 | Reunion Island Introduces Full Leaf Teas
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 4, April 2013
The "super premium" Benchmark-branded lineup includes traditional teas like English Breakfast and Earl Grey, along with more unique tastes like...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Marley Real Cups Reach P.C. Richard Stores
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 4, April 2013
P.C. Richard & Son is the largest chain of private, family-owned electronics and appliances stores in the United States, with locations throughout New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Green Mountain Converts Nantucket Blend To Fair Trade Certified
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 4, April 2013
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc.'s Nantucket Blend is now 100% Fair Trade Certified. Prices and the available varieties and formats of the popular blend will remain the same...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Green Mountain Adds Lipton Tea K-Cups, Vue Packs
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Lipton K-Cup and Vue packs will roll out in the U.S. and Canada beginning this summer. They will join Keurig's existing lineup of tea brands, which include Celestial Seasonings, Bigelow, Twinings and Tazo...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Marley Coffee Real Cups Roll Out At Office Depot; Equity Deal Settles $1M In Debt
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Real Cups are making their way onto Office Depot shelves at its stores throughout North America. Separately, Marley Coffee said it has settled more than $1 million in debt in exchange for the issuance of shares of its common stock to equity investor Ironridge Global IV Ltd....
Author: Emily Jed
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| VE South Adds Perfect Servings Powdered Condiment Dispenser To Equipment Lineup
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
"It's one of those items that makes you say, 'Why didn't I invent this?'" said VE South general manager Joe Gilbert. The bulk-loaded dispenser delivers a single portion of powdered creamer or sweetener directly into the user's hot beverage...
Author: Emily Jed
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| DS Waters Acquires AquaSpring Water Co.
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
AquaSpring has been providing natural spring water to Houston-area customers for 13 years...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Starbucks In The News: Sparkling Coffee Energy Drink, Free Digital New York Times Access
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
The nation's biggest coffeehouse chain has unveiled a ready-to-drink coffee-based energy beverage in Canada. In the U.S., it has partnered with The New York Times to offer patrons free digital access to the newspaper's articles...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Technomic: Noncommercial Foodservice Shows Signs Of Growth
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
The noncommercial foodservice sector is thriving, accounting for 34% of U.S. foodservice sales in 2012 and garnering more than $200 billion in sales, according to the research firm...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Gaviña Packages Don Francisco's Family Reserve In Single-Serve Cups
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Gaviña will be exhibiting at the National Automatic Merchandising Association's OneShow in Las Vegas, April 24-26, in booth No. 747...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Kraft Cuts U.S. Coffee Prices 6%
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Kraft Foods Group Inc. on Feb. 22 cut prices of its Maxwell House and Yuban coffees by around 6%. The move follows a price reduction by rival J.M. Smucker Co....
Author: Nick Montano
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| Smucker Lowers Coffee Prices Another 6%
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
The J.M. Smucker Co. has cut the list price for its packaged Folgers and Dunkin' Donuts coffees by 6% on average to adjust for sustained declines in green coffee costs...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Mother Parkers' RealCups Reach 25 Million Mark
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Launched last August, RealCup capsules, patented by Mother Parkers, are compatible with Keurig K-Cup single-serve brewers...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Bloomberg's Next Target: Plastic Foam Containers
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose regulatory hammer has come down on fatty foods, supersized sodas and smoking in bars, is taking a swing at plastic foam food packaging...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Enters Deal To Buy Heinz For $23 Billion
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
The world's most famous ketchup maker has agreed to be acquired by an investment partnership formed by billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Brazil's 3G Capital...
Author: Emily Jed
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| DS Waters Buys Hillcrest Springs Delivery Business
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
DS Waters said the acquisition will expand its Alhambra water brand and its coffee and water filtration services in northern California...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Bloomberg Praises Food Makers' Salt-Reduction Progress
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised 21 packaged food companies and restaurants for meeting their targets in a voluntary campaign led by New York City to cut the salt content in foods...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Bunn Debuts Cloud Technology With Superautomatic Espresso Line
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
Routine and on-demand maintenance through the new Bunnlink service are coordinated via machine-to-machine (M2M) communication that enables remote equipment management...
Author: Emily Jed
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| DS Waters CEO Dillon Schickli Retires; Tom Harrington To Lead Nationwide Water And OCS Company
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013
DS Waters of America Inc., a water and OCS company, announced that its chief executive, Dillon Schickli, has retired. Tom Harrington has stepped up to fill the top post, effective immediately...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Compass Group Delivers Customers Nutritional Information With MyFitnessPal App
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
Compass's 7,500-plus menu items are now integrated into MyFitnessPal's existing database of more than two million foods...
Author: Emily Jed
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| NAMA Sets 2013 Coffee, Tea & Water Symposium For Nashville, Nov. 12-14
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2013
The collocation of NAMA's CTW symposium and the International Bottled Water Association's annual business conference, with a common trade show, will be repeated in 2013...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| D.E. Master Blenders CEO Steps Down
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
The Amsterdam-based maker of Douwe Egberts coffee and Senseo single-cup coffee machines said Michiel Harkemij departed last month "by mutual consent"...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Research Links Sweetened Drinks To Depression, Ties Coffee To Lower Risk
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
New research suggests that drinking sweetened beverages, especially diet drinks, is associated with an increased risk of depression in adults while drinking coffee appears to slightly lower that risk...
Author: Emily Jed
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| NAMA Releases Coffee Research
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
The National Automatic Merchandising Association is now selling its coffee research originally presented at the Coffee, Tea and Water show...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Aramark Sales Data Illuminates Workplace Coffee-Drinking Habits
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
People working in the Houston, Los Angeles and Chicago metropolitan areas consumed the most cups of coffee on the job at Aramark sites. Boston and Philadelphia follow...
Author: Emily Jed
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