Massachusetts groups unite against intensive farming
Animal rights groups in Massachusetts are joining forces to campaign for a state-wide vote to ban several intensive farming practices.
Archives for August 27, 2015
J.M. Smucker Co.’s coffee sales turn around on strength of 5-prong plan
J.M. Smucker Co.’s aggressive efforts to wake up its sleepy coffee segment are working, resulting in a 12% increase in the segment’s sales and a 13% increase in its profits in the firm’s first quarter, executives announced Aug. 27.
US meat firm suspends operations after food poisoning scare
Kapowsin Meats has suspended operations after the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it hadn’t done enough to tackle sanitary problems leading to the discovery of Salmonella in some of its pork products.
Fresh-baked cookie pioneer Otis Spunkmeyer will launch retail line in early 2016
Well-known fresh cookie-maker Otis Spunkmeyer is expanding its empire beyond food service and into the retail segment for the first time with the launch of a line of sweet baked goods that will hit store shelves nationwide in 2016.
McDonald's faces criticism after animal welfare video
Tyson Foods has shunned a Tennessee farm producing chicken for McDonald’s McNuggets after an animal rights group posted gruesome footage online depicting birds being clubbed and stabbed with a spiked pole.
Montezuma’s signs ‘significant international deal’ to enter US with Trader Joe’s
UK premium chocolate firm Montezuma’s will be stocked in the US for the first time after it signed a deal with food store chain Trader Joe’s.
PepsiCo has started using sweet taste modifiers from Senomyx in Mug Root Beer and Manzanita Sol
Sweetmyx 617, a novel sweet taste modifier developed by flavor innovator Senomyx, is being used in PepsiCo brands Manzanita Sol nationally and Mug Root Beer in two US test markets, the company has confirmed.
Saga Dairy: We want to bring Icelandic yogurt to the mainstream
First came Siggi’s, then Smári Organics. But can the husband and wife team behind Saga Dairy (Viking Icelandic Yogurt) – the latest entrants to the niche, but growing ‘Icelandic-style’ yogurt category in the US – emulate their success?