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Full Story Tampa Bay Online takes a look at the
growing success of organic produce delivery businesses.
Full Story By 2008, U.S. consumers will account for 25% of all the wine consumed in the world, up from 19% today, according to a study conducted for the Bordeaux-based trade group, VinExpo, reported
CNNMoney.com.
Full Story Sunset Brands, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire U.S. Mills, Inc., a branded consumer marketer of natural, organic and specialty ready-to-eat cereals, hot cereals, cookies and crackers.
Full Story Mexican juice maker Jugos Del Valle is trying to go mainstream. The transition has been helped along by some supermarkets that display the Del Valle brand of beverages in the juice and soft drink aisles instead of solely on ethnic food shelves. It has gained recognition among non-Hispanics who drink the company's coconut water, strawberry soft drinks and apricot nectars and it hopes to compete in the energy drink market with its Blue Shot beverage that it is introducing to U.S. grocers, reported
Houston Chronicle.
Full Story (Free Registration Required) Wal-Mart is expanding its in-store TV network it started in 1998. Wal-Mart TV will show a constant stream of consumer product ads purchased by companies like Kraft, Unilever, and PepsiCo., capturing some 130 million viewers every four weeks, making it the fifth-largest television network in the U.S. after NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox. According to Wal-Mart's rate card, advertisers pay $137,000 to $292,000 to show a single commercial for a four-week period, reported
The New York Times on the Web.
Full Story (Free Registration Required) The Wall Street Journal takes a look at
Two Buck Chuck owner Fred T. Franzia, who owns labels based in the Napa Valley region, while his grapes are grown elsewhere. Mr. Franzia also wants restaurants to offer his Napa-labeled wine for under $10 a bottle and is trying to ink contracts to sell "extreme value" wines at chains including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corp.
Full Story (WSJ Subscription Required) NEW STORE NEWS: Whole Foods Market will open its Austin, TX store and world headquarters on Mar. 3.
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McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants Inc. is opening two restaurants within months of each other in Charlotte, NC, reported
The Business Journal of Portland.
Full Story (Free Registration Required) USDA proposed raising the assessment rate on
California olives from $12.18 to $15.68 per ton.
Full Story A Buffalo, NY bandleader, LeeRon Zydeco, launched a line of
Cajun/New Orleans Gourmet Food Specialties that include Bayou Boogalo hot sauce, Mardi Gras mustard, Cajun coffee with chicory and Ma Mambo Marinade, according to
The Buffalo News.
Full Story South Florida Sun-Sentinel profiles Popcorn Zone, a shop that sells freshly popped gourmet popcorn in more than 30 flavors, fudge and chocolates with gift tins in various themes and sizes.
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To increase revenues, FreshDirect is overhauling its marketing strategy, adding higher-margin items, including wine, prepared meals and health and beauty aids. FreshDirect last year generated more than $100 million in revenues and has more than 250,000 customers in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn. A major source of its growth is prepared meals, not everyday supermarket items, reported Crain's New York Business. Full Story (Free Registration Required)
American Italian Pasta Company (AIPC) formed a multi-year strategic alliance with World Finer Foods, owners of DaVinci Italian food products. AIPC will become the supplier of the DaVinci pasta brand while World Finer Foods will become the exclusive distributor of AIPC's specialty and natural pastas, including the Eddie's and Mrs. Leeper's Brands.
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