December 16, discount grocer Lidl US will introduce the first and only US private brand chocolate bar that contributes to a living income for cocoa farmers. Known as Way To Go!, Lidl’s new chocolate bar uses 100% traceable and sustainable Fairtrade cocoa sourced from the Kuapa Kokoo cooperative in Ghana. Way To Go! guarantees that
Aldi UK is introducing 100% recyclable packaging for its own-brand boxed cereal. The UK’s fifth-largest supermarket will replace the plastic inner bags holding the cereal with a recyclable alternative before the end of this year. The change will replace approximately 650 tons of non-recyclable plastic annually – the equivalent to the amount of packaging used
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[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.25" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" custom_margin="|auto||48px||"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.7.4" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"]The 8th Annual Vertex Awards competition is now open for entries. The competition will be open from Friday, November 20, 2020, to January 30, 2021. The Vertex Awards is the first and only global competition devoted exclusively to private band packaging design.
For those who want to eat special food this Christmas period but do not want to spend that long in the kitchen, Ahold Delhaize owned Dutch grocer Albert Heijn will introduce a new private brand range in December: Culii. Culii is available in starters, side dishes, main courses, and desserts for two people, with special
MPB Careers: Woolworths - Innovation Chef Requisition ID 418039 - Posted 25/11/2020 - Woolworths Supermarkets - NSW - Full-time - Retail Operations Woolworths has a unique opportunity to work within FoodCo as an Innovation Chef. FoodCo is one of the four divisions of the Woolworths Food Group. This new center of expertise is set to establish a world-class FMCG business and change the landscape of
Did you ever wonder what those visions of dancing sugar plums looked like? Maybe you envisioned whole, purple plums, like bouncing fruit twirling into and around one another. Trader Joe's looked into it, and found that when "A Visit From St. Nicholas" was penned by Moore, sugar plums were not plums, at all! They were
In 1962 President John F Kennedy issued this Thanksgiving proclamation. The grace, leadership and call to action are now more appropriate than ever. Proclamation 3505; Thanksgiving Day 1962 Issued November 7, 1962, by the President of the United States Over three centuries ago in Plymouth, on Massachusetts Bay, the Pilgrims established the custom of gathering
Llama, Candy, Brown bear, Globe man, Eggplant car and Ladybug mouse – these cuddly friends form the new SAGOSKATT private brand soft toy-collection from IKEA. They’re all designed by kids that participated in the retailer's annual drawing competition. The six designers selected this year - chosen from more than 71,000 entries across the globe -
Sheetz announced this week the release of a new limited-edition craft beer brewed with one pound per barrel of the retailer’s private brand Shweetz Glazed Vanilla Donut holes. Dubbed “Project Happy Hole-idayz,” this first-ever beer was brewed in partnership with Wicked Weed Brewing Company. Available at 432 Sheetz stores across Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Virginia,
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