The 56th Annual Summer Fancy Food Show, held by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade at New York’s Jacob Javits Center, may have ended yesterday, but the memory of so many stellar gourmet food and beverage products lingers on.
With the weather fast heating up, Glendale, Calif.-based Nestle USA has introduced a more nutritious way than soda for children to quench their thirst: Juicy Juice Sparkling fruit juice beverage.
Shoppers can now savor international tastes just by visiting their nearest BJ’s Wholesale Club, with the introduction of the Natick, Mass.-based chain’s fresh Wellsley Farms brand imported pastries, European-inspired artisan breads and signature muffins, all offered at everyday low prices.
Consumers who fantasize about being a Fantana now actually have a shot at becoming the fourth member of the effervescent quartet by submitting audition videos to www.Fanta.com.
SmartCo Foods will debut its first value-focused grocery store June 23 at 6 a.m. in Denver, introducing a concept parent company Smart & Final developed to blend the best features of a local supermarket, warehouse club store and farmer’s market in one location, according to the Los Angeles-based retailer.
Northeasterners normally must wait until July for local ripe tomatoes, but some upstate New York Wegmans shoppers received theirs a lot earlier: the first ripe cherry and grape tomatoes were picked May 21 at the grocer’s Organic Research Farm in Canandaigua, N.Y., a mere two months after planting — fulfilling Wegmans’ ambition to get the fruit in its stores before the unofficial start of summer.
For those who want to enjoy Jamba Juice smoothies anytime, Jamba Juice Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Emeryville, Calif.-based Jamba, Inc., has teamed up with Phoenix-based Inventure Foods, Inc. to create the home version.
