KeHE Distributors Employees Driving Fresh Category Growth Accredited By The American Cheese Society

September 25, 2018 KeHE Distributors

KeHE Distributors is pleased to announce that employees Regan Figueroa and Andy Fitzgerrell are members of the inaugural class of the American Cheese Society's Certified Cheese Sensory Evaluators™ (ACS CCSEs™). They are part of an elite group of 30 individuals who passed the first ACS T.A.S.T.E. Test™ (Technical, Aesthetic, Sensory, Tasting Evaluation) offered by ACS in July in Pittsburgh, PA.

Costco Takes Rotisserie Chicken Supply Chain Under Its Wing

September 25, 2018 Benjamin Romano, Seattle Times

Costco is on track to open a massive chicken operation about a year from now in eastern Nebraska, bringing more of the supply chain for its strategically and symbolically important $5 rotisserie chicken under its own wing.

USDA Celebrates Approval Of 30 Billionth USDA-Certified Eggland's Best Egg

September 25, 2018 Eggland's Best Eggs

Eggland's Best (EB) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) marked a historic occasion as they commemorated the 30 billionth USDA-certified Eggland's Best egg during a private event in Washington D.C on Tuesday, September 18, attended by key personnel from the USDA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Eggland's Best. To help put the immensity of this notable milestone into perspective, 30 billion USDA-approved eggs would circle Earth 38 times!

Southeastern Grocers’ Private Label Dairy Products Recognized As World Renowned

September 25, 2018 Southeastern Grocers

Southeastern Grocers, Inc. (SEG), parent company and home of BI-LO, Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, received high honors for two yogurt flavors, four frozen yogurt and ice cream flavors and a cheese variety from its SE Grocers private label product line from the Wisconsin Dairy Products Association during the 2018 World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest.

Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN Debuts First-Of-Its-Kind Digital Platform To Support Farmer-Led Stewardship

September 25, 2018 Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN

Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN today announced its plan to roll out the Truterra™ Insights Engine, an interactive on-farm digital platform that will help farmers advance their stewardship goals and return-on-investment in real time, acre-by-acre and help food companies measure sustainability progress. The platform will be available this year as the core tool under the new Truterra brand. The full suite of the Truterra offering aims to advance the agricultural industry's ability to enable conservation at scale across a variety of crops, commodities and commitments.