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Whole Foods Market expects to open 16
new stores in their fiscal 2010, 10 of which are expected to open in the
first half of the year.
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Tea sales are staying positive as
the beverage is seen as a healthy product and an affordable luxury, according
to Packaged Facts' Tea and Ready-to-Drink (RTD) Tea in the U.S. report.
Tea market trends examined include superfruit flavors, hybrid products designed
to compete with other beverage categories including bottled waters, energy drinks
and sodas and new RTD spins on green tea and emerging segments including yerba
mate and Kombucha.
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The resurgence of the environmental movement
caused an upswing in the demand for environmentally friendly packaging,
according to the Trends Report from the Foodservice Packaging Institute,
reported QSR Magazine.
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Despite the economic downturn, Southern Nevada-based Pies Unlimited increased
its business by 40% to 50% since it opened in 2006. Much of the specialty
bakery's revenue, which offers a selection of made-from-scratch pies, cheesecakes
and cakes, comes from retail walk-in business, reported Las Vegas Sun.
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Portland, OR-based Townshend's Tea Co. secured a $48,000
loan from Whole Foods Market, which will allow Townshend's to open a Southeast
Portland factory for making kombucha, a type of fermented tea. The company's
kombucha is available at about 15 Oregon locations, including Whole Foods, reported
OregonLive.com.
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DNA Beverage Corporation's wholly owned distribution company Grass Roots
Beverage Corporation added VPX/Redline to its growing portfolio of
food, beverage and supplement companies. The company will initially distribute
the RTD, Extreme, Princess and Meltdown lines.
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Starbucks is targeting approximately
100 net new stores in the U.S. and approximately 200 net new stores in international
markets for fiscal 2010. Both the U.S. and international additions are expected
to be primarily licensed stores.
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Seattle's Best Coffee signed an agreement to serve freshly brewed Seattle's
Best Coffee as part of Subway restaurants breakfast offerings. By the end
of 2009, more than 9,000 Subway restaurants in the U.S. will feature Seattle's
Best Coffee, with plans to expand into more restaurants during 2010. Another
agreement will also bring Seattle's Best Coffee to more than 800 Subway restaurants
in Canada before 2010.
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Children's television networks show 76% more food commercials per hour
than other networks, and most are for high-fat, high-sugar foods, according
to a study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
Nearly a third of commercials on children's networks were for food, compared
to a fifth during programming for a general audience. Some 70% were for foods
that were high in sugar or fat, reported Food Navigator USA.
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Jamba, Inc. will develop a line of Jamba-branded
trail mixes after signing a licensing agreement with Johnvince Foods. The
Jamba-branded trail mixes will be available in select Jamba Juice stores and
other retail outlets in early 2010.
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A technique that reduces 25% of the salt
in food products, does not lose taste or need additives was developed by
Dutch scientists. The "smart salt distribution" technology works by
blending a high salt fraction with a low salt fraction, creating different layers
with different salt content, reported Food Navigator.
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Innovative Beverage Group Holdings, Inc. entered into an agreement with
Pure Beverage Co. to distribute drank throughout Indiana.
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Cadbury is switching to square, recyclable cardboard boxes instead of
metal tins for its holiday packaging. The change will lead to a 45% reduction
in packaging weight and savings of more than 200 tons of steel, reported Food
Production Daily.
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New Store News: Trader Joe's opened a location in Minnetonka, MN, reported Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal. Full Story (Free Registration Required) ...Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers is opening a location in Derby, KS, reported QSR Magazine. Full Story ... Rochester, NY-based DiBella's Old Fashioned Submarines is building a location in Latham, NY that will open in late spring or early summer 2010. All of the bread is baked on the premises, and the chain has 15 locations, reported The Business Review (Albany). Full Story (Free Registration Required)
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