Smart Balance Acquires Glutino Food Group

August 8, 2011 Smart Balance, Inc.

Smart Balance, Inc. announced it acquired 100% of the equity interest of Importations DE-RO-MA, which owns Glutino Food Group ("Glutino"), for $66.3 million, from Claridge, a Montreal-based investment firm. Based in Laval, Quebec, Glutino is a leading manufacturer and marketer of innovative, premium-priced, gluten-free foods sold under the Glutino and Gluten Free Pantry brands.

Monks At The Abbey Of The Genesee Bake Increasingly Popular Bread

Still clinging to medieval traditions, the cloistered monks of Monks Bread are using 21st-century methods to make and market the bread that supports their religious order. Recently the Abbey of the Genesee hosted representatives of its distributor, Bimbo Baking USA, and Wegmans Food Markets Inc., talking with each about the possibility of deepening the relationship. Wegmans, according to spokeswoman Jo Natale, currently carries five Monks' Bread varieties, with some seasonal additions, and sells it in 49 of its 77 stores, including 47 in New York and two in Erie, Pa.

Stonewall Kitchen COO Lori King Joins Dancing Deer Baking Board Of Directors

Dancing Deer Baking Company, a leader in the natural/specialty products industry and online gift market, and known for innovative and gourmet quality all-natural brownies, cookies, cakes and baking mixes, has recently named Lori King, Chief Operating Officer (COO ) of Stonewall Kitchen, to its Board of Directors.

Winn-Dixie Recalls In-Store Bakery Items For Mislabeling, Undeclared Allergens

August 8, 2011 Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.

Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. is voluntarily recalling from its in-store bakeries the following items because themislabeled products may contain undeclared egg and/or wheat.

Upscale Earth Fare Doing Well In North Carolina Despite Economy

In a down economy, would you expect an upscale, natural and organic foods grocer to more than double its number of stores? Asheville-based Earth Fare has done so over the last three years. The chain has had three stores in the Charlotte market – in the SouthPark area, Ballantyne and Rock Hill – and this week opened its fourth, in Huntersville. There are also 20 other Earth Fares in five states in the Southeast and five more being built.