May 17, 2013
Jelly Belly Bestows Broker Of The Year Awards
Jelly Belly Candy Co. is honoring Golden Sales Assocs. Ltd., Inc.; Specialty Products, Inc.; and Green Mountain Specialty Foods as its brokers of the year.…more
May 17, 2013
Pearson’s Hires Industry Sales Veteran
Industry sales veteran Mike Sprinkle has joined Pearson Candy Co. as senior vice-president of sales, following the company’s recent Bit-O-Honey acquisition from Nestle, USA, Inc. earlier this month.…more
May 17, 2013
Barry Callebaut Is Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Standard-Setter
Barry Callebaut is a recipient of the Rainforest Alliance’s Sustainable Standard-Setter awards, based on its hands-on approach to chocolate manufacturing and its successful sustainability and farmer training initiatives, Rainforest Alliance reports.…more
May 16, 2013
Butterball Brand Turkey Jerky Launches
Monogram Food Solutions, LLC is debuting seven varieties of Butterball brand Turkey Jerky. …more
May 15, 2013
Digital Coupons On The Rise
As people redeem digital coupons at a 10 percent rate versus a one percent rate for traditional coupons, BI Intelligence suggests mobile coupons will grow to 53 million annually by 2014.…more
May 14, 2013
No Joy In Senate Farm Bill Markup
No provisions regarding sugar reform were included in today’s Senate Farm Bill markup.…more
May 14, 2013
Natra Publishes 2020 CSR Commitment
Natra S.A. has pledged it will increase its purchase of sustainable cocoa, participate in a number of environmental initiatives, collaborate with local communities and improve the nutrition of its products as part of its 2020 corporate social responsibili…more
May 14, 2013
Peanut Butter Chocolate Pop-Tarts Debut
Peanut Butter and Frosted Chocolate Peanut Butter are the newest Pop-Tarts flavors from the Kellogg Co…more
May 14, 2013
April Retail Sales Increase
Total retail sales, excluding motor vehicles and parts, totaled $340.3 billion in April, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s advance monthly estimates, up 2.8 percent from the year prior and down 0.1 percent from March 2013 results.…more
May 13, 2013
Hershey Signs Abidjan Cocoa Declaration
The Hershey Co. has signed the International Cocoa Organization’s Abidjan Cocoa Declaration, pledging to address challenges faced by the cocoa industry by providing opportunities for smallholder farmers to improve their livelihoods and implementing …more
May 13, 2013
Iron Chef Winner Judging Most Innovative New Product Awards
Homaro Cantu, winner of the Food Network’s Iron Chef America TV show competition, has joined the panel of experts to judge the Most Innovative new Product Awards at the 2013 Sweets & Snacks Expo May 21 to 23. …more
May 10, 2013
Little Debbie Logo Has New Look
McKee Foods Corp.’s Little Debbie logo has lost the tie on her straw hat and the ruffles on her collar. She now dons a light blue plaid shirt instead of bold blue and has wispy red hair opposed to tight curls. The red Little Debbie ribbon banner has…more
May 10, 2013
Post To Acquire Hearthside Cereal, Granola, Snacks
Post Holdings, Inc. is acquiring both branded and private label cereal, granola and snacks from Hearthside Food Solutions, a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners, for $158 million in cash.…more
May 10, 2013
Mondelez Confectionery Sales Down
Mondelez International Inc.’s net revenues totaled $35 billion in 2012, down 2.2 percent from 2011 and fourth quarter 2012 net revenues dropped 1.9 percent to $9.5 billion, while the company’s global gum and candy revenues declined one percent…more
May 9, 2013
Crossmark Hires Marketing Services President
Crossmark has appointed Jim Rose to president of marketing services, where he will facilitate expansion and oversee services such as in-store events, experiential marketing, shopper marketing, consumer engagement and field intelligence.…more
May 9, 2013
Cargill Introduces Caramel-White Chocolate
Cargill, Inc. is unveiling Caramel Equilibre, kosher, nut-free white chocolate with the taste and color of dairy caramel that can be used in tablets, pralines, premium products, high quality bonbons, biscuits and hollow figures, the company claims.…more
May 8, 2013
Cheesy Garlic Bread Wins Lay’s ‘Do Us A Flavor’ Contest
PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay fans have selected Cheesy Garlic Bread as the winner of the Lay’s “Do Us A Flavor“ contest, in which 3.8 million consumers submitted suggestions and a panel of chefs and celebrities nominated three flavors for f…more
May 8, 2013
B&G Foods Acquires TrueNorth From DeMets
Brynwood Partners V L.P.’s DeMet’s Candy Co. has sold its TrueNorth brand of nut clusters to B&G Foods, Inc. after DeMet’s acquired the brand in 2010 from PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay.…more
May 7, 2013
Ruffles Campaign Inspired By Retro 70’s Movies
Attempting to appeal to Ruffles’ core demographic of Millennial-age men, PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division is launching a retro action movie-style campaign featuring characters Ruff McThickridge, Bo Dato, Mora Crunchy and the Bomb-Defusing Sloth.…more
May 7, 2013
Herr Foods Hires Marketing VP
Herr Foods, Inc. has hired Bob Clark as vice-president of marketing, the company reports.…more
