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Sprouts Store

Natural, organic retailers address price point concerns

Channel receiving increasing competition from eCommerce
jessica Jacobsen
Jessica Jacobsen
Just as SKU proliferation has allowed consumers more choices for their food and beverage purchases, the retail channel market has seen its own proliferation of new stores for these products. Natural and organic retailers, also referred by some analysts as fresh format stores, are one channel that has presented competition to traditional supermarket share.
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Honest Kids available at Subway restaurants

Foodservice chain to offer Super Fruit Punch variety

Subway restaurants now offer Honest Kids juice drinks nationwide as part of its Subway Fresh Fit for Kids Meal menu. The USDA-certified organic juice drinks are available in the Super Fruit Punch variety packaged in 6-ounce juice boxes.


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New Belgium Grilled Pineapple Golden Ale

New Belgium develops burger-inspired beer for Red Robin

Grilled Pineapple Golden Ale to debut at Great American Beer

New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, Colo., and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews, Greenwood, Colo., announced their latest partnership venture: Grilled Pineapple Golden Ale.


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Inkos Energy

Convenience stores appeal to the masses

Beverage purchases key driver of convenience stores sales
Barbara Harfmann
Forty-four percent of consumers are visiting convenience (C-stores) stores more often — and half say they are visiting significantly more often than they did just two years ago, according to Chicago-based Datassential, which surveyed 1,000 consumers and 150 operators for its June “C-Store Keynote Report.” While visiting C-stores, these consumers also are buying more prepared food and beverages, the report notes.
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Technomic provides coverage for total food industry channel

Will cover all channel in $1.74 trillion US food industry

Chicago-based Technomic Inc. announced that its new 2016/17 U.S. Food Industry Universe analysis will provide coverage of all channels within the $1.74 trillion U.S. food industry, including retail grocery and foodservice. 


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Beverage calories in schools reduced by 90 percent

Clearer packaging labels focus of beverage vending program
Barbara Harfmann
This fall, as children are heading back to school, the institutions that participate in the federal lunch program will continue to ensure that children and teens will be receiving healthier food, snack and beverage choices, experts note.
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Chameleon Cold Brew

Chameleon Cold-Brew accelerates growth within coffee market

RTD cold-brew coffee concentrate grows 302 percent
Barbara Harfmann
When Culture Club released its 1983 single “Karma Chameleon,” the song instantly became a global sensation. Although not yet on the global scale, Austin, Texas-based Chameleon Cold-Brew with its array of refrigerated ready-to-drink (RTD) cold brew and coffee concentrates has become a “hit” in the beverage market.
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beer baked clams

Craft beer drives beer pairing on-premise

On-premise establishments benefit from beer pairing
Amanda Del Buono

When it comes to food and beverage pairings, many often think of wine, but as beer sales continue to grow and craft beer gains an even firmer foundation, consumers have gained interest in matching their beers with food.


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vending machines

Health and wellness drive changes for vending machines

Variety key for vending machine operators
Amanda Del Buono

Beverages, especially carbonated soft drinks (CSDs), are an essential part of the vending channel’s success. Although the vending industry faces challenges, like complying with new government regulations and trying to meet consumer health-and-wellness demands, industry experts say that the vending channel is poised for growth.


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