B&G Foods to purchase iconic brand for approximately $765 million
September 3, 2015
General Mills, Inc. announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Green Giant and Le Sueur vegetable businesses to B&G Foods, Inc., for approximately $765 million in cash, subject to an inventory adjustment at closing.
New products focus on consumer preferences for mini desserts, hybrid desserts and natural/no-artificial-ingredient desserts
September 3, 2015
For those businesses trying to make sense of the current hodgepodge of trends in the dessert marketplace, Rich Products Corporation has created a lineup of “mini-hybrid” treats that possess many of the qualities consumers want most from their sweet goods.
Annual New Products Conference will name, honor retail, foodservice winners in 12th annual “Spirit of Innovation” contest, sponsored by Prepared Foods and Ventura Foods
September 2, 2015
Annual New Products Conference will name, honor retail, foodservice winners in 12th annual “Spirit of Innovation” contest, sponsored by Prepared Foods and Ventura Foods.
Freedom Foods, the world-class Australian based allergen-free foods company, introduced a variety of allergen-free new oat bars to its cereal brand. Due to roll out in the United States this August, the oat bars are free from gluten, peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, egg, soy and sesame.
New Chocolate Mint Devil's Food Cookie Cakes and Mini Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites are newly reformulated better-for-you snack options
September 1, 2015
The perfect addition to a lunchbox or to enjoy while on-the-go, both new snack options are free from high fructose corn syrup, partially hydrogenated oils, artificial colors or flavors.
Soupman’s Lobster Bisque, Chicken Noodle, Chicken Gumbo and Crab & Corn Chowder will make up the newly distributed items
September 1, 2015
The Soupman will also be on hand at Kroger Headquarters in Cincinnati on October 23rd to ladle up soup to celebrate the national roll-out of Soupman soups in Kroger stores.
Research in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition suggests that eating a hearty portion of instant oatmeal for breakfast leads to lower calorie intake at lunch
August 31, 2015
A new study revealed that your cereal choice at breakfast might have an impact on how much you eat for lunch. Newly published research in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition showed that a hearty bowl of instant oatmeal helped curb food intake at lunch better than a leading oat-based, cold cereal — even when each bowl provided the same number of calories.
Sustainably sourced meals will extend to breakfast, lunch, and snacks served to the more than 500 students
August 31, 2015
Later this month California’s Sausalito Marin City School District will open its doors and in the process will become the first U.S. school district to provide meals that are 100% organic and non-GMO.