Nonfoods

In anticipation of the upcoming summer season, Imagination Farms is adding two new suppliers, SGS and Dayka & Hackett, LLC, to provide stone fruit and grapes for Disney Garden’s expanding offerings.

Sweetbay Supermarkets is aiming to once again hit the sweet spot with consumers this spring with a new Florida peach that will enable consumers to enjoy fresh domestic peaches nearly three months ahead of the traditional start of the U.S. summer peach crop.

Senomyx, Inc., a company that employs proprietary technologies to discover and develop new flavor ingredients for the food, beverage, and ingredient supply industries, said yesterday it was extending the collaborative research phase under its initial collaborative research and license agreement with Campbell Soup Co.

Americans' financial security has been shaken, yet they are divided in their willingness to make spending cuts. While nearly half (49 percent) of all adults are not ready to compromise their standard of living, the other half see little choice, according to a new study by Multi-sponsor Surveys.

A new slate of officers and directors has been nominated to serve on the United Fresh Produce Association’s board of directors, effective at the trade group’s April 20 meeting.

Hannaford Supermarkets and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) last week revealed details of a partnership that will provide a location for pilot efforts to strengthen the economic and ecologic sustainability of New England fisheries.

Oakland, Calif.’s Haagen-Dazs is aiming to spruce up summer ice cream offerings with a pared-down version of its products, which the company has dubbed Five.

Campbell Soup Co. has created a new Web site called “Campbell’s Ideas for Innovation” (www.campbellideas.com) where scientists, entrepreneurs and inventors can easily submit their ideas for evaluation.