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Kashi Enters Granola Aisle With Gut Health Line
Kashi Gut Health Granola targets the fast-growing functional food segment with a prebiotic-and-culture formula, extendi…
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Convenience Tops Health in U.S. Grocery Choices for First Time in 21 Years
The 2026 IFIC Food & Health Survey signals a measurable shift in consumer purchasing priorities, with ultraprocessed fo…
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Panda Fest and the New Business of Experiential Hospitality
Launched in 2024, Panda Fest has become one of the nation's fastest-growing Asian food festivals, showing how experient…
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Home Chef's Tempo Targets Meal-Kit Fatigue With 'Cook Never' Push
Tempo's new survey finds U.S. consumers spend more than six hours per week — over 300 hours annually — on meal planning…
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Panda Express Revives Hot Orange Chicken for Third Straight Year
Panda Express brings back its 'swicy' Hot Orange Chicken limited-time offering on July 11, marking the third consecutiv…
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Raddish Kids Donates 38,000 Units to Save the Children
Raddish Kids is channeling 10,000 cooking kits and 28,000 literature bundles to Save the Children US, directing the don…
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Mondelez Wraps Marabou Bars in 75% Recycled Plastic Film
Mondelez International, working with LyondellBasell, Amcor, and Taghleef Industries, has converted Marabou chocolate ba…
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Pepper Lunch Runs BOGO Beef Pepper Rice for Brand Holiday
Pepper Lunch is using a self-declared brand holiday on July 3 to drive same-day traffic with a buy-one-get-one-free pro…
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Scooter's Coffee Launches Summer LTO Line With Little Debbie Tie-In
Scooter's Coffee expands its summer beverage menu with a Little Debbie collaboration, two new Bombshell flavors, and a …
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Paris Baguette Rolls Out Patriotic LTO Line for U.S. Semiquincentennial
Paris Baguette's seasonal LTO collection pairs patriotic-themed pastries and cakes with a consumer sweepstakes, targeti…
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Lifeway Foods Marks 40 Years With SoHo Pop-Up on Kefir Day
The Morton Grove-based probiotic brand pairs a coast-to-coast event push with a celebrity-anchored New York activation …
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Peanut Sector Pushes Brain-Health Positioning in Menu Strategy
The brain-health food segment is expanding rapidly; peanuts are being repositioned as a functional ingredient beyond sn…