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Fresh Trio Offers Savings

Mann Packing is offering retailers three new budget-friendly items to capitalize on fresh seasonal produce sales. More >>

Brew Up Some Godiva

Break time can be a decadent experience with the new collection of specialty coffees from Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. More >>

Gettin’ Spicy With Paula

This year’s holiday season is bound to take on a distinctly Southern accent as Paula Deen Collection spices manufactured and distributed by Quality Food Brands roll out to stores. More >>

King Quorn

U.K. meatless protein brand Quorn’s latest item is the Turk’y Burger, which offers just 90 calories per serving and half the fat of a comparable turkey product. More >>

Cheese With Plenty of Pep

The latest 100 percent all-natural spreadable cheese flavor from Alouette is Sweet & Spicy Pepper Medley. More >>

Power is Knowledge

Duracell Ultra Advanced with POWERCHECK, due in stores next month, enables users to know how much power is left in their batteries. More >>

On Top With More Smokies

Cocktail party favorite Lit’l Smokies from Sara Lee’s Hillshire Farm brand now come in a turkey variety featuring two-thirds less fat than regular smoked sausages. More >>

Gourmet Gobble

Hain Pure Protein Corp. and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (MSLO) are clucking about the launch of a new Martha Stewart-branded whole turkey that will be distributed broadly in supermarkets and warehouse clubs across the country just in time for the 2009 Thanksgiving season. More >>

A Fiesta for Less

Don Miguel’s new line of Value-Sized Mexican Foods enables consumers to save while enjoying more of their favorite ethnic selections. More >>

Play That Card Again

Musically inclined recipients will get a real kick out of the new CD compilation cards from Cleveland, Ohio-based American Greetings Corp. The product consists of a card and a mix CD of popular music. More >>

Going to Seed

Pomegranates are big business, which means that the edible seeds — more often called arils — of the currently ubiquitous fruit are poised for a sales spike of their own. More >>

A Cup of Beauty

Consumers now can sip their way to a healthier, glowing complexion with Yogi Skin DeTox. More >>

Ready, Set, Strip

Retailers can add heat — not to mention crunch — to their foodservice offerings with new Crispy Jalapeño Strips from Fresh Gourmet, a brand of the Sun Valley, Calif.-based Sugar Foods Corp. More >>

Full Spectra

The new Spectra lighter line from Scripto features visible a fuel supply through clear lighter barrels. More >>

The Grande Tour

Two years of development and testing have finally paid off with the introduction of all-new better-for-you Chef Hymie Grande’ Barbecue Glazes. More >>

It’s a Date

Couples can now prepare a hearty gourmet meal without all the fuss, now that Frisco, Smokehouse, Ltd. a Frisco, Texas-based provider of premium pit-smoked meats, has bowed its Dinner for Two line of fully cooked heat-and-serve meals. More >>

In the (Healthy) Zone

For all those consumers who want to eat better but just can’t pass up decadent chocolate desserts, Columbus, Ohio-based Abbott Nutrition has debuted ZonePerfect Indulgence Nutrition Squares. More >>

Sister Act

Sister Schubert’s Homemade Rolls of Luverne, Ala., has introduced new color-coded packaging and two smaller product sizes to its lineup of frozen dinner and breakfast rolls and biscuits. More >>

Quit That Bellyaching

The latest way to better digestive health from Boulder, Colo.-based NextFoods is GoodBelly BigShot 50, a supercharged dose of 50 billion live and active cultures that features the powerful probiotic strain Lactobacillus Plantarum 299v (Lp299v). More >>

Get Smart

For those in search of tasty meatless Super Bowl fare, Turners Falls, Mass.-based Lightlife Foods recommends the three new additions to its refrigerated Smart product line: Smart Wings Buffalo, Smart Wings Honey BBQ, and Smart Sausages Smoked Style. More >>

Sparkle Plenty

According to its maker, The Healthy Beverage Co., the Steaz Zero Calorie Sparkling Green Tea product line is the first certified-organic, all-natural zero-calorie carbonated soft drink on the market. More >>

Seedless Squeeze

Chefs, bakers and food enthusiasts now have an easier squeeze of it with seedless lemons from Los Angeles-based specialty produce and foods distributor Melissa’s Produce, which imports exotic fruits and vegetables from around the world. More >>

See the Light

Sleek new packaging is helping Crystal Light, a brand of Northfield, Ill.-based Kraft Foods, set itself apart on grocery store shelves. More >>

Nature’s Spot Remover

Clear, acne-free skin without synthetic ingredients is possible with Burt’s Bees Natural Acne Solutions products. More >>

Sky’s the Limit

Priding itself on containing 100 percent all-natural ingredients, Blue Sky Free, a brand of New York-based Hansen Beverage Co., has launched its first line of soda sweetened with Truvia, the No. 1 stevia extract sweetener on the market. More >>