Month: September 2016

Hormel Foods Announces Leadership Appointments

September 29, 2016 Hormel Foods

Hormel Foods Corporation announced several leadership appointments. James M. Splinter has been appointed to the position of group vice president, corporate strategy. In this new role, Splinter will have responsibility for leading the company’s strategic growth areas including innovation, corporate development and strategy, consumer insights and building the company’s digital and e-commerce capabilities across the enterprise. Splinter will report to James P. Snee, president and chief operating officer who will assume the post of chief executive officer on October 31. …

FMI SafeMark Food Handlers Certificate Program Garners ANSI-Accredited Status

September 29, 2016 Food Marketing Institute (FMI)

Food Marketing Institute (FMI) earned status as an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Accredited Program Certificate Issuer for its SafeMark® Quick Reference: Food Safety for Food Handlers Certificate Program. …

Nesquik Spoofs Sports Ads For Adult Protein Drink Launch

September 29, 2016 Karlene Lukovitz, Media Post

Nestle’s Nesquik is launching its first product specifically aimed at the so-called “kidult” audience: a line of high-protein flavored milk called Protein Plus. …

Butter Gets Better And Better

September 29, 2016 Ann Trieger Kurland, Boston Globe

After hearing for years that we ought to shun butter, it’s a relief that the latest research suggests it’s actually not so bad for us at all. This was great news for Jennell Carter and Alicia Menard, owners of Casco Bay Butter Co. in Scarborough, Maine. …

CA Dairy Families, Oakland Raiders & National Foundation On Fitness, Sports & Nutrition Provide Resources Through Fuel Up To Play 60

September 29, 2016 California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB)

Hayward Unified School District (HUSD) was presented with a $10,000 ‘Hometown Grant’ from Real California Milk, representing the state’s dairy families, and the Oakland Raiders, to expand nutrition and physical activity programs in schools throughout the district. The donation was made in a celebration on September 26 at Southgate Elementary School, which had the highest increase and overall highest elementary test scores in the district. HUSD received an additional $10,000 in resources from The National Foundation on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition in support of the Presidential Youth Fitness program, a national fitness and education assessment initiative. …