Month: February 2016

Millennial Shoppers Entering Heavy Spending Life Stage, Creating Opportunities For Supermarkets, Grocers

February 4, 2016 International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association (IDDBA)

Shopping less but spending more per trip than older generations, Millennials will move into the heaviest spending life stage over the next 10 years and create opportunities for retailers to build trust, attract, and retain this generation of shoppers through long-term strategies that focus on personalization, education, and value. This trend is one of many examined in What’s in Store 2016, the annual trends research report published by the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association (IDDBA). …

Got Milk? Sculptures Raise Contributions For Children With Cancer

February 4, 2016 California Milk Processor Board

The Milk Loves Art project was launched late last year by the California Milk Processor Board (CMPB), creator of the iconic got milk? campaign. The project's goal was to promote local artists while giving back to a worthy cause. After executing a highly successful call to artists, a final group was selected and tasked with transforming life-size cow sculptures1 into works of art. …

The Ins And Outs Of Sourcing Eggs In Canada

February 4, 2016 Aleksandra Sagan, The Canadian Press

A decision by Tim Hortons and Burger King to serve only cage-free eggs by 2025 is shining a spotlight on how the breakfast staple makes it from farm to plate. …

Millennial Shoppers Entering Heavy Spending Life Stage, Creating Opportunities For Supermarkets, Grocers

February 4, 2016 International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association (IDDBA)

Shopping less but spending more per trip than older generations, Millennials will move into the heaviest spending life stage over the next 10 years and create opportunities for retailers to build trust, attract, and retain this generation of shoppers through long-term strategies that focus on personalization, education, and value. This trend is one of many examined in What’s in Store 2016, the annual trends research report published by the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association (IDDBA). …

Cascade Organic Flour Announces That It Will Double Organic Wheat & Flour Production By 2018

February 4, 2016 Cascade Organic Flour

Cascade Milling (dba Cascade Organic Flour, LLC.) recently announced that it plans to double organic wheat acreage to 5,000 irrigated acres in the Columbia Basin of central Washington by 2018. This increase in acreage will allow Cascade Organic Flour to produce 30 million lbs. of whole wheat organic flour from its own organic wheat production in less than two years. …