Anheuser-Busch Acquires Another Craft Brewery
Anheuser-Busch has announced a deal in which it will acquire Colorado-based Breckenridge Brewery. With this agreement, Breckenridge Brewery is the seventh craft brewery to join The High End,...
View ArticleOrganic Producer CROPP Cooperative / Organic Valley Reaches $1 Billion in Sales
On Tuesday, December 22, CROPP Cooperative / Organic Valley reached a remarkable milestone: The farmer-owned cooperative surpassed $1 billion in sales. Founded in 1988 by seven struggling farm families...
View ArticleIncubating Greatness in Shared Kitchen Spaces
By Lorrie Baumann Marilyn Johnson received her commercial food producer license from the state of California at the end of August. With that in hand, she was ready to move the production of her Spread...
View ArticleFollow Your Heart Cracks the Egg Problem
By Lorrie Baumann Demand for a vegan product that scrambles like a real egg has exceeded the expectations of its maker. “We’ve never had a launch like this on a product. Stores are selling – one sold...
View ArticleCorrection Notice
A story about Follow Your Heart’s VeganEgg that ran in the January issue of Gourmet News contains errors that were introduced during the editing process. Those errors have been corrected in the online...
View ArticleAvocado Board Plans Super Celebration of Football’s Championship Game
The Hass Avocado Board is asking Americans for help in setting a world record for the “world’s largest online photo album of people dipping food.” And what will they be dipping when the titans of the...
View ArticleKeHE Opens Portland Distribution Center
KeHE Distributors opened its newest, LEED Certified, distribution facility in Portland, Oregon, on December 23. This new state-of-the-art distribution center is an important addition to the company’s...
View ArticleU.S. Tea Industry Growth Makes Specialty Tea Accessible to Consumers
By Greg Gonzales Tea markets are growing, and growth won’t be slowing down any time soon, thanks to a multi-generational boost. The U.S. tea market has grown 15 times its size since 2009 and was worth...
View ArticleFDA Threatens to Wound Salt Business
By Micah Cheek Hawaiian red salt and charcoal black salt could be disappearing from interstate sales because the Food and Drug Administration is calling the red clay in Hawaiian salt and the charcoal...
View ArticleDeli Department Innovation with The Better Chip
By Lorrie Baumann The Better Chip is bringing new energy to the deli department with a gluten-free snack chip that comes in flavors that complement the premium cheeses, cured meats and the dips already...
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Celebrate Fabulous at Las Vegas Market
By Lorrie Baumann Las Vegas Market has been working hard to expand the range of products that will be of interest to the gourmet market, and the hard work is paying off. This winter’s Las Vegas Market...
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Grafton Village Cheese Introduces Truffle Cheddar
Grafton Village Cheese, a business of the nonprofit Windham Foundation in Grafton, Vermont, announces the introduction of Truffle Cheddar, an aged cheddar cheese containing Italian truffles. The new...
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Tickets Now on Sale for California’s Artisan Cheese Festival
Tickets are now on sale for the United States’ premier public artisan cheese event, the 10th Annual California’s Artisan Cheese Festival, which takes place March 18 – 20, 2016. The weekend-long...
View ArticleGeneral Mills Acquires EPIC Provisions
General Mills, Inc. has acquired EPIC Provisions, a rapidly growing, premium meat snacks company based in Austin, Texas. EPIC will operate under General Mills’ Annie’s business, which itself has...
View ArticleApplegate Farms, LLC Announces Leadership Changes For 2016
Natural and organic meat provider Applegate® announced that Chief Executive Officer Kerry Collins will transition to the role of CEO Emeritus, and Chief Operating Officer Steven J. Lykken will assume...
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New Shipper Display for La Piana Stuffed Pastas
Italian Foods Corporation is introducing a new display shipper for its best-selling La Piana shelf stable stuffed pastas at the Winter Fancy Food Show. The shipper holds 48 of the 8-ounce packages and...
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Bare Snacks Debuts New Packaging
Bare Snacks®, creator of delicious Snacks Gone Simple®, has just launched a fresh new look for its entire portfolio of crunchy baked snacks, which highlights the brand’s dedication to simple, clean...
View ArticleArthur Schuman to Showcase Award-Winning “Best of Class” Cheeses at Winter...
Arthur Schuman, Inc. will be showcasing its 2015 award-winning “Best of Class” cheeses at the Winter Fancy Food Show on January 17-19 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Arthur Schuman, Inc., a...
View ArticleGourmet Guru Celebrates 20 Years
Gourmet Guru, the first all natural and organic food retail distribution company in New York City, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Launched as a sole-proprietor, one-truck operation in 1996,...
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Guggisberg Sugarcreek Team Emmental Wheel Wins U.S. Cheese Championship
By Lorrie Baumann Cecylia Szewczyk is popping her buttons after the Emmental cheese made by her Sugarcreek team at Guggisberg Cheese was named the winner of the United States Championship Cheese...
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