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Gift For Life Celebrates “World Food Day” With Commitment to World Central Kitchen Through 2022
October 12, 2021 —After the success of Gift for Life’s “Feed the Hungry. Feel the Good.” fundraising campaigns during events in 2021, and in honor of World Food Day, Gift for Life has extended its commitment to World Central Kitchen (WCK) and its crisis-related food insecurity programs through 2022. Gift for Life, the industry’s sole charitable organization, has raised more than $95,000 in 2021 between market week fundraisers and special events. The bulk of donations were directed to WCK’s Restaurants for the People program, which meets critical needs on two fronts: buying meals directly from restaurants and delivering them to Americans ... |
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Anuga 2021 exceeds all expectations
International, inspiring and above all personal - that was the 36th edition of Anuga which was staged from 09.-13.10.2021 in Cologne. With over 70,000 visitors from 169 countries and more than 4,600 exhibitors from 98 nations, the leading global trade fair for food and beverages once again demonstrated that trade fairs of these dimensions are possible again. "We are delighted with this result. It underlines the global significance of Anuga and the trust that is placed in us as a trade fair organisation. Furthermore, it also shows that Germany as a trade fair location continues to hold a leading and ... |
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JuniperMarket Preps for December Launch
(November 1, 2021) – With just weeks until the December launch of JuniperMarket, a new B2B e-commerce marketplace powered by International Market Centers (IMC), the in-house team is working around the clock to onboard tens of thousands of SKUs per day from industry-leading gift, home and lifestyle sellers, and to accommodate the growing pipeline of brands eager to join the platform. “JuniperMarket is operating in high-gear, with our team of nearly 200 technologists and customer experience specialists working non-stop to onboard brands for our December launch,” said Eric Dean, president of Juniper by IMC. “Momentum is building for JuniperMarket as buyers ... |
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Sullivans Acquires Woodstock Chimes
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota – September 8, 2021 Sullivans has acquired Woodstock Percussion, Inc., which will function as a subsidiary under Sullivan, Inc. After five decades of leadership in the industry, Woodstock Chimes founder Garry Kvistad has chosen Sullivans to lead his company into its next generation. The GRAMMY award-winning musician and his wife, Diane, started the business in New York’s picturesque Hudson Valley in 1979. Their commitment to precision-tuning and great-sounding wind chimes quickly attracted a large and loyal customer base. As they began to plan for the succession of Woodstock Chimes, the Kvistads searched for a well-established company ... |
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The U.S. Home-Centric Lifestyle is Here to Stay, Including the Majority of Meals Eaten at Home According To Recent NPD Report
CHICAGO, Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Most analyses during the pandemic have focused on discerning its impact on consumer behavior and forecasting how this might change going forward. However, before the pandemic structural changes in the workforce and the aging population already contributed to a home-centric lifestyle, and COVID accelerated it, reports The NPD Group. These long-term trends will continue to influence consumer eating patterns and how they use their homes well into the future, according to NPD's recently released 36th edition of Eating Patterns in America. "Our life stage and workplace behavior has a lot to do with how, where, and ... |
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Cibus 2021 Specialty Food Trade Event Was A Success Beyond Expectations
(Parma, 3 September 2021) - “Cibus is a winning bet”, said Giancarlo Giorgetti, Minister of Economic Development, visiting the Cibus stands in Parma today. “When it was decided to hold this fair four months ago, questions arose. As a government political authority we must thank all those who agree to make these bets and allow the country to win them ”. And the numbers of the twentieth edition of Cibus speak for themselves: two thousand exhibiting companies, almost 40 thousand visitors, of which 2 thousand from abroad. "The main international operators who were unable to come have sent their sourcers and ... |
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StoreBound’s Glenn DeStefano Elected to IHA Board Of Directors
ROSEMONT, ILL. (Sept. 10, 2021)—Glenn DeStefano, president of StoreBound LLC, has been elected to the board of directors of the International Housewares Association (IHA), the full-service trade association for the housewares industry. His three-year term begins Oct. 1, 2021 and ends Sept. 30, 2024. Also elected were new board officers: Chairman – Yvette Laugier, managing director, Peugeot Saveurs North America, LLC Vice Chairman/Chairman Elect – Steve Greenspon, CEO, Honey-Can-Do International LLC Treasurer – Neal Asbury, president & CEO, The Legacy Companies All officers serve one-year terms from Oct. 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2022. Retiring from the board is Howard “Chip” Steidle, Jr., ... |
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Anuga 2021 in high demand
Anuga, the largest trade fair regarding the number of exhibitors and exhibition space, opens its doors in the regular mode at the fair grounds of Koelnmesse on 9 October. The result is impressive, because with over 4,000 exhibiting companies, Anuga 2021 boasts an excellent alignment after the pandemic."Hence, we will be the largest trade fair in Europe - if not indeed worldwide - after the re-start of the trade fair industry. The trade fair will be staged in 11 halls of the fair grounds. The newly constructed Hall 1, which satisfies all of the modern demands of a trade fair, ... |
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Chief Housewares Executive SuperSession Returns with In-Person Event
ROSEMONT, IL (Aug. 17, 2021)—CHESS, the Chief Housewares Executive SuperSession, returns in 2021 with an in-person event Oct. 5 & 6 in Rosemont, Ill. As consumers and the housewares industry continue to recover from the Coronavirus pandemic, supply chain issues, post-pandemic growth strategies, changing consumer purchase behavior and new retail models are some of the topics facing suppliers that will be explored during CHESS 2021. CHESS is the International Housewares Association’s strategic and networking event for industry leaders. It is designed for chief officers of all IHA member companies and their top decision-makers and features sessions on critical issues affecting housewares, ... |
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Harris Teeter to Sell Hunter Farms Dairy Business to Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc.
MATTHEWS, N.C., Aug. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Harris Teeter announced today that the company is selling its Hunter Farms dairy processing plant to Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc. The sale is expected to close Aug. 30, 2021. Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative is a community of more than 900 dairy farm families in thirteen states passionate about cultivating dairy goodness and bottling fresh Maola brand milk and dairy products. Founded in 1920, the cooperative's farmers produce three billion pounds of milk a year for consumers and manufacturers worldwide. The cooperative also owns processing facilities in Newport News, Va., ... |
