The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, announced that the company is exploring strategic alternatives for its Turkey Hill business, including a potential sale.

Consumers continue to look to the foodservice segment for quick and convenient snacks and meals.

Hot or cold, bottled or bagged, tea is one of the most recognizable, widely consumed beverages in the world due to its healthy halo, premium options and flavor innovations.

Consumers are constantly looking for ways to get their daily caffeine fix and industry data shows this won’t be changing anytime soon.

From RTDs, through Foodservice and into home brewed tea, the category dynamics are shifting to products and ingredients that are trusted, innovative and sustainable.

Ready-to-drink teas are driving growth in the tea category, particularly as consumers seek on-the-go convenience and healthier options.

Living Essentials LLC, Farmington Hills, Mich., released 5-hour TEA shots, a product line that's available in a Peach Tea flavor. 

Starbucks Corp., Seattle, will form a global coffee alliance with Nestlé S.A. to accelerate and grow the global reach of Starbucks brands in consumer packaged goods (CPG) and foodservice. With a shared commitment to ethical and sustainable sourcing of coffee, this alliance will transform, expand and elevate the at-home and away-from-home coffee and related categories around the world, the company says.

Chicago-based Information Resources Inc. (IRI) announced last year’s most successful consumer packaged goods (CPG) launches in its 2017 New Product Pacesetters report, the CPG industry-recognized benchmark analysis of exceptional first-year new product sales success.

Tea or coffee? A report from Tetley and market research firm CGA notes the competition between the two categories