Perfect Combinations

Following recent partnerships with Green Giant and Chiquita, Beech-Nut has introduced under the Homestyle line seven baby food SKUs featuring its purees co-branded with Mott’s applesauce. A division of Plano, Texas-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Mott's is the nation’s leading producer of branded applesauce and apple juice. “It is our goal at Beech-Nut to continue to create nutritious meals with natural ingredients – including wholesome branded ingredients such as Mott’s applesauce, Chiquita bananas and Green Giant vegetables – that moms know and trust," said Evan Eckman, chief marketing officer for Hero North America, a subsidiary of Swiss company Hero AG and parent company of Amsterdam, N.Y.-based Beech-Nut, the No. 2 baby food brand in the United States. SRPs are 50 cents for a 2.5-ounce Stage 1 jar, 55 cents for a 4-ounce Stage 2 jar and 75 cents for a 6-ounce Stage 3 jar. For more information visit www.beechnut.com.