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‘The Cocoa Exchange’: Mars sets up e-commerce party program for chocolate
Mars Chocolate North America is recruiting ‘curators’ to host parties promoting a specially created range from Mars, which can be sold on an online store.
Archives for May 14, 2017
CANADA: House of Commons to vote on GMO labeling bill on May 17
Canadian GMO labeling debate heats up ahead of May 17 vote
Members of the Canadian Parliament will decide whether to approve mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods in a vote in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
Florida Attorney General starts poultry price probe
An investigation into poultry price fixing in the US has sparked the Florida Attorney General’s office to probe processors Tyson Foods and Pilgrim’s Pride.
LaCroix fills missing distribution gap with Hudson News Distributors
Independent sparkling water brand LaCroix has teamed up with Hudson News Distributors’ direct store delivery footprint which covers 2,400 independent stores in the Northeast portion of the US.
PepsiCo pledges less sugar, sodium in global product portfolio by 2025
Through a collaboration with non-profit Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), PepsiCo has unveiled plans to “transform its product portfolio and offer healthier options” by 2025.
Startup Safe + Fair Food Company aims to fill in large voids in allergy-friendly category
New product development designed for consumers with food allergies and intolerances has been rampant, but there are gaping voids that still need to be filled, especially for those with peanut allergies, says Safe + Fair Food Company CEO Will Holsworth.
Chobani CMO on Greek yogurt: ‘We think the category should be double what it is today’
Greek yogurt accounts for about 54% of the overall yogurt category in the US, coming a long way from less than 1% of the market nine years ago when Chobani CEO and founder, Hamdi Ulukaya, first brought the Mediterranean dairy food to the US.
Former First Lady Obama criticizes efforts to delay Nutrition Facts changes as insulting to consumers
Requests to delay the implementation of the updated Nutrition Facts panel, which includes a line to indicate added sugar and makes calories more visible, and a last-minute delay of menu labeling regulations are insulting to consumers, suggests Former...