Twisted Rainbow Punch Ropes and SweeTARTS Twisted Mixed Berry Ropes Bites. Both new products offer consumers a multi-faceted candy experience full of vibrant colors and flavors that are rolling out to mass market, grocery and convenience stores nationwide this spring.

Magnum Ice Cream introduced three new product varieties, all expertly crafted with velvety ice cream and the brand's signature cracking chocolate shell: Non-Dairy Sea Salt Caramel Bars, Double Pistachio Honey Tubs and Double Almond Brown Butter Tubs.

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Just one week ago, only 48% of consumers expressed concern about the spread of the novel coronavirus. Today that number has risen to 72% according to week two of an ongoing weekly tracking study of 200 Americans across the country conducted by the Sterling-Rice Group (SRG).

Chips Ahoy! cookies, Reese's and Hershey's – teamed up to show consumers how some sweet snacks are happier together. Introducing the new favorite cookie mashups: Chips Ahoy! made with chunks of Hershey's Milk Chocolate and Chips Ahoy! made with mini Reese's Pieces candy are available on-shelves now at major retailers nationwide.

Meeting the strict PRIMAL KITCHEN nutritional standards, each entrée is made with real, high-quality ingredients like cage-free dark meat chicken or grass-fed, pasture-raised beef (raised without antibiotics or hormones) and a variety of vegetables.

ONE Brands, a protein bar brand, and makers of ONE® and ONE® PLANT™ Bars, introduced two new plant-based varieties. The new additions to the ONE PLANT line, Churro and Carrot Cake flavored protein bars, are available on Amazon.