Frozen Foods

Health-conscious consumers can add the finishing touch to their favorite desserts or snacks with TRUwhip, an all-natural whipped topping option featuring no GMOs, hydrogenated oils, trans fats, high-fructose corn syrup or gluten.

In a presentation last week before a Federal Trade Commission forum, Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) SVP and chief government affairs officer Mary Sophos revealed new data indicating that children today are seeing fewer food, beverage and restaurant advertisements on television, with the mix having shifted to more ads promoting nutritious items.

In response to growing demand from such ethnic consumers as Hispanics, Muslims and Caribbean islanders, Golden, Colo.-based Coleman Natural Foods, the country’s largest organic and natural meat company, has introduced Natural, Pasture Raised Rocky Mountain Goat, which is 100 percent sustainably farmed as well as humanely raised and processed.

Michigan-area food pantries will be getting an early Christmas present, thanks to a partnership between D&W Fresh Market, VG’s, Plumb’s, Tom’s and Oleson’s and its poultry supplier, Miller Poultry, which will distribute 20,000 pounds of frozen chicken drumsticks this week.

Despite a lot of media attention and increased grocer interest in stocking organic food and HBC items, there has actually been no growth in the number of U.S. consumers who buy such products, according to a recent study by TABS Group, a Shelton, Conn.-based marketing, research and consulting firm in the consumer products industry.

Preparing authentic south Louisiana dishes can be as easy as programming a microwave oven, thanks to Savoie’s Foods newly expanded Cajun Singles frozen food bowls line, which now offers 15 items.

In an exclusive video interview with the editor of Global Convenience Store Focus, Tesco’s Fresh & Easy store design and planning director discussed the U.K. retailer’s development of its first U.S. store concept and changes it has made based on initial feedback from customers.

As Jewish people around the world gather to celebrate Hanukkah, the festival of lights, Schenectady, N.Y.-based Golub Corp.’s Price Chopper banner is describing its new store in Colonie, N.Y., as “the premier destination for kosher products in the region.”