Month: October 2012

Arcobasso Foods, a leading producer of custom dressings and sauces for a variety of customers in the food industry, recently announced results of a study that found the Panera Bread Dressings brand to be the fastest growing among the top 10 brands in the refrigerated dressings category. This bucks the trend of relatively flat growth in the salad dressings category overall. …

Potatoes with higher levels of beneficial carotenoids are the result of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) studies to improve one of America's most popular vegetables. …

WP Rawl announced its partnership with Katie’s Krops, a non-profit focused on empowering kids to plant vegetable gardens and donate the harvest to the underserved in their communities. The partnership will help fund grants for kids ages 9 to 16, while helping Katie work towards her goal of having at least one garden in all 50 states. …

White Mountain Farms, a premier organic grower in the San Luis Valley and Rockey Farms, an innovative farm with award winning soil for growing Fingerlings along with a certified seed facility, have combined forces to form a new entity named White Rock Specialties. The new facility hopes to be fully operational by the end of November. …

When Mary Pytko’s name was read over the convention center sound system at the 2011 PMA Fresh Summit Trade Show as the winner of 25,000 Box Tops for Education labels, she knew exactly where her prize was headed: Westchester Middle School, her sons’ alma mater. As the Midwest Division manager of Package Containers, Inc., an Oregon-based sustainable packaging manufacturer, Pytko knew this was a school that did a lot with a little, and would put the gift to good use. …