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Have you ever sat down in front of the TV set with a Swanson frozen dinner of fried chicken, mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables? How about having a glass of Kool-Aid? Or Tang? When it comes to the way we eat, drink, cook and shop for food, nothing is the same as it was a few decades ago.

Celebrating its 20th year of baking fresh New York-style bagels and bialys daily in-store, Price Chopper Supermarkets offer insight into the process of handcrafting authentic bagels and a chance for customers to win free bagels for a year.

St. Louis-based Ralcorp Holdings initiates a strategic restructuring of its business to boost organizational effectiveness and reduce costs. The company will consolidate its cereal, pasta and snacks, sauces and spreads businesses into a single center-store, private-brand food company.

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) releases its 2012 report on industry converters, suppliers, investors and analysts with insight into the performance of the U.S. flexible packaging industry over the past year. The information also examines materials and processes, end uses, structure and consolidation, imports, trends and more.

Retailers and food companies know that it makes business sense to meet the needs of millions of people who cannot tolerate gluten. That’s why gluten-free versions of many foods are cropping up, usually at a higher price. But sales are soaring.

Packaged Facts reports that prepared foods and ready-to-eat foods are enjoying major gains at retail, especially in supermarkets, and such items will reach sales of nearly $32.5 billion this year, up 7.5% from 2011.