Seneca Foods acquires 50% of Truitt Bros.
Seneca Foods Corp. and Peter W. Truitt have entered into a Share Purchase Agreement whereas the company has acquired Peter Truitt’s 50% ownership interest in Truitt Bros. Inc. IFT Daily … Continue Reading →
Author: R. Daneel Olivaw
Demoulas board squabble leads to new suit
The Class A directors of Demoulas Super Markets has filed suit against Class B directors, alleging that the minority board faction has been obstructing business by failing to appear at … Continue Reading →
Consumers crave quality, variety in their pizza
Pizza consumption is high: in fact, consumers told Technomic they eat pizza about 3.4 times a month. IFT Daily News
Balchem to acquire SensoryEffects for $567 M
Balchem Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Performance Chemicals & Ingredients Co. (SensoryEffects), a privately held supplier of customized food and beverage ingredient systems, headquartered in St. … Continue Reading →
Nut and seed butters outpace other specialties: SFA
Nut and seed butters (up 51%), eggs (39.5%) and frozen desserts (28.2%) are the fastest growing specialty products across supermarkets, natural food stores, specialty food retailers and foodservice, show the … Continue Reading →
Animal feed rule would limit grain donation: brewers
A rule proposed under the Food Safety Modernization Act regarding animal feed would unnecessarily limit the centuries-old practice of beer brewers donating or selling their spent grain to farmers and … Continue Reading →
A&P to host private label event
A&P will host an in-store, store brand celebration this weekend. read more Supermarket News
Delhaize to sell Bosnia-Herzegovina stores
Delhaize said Tuesday that it reached an agreement to sell all 39 of its stores in Bosnia and Herzegovina to Tropic Group B.V. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. … Continue Reading →
Phil Lempert’s New Products Hits & Misses (video)
Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert samples five new products this week: fruit and oat bars, blueberry flavor; protein crunch with raspberry and coconut; pink grapefruit sparkling water; quick-dissolve sugar; and parmesan … Continue Reading →
Gallery: The Best of Shopper Marketing
Procter & Gamble was among the companies that took home top honors in the 2014 North American Shopper Marketing Effie Awards ceremony March 25 at the Path to Purchase Institute’s … Continue Reading →