Deli / Prepared Foods

A certain amount of trade-off is expected when we make healthier food choices. A low-fat cereal bar is not the same as a double fudge brownie — no matter how you slice it. But if you are going to sit down to that cereal bar instead of the brownie, you want it to be the best-tasting cereal bar around, right?

Another consumer-friendly on-package consumer nutrition labeling program has been unveiled, this time by NSF International and the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), which have teamed up to administer the new Smart Choices Program. The nutrition labeling program will aim to provide manufacturers and retailers with a reliable front-of-pack icon plus calorie information that helps consumers recognize smarter food and beverage products within product categories.

Stew Leonard’s is rolling out a number of child-oriented activities to its “Grill at Calf Pasture Beach” outdoor dining program this summer.

As a way to help shoppers stretch their budgets a little further, Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States, has come up with 12 quick and easy recipes that will feed a family of four for less than $10.

While retailers continue to adjust the scope, product offerings, design, and merchandising of their store perimeters, center store has remained basically unchanged for decades.

After a recent Kellogg Co. survey revealed that consumers don’t know where to find fiber, and mistakenly believe that products containing “whole grain” provide it, the Battle Creek, Mich.-based manufacturer decided to take decisive action. Its solution: FIBER-pe-dia.

Retail buyers and merchandisers converging in Atlanta for the International Dairy·Deli·Bakery Association’s (IDDBA) ongoing Dairy-Deli-Bake ’09 convention and expo that runs through Wednesday are taking an all-encompassing look at a medley of new product introductions showcased in some 1,500 booths.

Bear Naked is expanding its family of premium, all-natural foods to include an original line of ready-to-eat cereals. Bear Naked 100% Pure & Natural Cereal -- available in Cranberry Raisin and Banana Nut varieties -- combines flakes, fruits, nuts and seeds, and granola clusters.