Frozen Foods

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Shoppers buying many well-known national brands at Price Chopper here this month will be helping to cheer up area children sorely in need of happiness: The purchase of selected brands in the retailer's stores supports Kansas City's Dream Factory, the local chapter of a national volunteer-based nonprofit organization with the goal of fulfilling dreams for children with life-altering illnesses. The campaign marks the third year in a row that Price Chopper has backed the local charity this way, raising $50,000 to date.

MILWAUKEE -- Roundy's Supermarkets here and specialty produce pioneer Frieda's, Inc. completed a successful in-store educational partner event over the weekend throughout Pick 'n Save, Copps, and Rainbow grocery stores to elevate consumer knowledge of nontraditional fresh produce.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. and Acosta Sales & Marketing donated $35,000 to America's Second Harvest Food Banks on Tuesday, which was designated National Hunger Awareness Day.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Distinguished Order of Zerocrats, a group that promotes the advancement of the frozen food industry, yesterday named the 2006 inductees of the Frozen Food Industry Hall of Fame. The inductees will be officially honored during the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Convention, Oct. 7-10, 2006 in Orlando, Fla.

Healthy snack manufacturers and retailers have started wooing the back-to-school market with new products, packaging, promotions, and displays.

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- From the Heart of Washington (HOW), a marketing program from the Washington Department of Agriculture advocating Washington crops and food products, last week launched a multi-tier public education campaign aimed at promoting Washington agriculture, and 450 stores have gotten behind the effort.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Frederick Morganthall, president of Harris Teeter, joined the board of Spartan Stores, Inc., with a term expiring in 2007. Morganthall's appointment brings the current number of independent Spartan board members to seven out of a total of eight directors.

Manufacturers weigh in on the big ideas driving deli/bakery department progress.