Frozen Foods

Price Chopper, National Brands Support Children's Charity
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.
Roundy's, Frieda's Partner for 'Produce University'
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.

Winn-Dixie and Acosta Raise Money for America's Second Harvest

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.
Four Industry Pioneers to be Inducted into Frozen Food Hall of Fame

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.
GROCERY: Healthy Snacks: Fast learners

Healthy snack manufacturers and retailers have started wooing the back-to-school market with new products, packaging, promotions, and displays.
Grocers Line Up in Droves to Support "Heart of Washington" Campaign

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.
Harris Teeter's Morganthall Joins Spartan Board

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.
FRESH FOOD: IDDBA Preview: Full agenda

Manufacturers weigh in on the big ideas driving deli/bakery department progress.
Dawn Foods, Countryside Baking Combine Businesses

JACKSON, Mich. -- Dawn Food Products Inc. here, one of the world's largest independently owned bakery manufacturers and distributors, has joined forces with Countryside Baking, Inc., a leading California-based cookie and sweet goods manufacturer.
Tyson Foods Appoints New V.P. of Foodservice Marketing

SPRINGDALE, Ark. -- Sylvia A. Wulf has joined Tyson Foods, Inc. here as v.p. of marketing for the foodservice group. She will begin her new duties in June and report directly to Wendy Davidson, group v.p.

Price Chopper, National Brands Support Children's Charity

Roundy's, Frieda's Partner for 'Produce University'

Winn-Dixie and Acosta Raise Money for America's Second Harvest

Four Industry Pioneers to be Inducted into Frozen Food Hall of Fame

GROCERY: Healthy Snacks: Fast learners

Grocers Line Up in Droves to Support "Heart of Washington" Campaign

Harris Teeter's Morganthall Joins Spartan Board

FRESH FOOD: IDDBA Preview: Full agenda

Dawn Foods, Countryside Baking Combine Businesses

Tyson Foods Appoints New V.P. of Foodservice Marketing