Mochidoki's direct-to-consumer website has launched two-day shipping in Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah, expanding their delivery zones to the Western US for the first time. The nationally-renowned brand now ships to 27 states.
Brand also debuts two new meatless sausages for retail sales.
July 14, 2020
Sweet Earth Foods, an award-winning and rapidly growing plant-based food innovator, today announced the release of its Awesome Bacon Burger, a first-of-its-kind in the plant-based category. The delicious new burger extends the plant-based food makers’ portfolio just in time for grilling season, as nearly 40 percent of Americans are trying to eat more plant-based foods (Nielsen).
Refrigerated & Frozen Foods catches up with Reser’s Fine Foods to find out how the company has expanded and enhanced its product lines and processing facilities since being featured on our January, 2012 cover.
Limited-edition Lemon Poppy Seed and Cherry Pie will be sold direct-to-consumer only via the company's website.
July 13, 2020
Perfect Snacks, makers of fresh-from-the-fridge protein snacks, is giving customers across the country another reason to hit the fridge and enjoy the sunshine, this summer, with the launch of two, limited-edition flavors: Lemon Poppy Seed and Cherry Pie. Both flavors will be available online at perfectsnacks.com, and sold in a 12-bar Summer Variety Pack.
New brand ships direct-to-consumer through the company's website, portion of each sale goes to One Acre Fund.
July 13, 2020
Marco Sweets & Spices, a craft ice cream company that creates culinary-inspired flavors rooted in a love for travel, debuts five flavors that celebrate diverse, global ingredients. A collaborative effort from food and beverage industry veterans Luke Christianson, Avery Henderson, Julian Plyter, a pastry veteran of Eleven Madison Park and founder of New York City’s Melt Bakery, and Spencer Joynt, partner and creative director at Alright Studio, Marco was founded to pay homage to beloved flavors from around the world, and transport them from plate to pint.
We discuss alternative proteins with Stacie Waters, founder, CEO & president of High Peaks, and why the health halo surrounding this skyrocketing category should be elevated.
Plant-based food sales were already growing before COVID-19, and the category has long enjoyed a healthy halo around its products as beneficial to both consumers and the environment. However, a closer look at some of the labels for plant-based meats, for example, reveal they’re not much healthier than their animal-based counterparts, particularly when it comes to saturated fat, sodium, and the highly processed method of re-creating the taste and texture of an animal protein. Because of this, we’re currently on the cusp of a second era in alternative meats that will continue to focus on flavor, but also honor their “better-for-you” halos with simpler ingredients and minimal processing.
Perdue Farms has delivered more than 1.5 million pounds of protein — or six million servings — to food banks and hunger-relief efforts, exceeding its commitment to donate a minimum of one million pounds of protein to support communities where it conducts business in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The effort is part of Perdue’s “Delivering Hope To Our Neighbors” hunger-relief initiative.
Rebranding, repackaging and reformulation includes the addition of collagen and A2/A2 dairy.
July 10, 2020
In honor of the Re:THINK's second anniversary and to celebrate July’s National Ice Cream Month, the Napa Valley-based brand will be unveiling its newest packaging rebrand and reformulation rolling out on shelves this summer. The new reformulation adds both collagen and lactose-free A2/A2 Dairy added to the ingredient list.
Belcampo, pioneer of hyper-sustainable, organic, grass-fed and -finished, and Certified Humane meats, broths and jerky, has expanded its grocery presence into Metropolitan Market stores in Washington state. Local shoppers will be able to purchase Belcampo’s sausages, hot dogs, ground beef, and ground pork in all eight stores in the Pacific Northwest by the end of July.
In recognition of July National Ice Cream Month, Prairie Farms invites ice cream lovers everywhere to visit their July Ice Cream Month page and sign up to win ten (10) weekly ice cream packages consisting of twenty (20) free coupons for Prairie Farms Premium Small Batch Ice Cream cartons and North Star Frozen treats.