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HexClad Enters Barware With Phase-Change Wine Chiller
HexClad's new Wine Chiller deploys phase-change material technology to hold red and white wine at distinct serving temp…
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Carl's Jr. Runs LTO Playbook With Angus Steakhouse Burger
Carl's Jr. pairs a one-third-pound charbroiled Angus beef LTO with comedian Bert Kreischer to capture cooler-weather ch…
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Peet's Coffee Holiday Push Blends Retail, Beauty Collab
Peet's Coffee pairs a new seasonal beverage menu with a Vanilla Latte-inspired LAVANILA fragrance collection, signaling…
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Flowers Foods Adds Two CFO Veterans to Board
Flowers Foods brings in two seasoned CPG finance executives to its board, reinforcing governance depth as the $5.3 bill…
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7-Eleven Closes 2026 Slurpee Calendar With Trolli Collab
7-Eleven's latest limited-time Slurpee pairs Trolli Spicy Crawlers candy flavor with frozen format — a co-branding move…
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Kensing Adds Sunflower Sterols to Cream Cheese Prototype
Kensing's sunflower-derived phytosterol ingredient dissolves cleanly into fat-phase dairy formats, giving food manufact…
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The Andersons' $915M Ethanol Buy Reshapes Grain Supply Chain
The Andersons' $915 million acquisition of Harvestone Low Carbon Partners signals a consolidation wave in low-carbon et…
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Maple Leaf Foods Posts 15.4% EBITDA Jump on Mix, Cost Discipline
Maple Leaf Foods delivered its eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth in Q3 2026, with margin expa…
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The Andersons Bets Big on Low-Carbon Ethanol Supply Chain
The Andersons' Q3 results show its ethanol and agribusiness infrastructure is capturing real margin from low-carbon fue…
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Food Basics Launches Community Cookbook Tied to Diwali Season
Food Basics' 'More Flavours of Home' series taps Ontario home cooks to anchor a free, community-sourced cookbook around…
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QDOBA's Comfort Season Menu Tests LTO Protein Strategy
QDOBA's three-item comfort season rollout — new Chicken Tinga, returning Tortilla Soup, and Queso Fundido — offers a ca…
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Hostess Expands Holiday SKUs With Walmart-Exclusive Launch
Hostess is deploying a four-SKU holiday lineup plus a retailer-exclusive format at Walmart, a move that reflects how la…