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  • U.K. Private Label Consultancy Opens U.S. Office

    BLUE TAGG, a dedicated private label consultancy for major retailers has opened an office in Chicago, its first in the United States.

  • Raise a Glass

    Braswell Foods, of Statesboro, Ga., now offers a line of ready-to-drink Select Special Teas.

  • Recession Slows Tide of New Products to Marketplace

    Fewer new products are showing up on supermarket shelves this year as companies cope with the changing economy. New data from the Mintel Global New Products Database (GNPD) shows total food and drink product launches have been cut in half since last year (a 51 percent decline from the first quarter of 2008 to the first quarter of 2009).

  • Consumers Coming Back to Peanut Butter

    Things are finally looking up for the battered peanut butter industry, which suffered through a massive recall earlier this year after salmonella was linked to a single peanut-processing company and maker of peanut butter for bulk distribution to institutions, foodservice industries and private label food companies, the Peanut Corp. of America (PCA).

  • Take It From the Top

    Vitalicious, a New York-based provider of healthy, low-fat snacks, including muffins, brownies and cake, has rolled out a new variety in its VitaTop muffin-top line: banana nut.

  • Regional Marinades

    Hain-Celestial’s Spectrum product line, which features premium culinary and nutritional oils, has branched out into the sauce business.

  • Roundy's Chairman Highlights Perishables in Ads

    A new round of TV commercials starring Robert “Chairman Bob” Mariano, chairman and CEO of Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc., has begun airing in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The new ads build on spots introduced last year, in which Chairman Bob is shown conducting a series of food inspections with the aid of a "Bobtourage."

  • Consumer/Nutrition Groups Urge Gov’t to Update Alcohol Policies

    In observance of National Alcohol Awareness Month, a coalition of public interest groups this week requested that Congress and the Obama administration issue regulation to require standardized labeling information on beer, wine and distilled spirits products, and provide the resources to address such issues as underage drinking, binge drinking and drunk driving.
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