As the need for healthy snacks grows, V8 beverages from Campbell’s Foodservice meet the demand for on-the-go snacking across dayparts. Snacking continues to expand in both definition and daypart, with 71% of consumers defining a snack as “any item” and 46% of the U.S. population snacking at least three times per day, according to the…
Nestle to Introduce Chocolate Without Added Sugar
Nestlé announced that the company created a chocolate made entirely from the cocoa fruit — without adding any refined sugar. Nestlé plans to introduce the first product in Japan in the fall of this year through its KitKat Chocolatory. Further products in other countries will follow next year, through some of Nestlé’s most popular confectionery…
Starbucks Introduces New ‘Starbucks Now’ Retail Experience
Starbucks opened the first ‘Starbucks Now’ store — a retail experience that “integrates Starbucks physical and digital customer touchpoints.” Combining the Starbucks cafe environment with the company’s ‘Mobile Order & Pay’ and ‘Starbucks Delivers’ customer experiences, customers and delivery riders can conveniently get their favorite beverages and food at Starbucks. Located in Beijing, the store…
Enmarket Opens Newly Renovated Store in Savannah, Ga.
Enmarket announced the opening of its newly rebuilt and expanded c-store in Savannah, Ga. The new store was renovated to integrate its appearance into the surrounding historic district. The design of the new 3,522-square-foot convenience store drew from the site’s transportation-related history with its proximity adjacent to the Central of Georgia Railway and Georgia State…
Big Y Foods to Remove Single-Use Plastic Bags from All Locations Aug. 1
Big Y Foods Inc. announced it will eliminate single-use plastic bags at the checkouts of its more than 80 locations in Massachusetts and Connecticut on Aug. 1. The stores will offer discounts on reusable bags through the month of August as customers transition away from plastic, according to the company. “For those shoppers who do…
S&D Coffee & Tea Releases Coffee Market Report
S&D Coffee & Tea has released a new Coffee Market Report. According to S&D Coffee & Tea, the coffee market continued to give back recent gains this week. Prices dropped 7% and saw a one month low. The frost premium has now been erased as prices settled back below a dollar. There is no real…
Study Reveals Delivery Service Habits
After a careful examination of how we eat, a new survey by US Foods examined the “habits and pain points of consumers who use popular food delivery apps..” From May 9-13, 2019, US Foods surveyed 1,518 adults in the U.S. who have used food delivery apps. Respondents’ ages ranged from 18 to 77, with a median age of…
Burgers, Brats Bolster Lunch and Dinner Sales
At Rutter’s, which has 75 locations in Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia, burgers are so popular they have their own menu of more than two dozen variations. Customers can choose from a one-third-pound, 100% Angus beef patty, a one-fourth-pound chipotle black bean burger or a turkey burger, said Ryan Krebs, the York, Pa.-based chain’s director…
Marathon Petroleum Employees Volunteer for United Ways Days of Caring
Marathon Petroleum Corporation once again celebrated United Way Days of Caring. For the past 25 years, the Marathon Petroleum headquarters in Findlay, Ohio, has spent a series of days devoted to helping its local United Way agencies with short-term, project-focused volunteer service that would not typically be covered in their annual budgets. This year, 953 volunteers…
Hoshizaki Transfers Square Ice Cube Machines’ Production to U.S. Facility
Hoshizaki America Inc. has transferred manufacturing of the IM-500SAB stackable and the IM-200BAC self-contained square cube ice machines from Europe to their facility in Peachtree City, Ga. “The demand for specialty ice shapes is just starting to take off in the Americas, but already exists in Europe,” said Hoshizaki’s Director of New Product Development Jon…