Year: 2024

New Organic, Bake-at-Home Bread Brand – Essential – Launches at Natural Products Expo West 2024

March 6, 2024 Essential

Essential, a new Certified Organic, bake-at-home artisanal bread that’s restoring the ancient way of bread making with a 140-year-old sourdough starter, will launch at Natural Products Expo West 2024 Hall E booth 5599A. Both simplifying and romanticizing the bread making process, Essential delivers unmatched, wholesome, and real flavor thanks to a simple, minimal ingredient recipe featuring a sourdough starter that dates back to the Gold Rush era. …

Food Lion Feeds and Customers Come Together to Nourish Neighbors 

March 6, 2024 Food Lion

Food Lion Feeds, with the support of its customers, launched its three-weeklong Food Lion Feeds Orange Bag campaign to help address food insecurity. Food Lion Feeds kickstarted the campaign by helping provide a minimum of 2 million meals* to neighbors experiencing hunger through its annual initiative. Since the campaign began in 2019, customers have helped provide more than 7 million meals** through the sale of specially marked orange bags and cash donations. …

Whole Foods Market to Open Smaller Format Stores as Part of Ongoing Expansion

March 6, 2024 Whole Foods Market

Whole Foods Market announced today that it is introducing a new, quick-shop store format designed to provide customers in urban neighborhoods a quick, convenient shopping experience with easier access to the fresh, high-quality offerings they expect from Whole Foods Market. The new format, called Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, will initially launch on the Upper East Side in Manhattan with additional locations in New York City to follow. …

FMI Applauds Introduction of Legislation to Address Challenges with FDA’s Food Traceability Rule

March 6, 2024 FMI

FMI – The Food Industry Association welcomed the introduction of the Food Traceability Enhancement Act in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Scott Franklin (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA) and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) that would address key implementation and compliance challenges with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Food Traceability Rule. The legislation would make targeted improvements to the rule that are necessary for more feasible industry compliance while continuing to enhance food safety. FMI President and CEO Leslie G. Sarasin offered the following statement.  …

Announcing The Eastern Produce Council’s 2024 Leadership Class

March 6, 2024 Eastern Produce Council

The Eastern Produce Council (EPC) is proud to announce the members of its 2024 Leadership Class. A select class of 17 qualified produce professionals will gain experience and knowledge from a wide variety of industry and professional development opportunities.  …