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Caravan Names New Business Development Manager
Caravan Ingredients appointed Andy Linajs as business development
manager, food and beverage, responsible for capturing the voice of the
consumer to help develop appealing products and programs specifically
within food and beverage applications.
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GMA Retailer, Market Panel Shares Market-to-Manufacturing Success Stories
At the GMA Manufacturing Excellence Conference, which is co-located
with Pack Expo and takes place on Nov. 1-2 at McCormick Center in
Chicago, a retailer-manufacturer panel has been put together to share
some of their “market-to-manufacturing” success stories pertaining to
nearly half of all shoppers who gravitate to green when shopping.
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Caravan Names Consumer Insight Manager
Caravan Ingredients appointed Marge O’Brien as consumer insight
manager, responsible for capturing the voice of the consumer to help
develop appealing products and programs. She also will work to gather
intelligence and track consumer trends in support of Caravan’s
innovation process to ensure on-trend technology is available to meet
customer opportunities.
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Ocean Spray Dried Fruit Heads to Produce Departments
With the fall season upon us, Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.,
Lakeville-Middleboro, Mass., is offering a new on-the-go snack for the
whole family. Its dried fruit lineup, including Jumbo Dried
Cranberries, Dried Cherries and Dried Blueberries, is a fun, fresh way
for families to enjoy their favorite fruits year-round.
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Walgreens Rolls Out National Snack Line
Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreen Co. is bringing a bite of the Big Apple
to more than 6,000 stores across the country as it begins offering the
Duane Reade Delish line of
premium snacks and beverages. The private label brand has been a hit
with New Yorkers since it debuted at Duane Reade drug stores last
September. Walgreen's acquired the brand as part of its purchase of
Duane Reade in April.
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Viterra Buys 21st Century Grain
Viterra Inc., Calgary, Alb., has closed its buyout of 21st Century
Grain Processing, a Kansas City, Mo.-based processor of oats, wheat and
custom-coated grains.
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FTC Okays Corn Products, National Starch Deal
Corn Products International has received initial approval to close its
$1.3-billion acquisition of National Starch Food Innovation. The deal
is expected to be finalized by early October.
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Van Amburg to Chart Course for ASB
The American Society of Baking (ASB) names Kent Van Amburg executive
director, succeeding Kerwin Brown who served as interim executive
director.
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GMA Offers Manufacturing Excellence Conference at Pack Expo
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), Washington, D.C., is
organizing a Manufacturing Excellence Conference, Nov. 1-2,
concurrently during the Pack Expo 2010 show at Chicago’s McCormick
Place. Keynoting the conference will be Alan Wilson, chief executive
officer of McCormick & Co. Topics include product safety,
sustainability and operational reliability.
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FoodChannel.com Offers Top 10 Snack Trends
Just in time for back to school, The Food Channel released
its Top 10 snack trends, one of its regular trend reports prepared in
conjunction with CultureWaves, Mintel International and the
International Food Futurists.
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Egg Recall Linked With Salmonella Grows to 380 Million Eggs
In the largest salmonella scare in years, more than 32 million
one-dozen cartons (as of press time) have been recalled, and this
figure is likely to grow. The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) is working with state health departments and the Food
and Drug Administration to investigate the illnesses.
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SensoryEffects Undergoes Rebranding Initiative
SensoryEffects will unify all of its current businesses, Diehl Food
Ingredients, SensoryEffects Flavor Systems and US Foods, under the SensoryEffects brand name in order to effectively communicate the full breadth of its capabilities and solution offerings to customers.
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There’s Plenty of Wheat To Go Around
America’s bread basket is full—so full in fact that the world shouldn’t
be wanting for wheat, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
Secretary Tom Vilsack. The United States grows enough wheat to make up
shortfalls from top producers such as Canada and Russia, he adds.
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SF&WB Seeks Innovative Bakers
Do you have great new artisan breads or bagel products? Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery
is searching for innovative, wholesale bakers who are expanding their
operations or are producing unique, high-quality products for the
foodservice, retail or in-store bakery channels. Contact chief editor
Lauren Hartman at hartmanl@bnpmedia.com.
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JMP Engineering Opens MI Office
New Zealand-based systems solution provider JMP Engineering, Ltd., a
manufacturer of robotic palletizing and packaging equipment, opens a
new office in Clarkston, Mich., servicing the North American market.
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Agreement Reached on Senate Food Safety Bill
The Senate reached a “tentative” agreement on the pending food safety
bill and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee is
expected to issue the manager’s packaging and a Congressional Budget
Office score, according to staffers.
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Flowers Bakeries Promotes Harrison, Gilmer
Flowers Bakeries, regional baker of fresh breads, rolls and snack cakes under such brands as Nature’s Own,
has promoted Bobby Harrison to president of Flowers Baking Co. of
Denton, Texas and John Gilmer, Jr. to president of Flowers Baking
Co. of Tyler, Texas.
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Gold Coast Ingredients Adds Sales, Flavor Members
Gold Coast Ingredients added Sarah Hager to its sales team, responsible
for the Midwest territory and calling on various facets of the food
industry, as well as Karyna Flood, who has been certified as a senior flavor chemist
by the Society of Flavor Chemist.
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Blue Diamond Celebrates 100 Years
Blue Diamond Growers kicks off its 100th Anniversary with the launching
of a new historical website, www.almondhistory.com. This site features
thousands of archived photos and articles, Blue Diamond recipes,
nutrition information and more.
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National Starch Launches Post-IFT Website
National Starch Food Innovation launched a new Website,
www.FoodInnovation.com/IFT2010, designed to inform the food industry of
the significant number of concepts that the company demonstrated during
the IFT Food Expo. The site, entitled “What you missed at IFT in
Chicago,” is a recap of the more than 20 concepts and prototypes booth
visitors sampled during the three-day show.
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NSF Intl. Names New GM of Joint Venture
NSF International, a global public health and safety organization, has
appointed Alex Zhang general manager of NSF’s joint venture in China,
NSF Shanghai Co., Ltd., which works with water, food and nutritional
supplement manufacturers to provide testing, auditing, product
certification and independent system registration.
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Sara Lee CEO Resigns Amid Health Problems
Brenda Barnes, who led a vast restructuring of Sara Lee Corp. as chief
executive officer for the past five years, resigned from the company
and the board of directors, where she was chairwoman. The board members
for the Downers Grove, Ill.-based producer will consider internal and
external candidates to succeed Barnes, who suffered a stroke in May.
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ABA Addresses Volatility in Wheat Markets
The American Bakers Association (ABA) calls on the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) to take immediate action in addressing
volatility in the wheat markets.
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Frost & Sullivan Honor Nutralys Pea Protein
International business research and strategy consulting firm Frost
& Sullivan presents European-based Roquette with the 2010 Product
Differentiation Excellence award for its Nutralys pea protein. The award recognizes Nutralys
as a protein that is not only a reliable and competitive springboard
for innovation, but also one whose neutral taste and odor meet critical
market demands.
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John B. Sanfilippo Names V-P., Global Marketing, Innovation
Howard Brandeisky, a consumer packaged goods marketing veteran, joins
John B. Sanfilippo & Son as vice president of global marketing and
innovation, responsible for leading marketing and innovation for the
company’s Fisher, Orchard Valley Harvest and Sunshine Country Brands as well as other private brands across all channels in which the company competes.
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Kraft Foods Boosts Whole Grains in Crackers
Kraft Foods says it will more than double the amount of whole grain in many of its Nabisco
crackers, becoming the latest food maker to respond to consumer and
health advocates' demands for improved nutrition from packaged foods.
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