Retail & FoodService
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Further innovating its heated shelf merchandisers line, Alto-Shaam has added a 36-inch, two-shelf model as another solution for grab-and-go food programs. …
Produce
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We have carefully followed the VitisGen and VitisGen2 project for a long time. It is a multi-institution research collaboration, funded by the USDA-NIFA Specialty Crop Research Initiative and focused on enabling the production of new grape varieties. Now the Global Grape Summit, to be held in Bakersfield, California, will continue this exploration with a presentation by Julian Alston, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Director of the Center for Wine Economics within the Robert Mondavi Institute at the University of California, Davis. …
Deli
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Five Prairie Farms’ cheese plants were among the top winners of the American Cheese Society Judging and Competition, the largest event of its kind for American-made cheeses. The award ceremony was held during the 39th Annual American Cheese Society Conference in Portland, Oregon, on July 20-23. This year’s competition featured cheeses from 196 companies with over 1,400 entries competing in 120 categories and tested by an esteemed panel of 30 judges. …
Floral
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Sun Rises on a New Canadian Rose – Vineland Adds Yukon Sun to its Collection
Vineland Research and Innovation Centre Floral August 18, 2022
Yukon Sun™ is the latest addition to the popular Vineland’s 49th Parallel Collection of made-in-Canada roses. The bright yellow rose has been released by Vineland Research and Innovation Centre (Vineland) and will be available in Canadian garden centres next spring. …
Bakery
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37th Street Bakery announced that it completed the acquisition of the assets and rebranding of Gold Standard Baking, LLC, North America’s largest manufacturer of croissants and a leading producer of dough-based, sweet baked goods. The new company name represents a homage to its legacy bakery facility on 37th Street, off Kedzie Avenue on Chicago’s southwest side, where it grew over its nearly 40-year history from a small specialty bakery to among the largest in the country. …
Seafood
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Cooke Inc., parent company of Cooke Aquaculture Inc. of New Brunswick, Canada, and Tassal Group Limited of Australia, announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement, being a Scheme Implementation Deed, under which Cooke (via a wholly-owned Australian subsidiary) has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of Tassal for A$5.23 per share in cash by way of a scheme of arrangement. …
Dairy
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More than 800 pounds of butter has arrived at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, N.Y., as construction of one of Central New York’s best-kept secrets and most beloved attractions gets underway – the 54th Annual American Dairy Association North East Butter Sculpture, sponsored by Wegmans. …
Meat & Poultry
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JBS S.A. communicates to its shareholders and to the market that Michael Koenig has been named the Company’s Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer. Since August 2021, Koenig served as the Head of Ethics and Compliance for Pilgrim’s. He previously spent nearly 25 years as an attorney defending companies, individual executives and public officials in criminal, civil and regulatory investigations, and trials. Koenig was also a federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. …