Litehouse Foods, Sandpoint, Idaho, launched a new line of hand-crafted cheeses into the retail deli. The program includes artisan blue cheese, gorgonzola and feta, available in wedges, wheels, crumbles and a center cut of the blue cheese.
Artisanal Brands, Inc., a N.Y.-based marketer and distributor of specialty, artisanal and farmstead cheese products, plans to relocate into new cheese aging and production facilities next spring as part of its 10th anniversary.
F. H. Gillingham & Sons General Store and Vermont
Farmstead Cheese joined forces to produce
and market Gillingham Vermont Heritage Cheddar, a new brand based on 126 years of tradition in Vermont.
Artisan and premium cheese processor Sartori Foods, Plymouth, Wis., said it purchased Tellory Inc., a Boulder County, Colo., processor of premium Ciolo and Piccolo refrigerated retail pesto, dips and spreads.
Small, batch-roasted coffees. Farmstead cheeses. Artisan breads. Why not a salad to complement those offerings? Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Cincinnati, says consumer insights led to the launch of new Fresh Express artisanal salads.
Campbell Soup Co., Camden, N.J., completed its purchase of Ecce Panis, an East Brunswick, N.J., in-store bakery supplier of frozen par-baked artisan breads.