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e-News June 12, 2009 |
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By Anna Wolfe
CLEARWATER, Fla.-Marketing consultants Gourmet Business Solutions has launched two free Web sites designed to be resources for the gourmet retail industry-www.gourmetfoodjobs.com and www.foodfunding.com.
"With the way the economy has been as of late, we have been working to create ....
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By Ellen Ranta
SEATTLE-Conifer Specialties Inc.'s lines of soup and baking mixes is readily available nationwide.
So far this year, the specialty food company, based here, has expanded its distribution to more than 2,000 stores, representing an 84 percent growth, for its ....
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By Ellen Ranta
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Food Marketing Institute praised the introduction of legislation that would allow merchants to negotiate interchange fees as a group with Visa and Mastercard and the banks that issue those cards.
The bipartisan bill, which was introduced June ....
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By Anna Wolfe
AUSTIN, Texas-American Cheese Society, the trade organization for specialty cheesemakers, retailers and affiliated professionals, will host its 25th annual conference Aug. 5 to 8 at the Hilton Austin here.
Marci Wilson, executive director of the ACS, said the conference ....
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By Anna Wolfe
POINT REYES STATION, Calif.-Debra Dickerson, Diana Solari and Kristin Sande have joined the sales team of Tomales Bay Foods, the wholesale arm of Cowgirl Creamery.
Dickerson and Solari, founders of the San Francisco Bay Area-based sales and marketing firm, ....
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By Ellen Ranta
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-Independent retailers throughout the country can promote local shopping for a week in July with the National Independent Retailer's Week. The brainchild of retailer turned public speaker Tom Shay, the NIRW can be tailored to the ....
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IRVINGTON, N.J.-Award-winning gelato company Ciao Bella (r) kicked off its Discover-Savor-Share 2009 sampling tour this week, aimed at giving out one million free samples of its single-serve cups.
Now through September, Ciao Bella will travel to retailers on ....
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By Anna Wolfe
IRVINE, Calif.-Marking its exit from the coffee and tea retail, Diedrich Coffee Inc., based here, will wrap up the $3.1 million sale of its U.S. franchise locations to Praise International North American Inc. on June 12.
Back in March, ....
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BEND, Ore.-Farmstead goat's milk cheesemaker Tumalo Farms is on track to wrap up its expansion this month. Once complete, the new plant and aging facility will be used to create a line of cow's milk cheeses.
On April 30, Tumalo ....
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FORT COLLINS, Colo.-Sprouts Farmers Markets opens its first of three new stores in Colorado here June 5.
Already, Sprouts has stores in Westminster and Parker, Colo. Like its other locations, the 24,000-square-foot natural food store continues what Sprouts calls its "commitment ....
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By Anna Wolfe
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Taking advantage of the real estate market and low interest rates, Charley Colette decided to buy a building here for his six-year-old gourmet food store, Parkview Gourmet.
With low interest rates and a bottomed-out real estate market "now's ....
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By Anna Wolfe
NEW YORK-Long known for its teawares and coffee accessories, Bodum USA is out on a mission to bring its Scandinavian style to other small kitchen electrics.
"It's something we are working on now," Thomas Perez, president of Bodum USA ....
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SAN FRANCISCO-The 2009 Gourmet Housewares Show(r) will return to San Francisco-Aug. 8-10.
According to a prepared statement from George Little Management, the show's organizers, there is a "great deal of positive feedback" about the show's location and summer time ....
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PORTLAND, Maine-Award-winning specialty food company Stonewall Kitchen has teamed up with Oakhurst Dairy here to introduce Stonewall Kitchen Chocolate Milk.
"Partnering with Stonewall Kitchen was an easy decision to make. Their products are second to none in terms of quality and ....
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ATLANTA-The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association has announced the three contestants chosen to participate in the 14th annual Cake Decorating Challenge to be held at IDDBA's Dairy-Deli-Bake '09 seminar and expo here June 7-9.
There were 73 entrants from 40 supermarket chains ....
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Gearing up for the holidays
Recently, I interviewed Pam Danziger, retail expert and the author of Shopping: Why We Love It and How Retailers Can Create the Ultimate Customer Experience...
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