On Friday, Sept. 23, four foodservice professionals will put their cranberry creations to the test during the final round of Ocean Sprays Ultimate Cranberry Recipe Contest. From original concoctions and creative cocktails to inventive entrees and delicious desserts, Ocean Spray and its panel of expert judges will select one $10,000 grand-prize winner. …
Weis Markets today announced the launch of its fourth annual Fight Hunger Food Drive, a month long program offering customers an opportunity to donate shelf-stable products and make monetary donations to local food banks and emergency food providers. …
Millennials made over 13 billion of the 59 billion visits made to foodservice establishments in 2010 and spent $73 billion dollars, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. The clout this generation holds is largely due to its size: there are currently 52 million Millennials, ages 18 to 29, and unlike some other adult generations, their number will increase over the next ten years, driven by immigration. …
The next great, award-winning, rockumentary film or photo may be happening at a co-op near you. This September and October, individuals over the age of 18 are invited to submit short, up-to-2-minute videos or co-op themed photos in the My Co-op Rocks Video and Photo Contest, a nationwide competition in which food coop fans fire up their cameras and unleash their creativity to share all the reasons their coops rock. …
For 50 years, the Zaiger family has been striving for a perfect piece of fruit: juicy like a plum, but not as messy. Sweeter, too, with a cherry snap. The Zaigers own Zaiger’s Inc. Genetics in Modesto, Calif., one of country’s few commercial fruit breeders specializing in hybrid fruits. Next month, they will decide whether to grant any of the farmers who tasted their pluerry, named for its mix of plum and cherry, at a sampling last week the exclusive rights to grow the new fruit and sell it to supermarkets across the country. …
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