VERONA, Penn. – A good summer drink for kids has water, color, sugar and some sort of taste. Make it cheap, and slightly clever, and you have the perennial bestselling summer treat, the Little Hug Fruit Barrel. The Little Hug debuted in 1974, when Watergate was the issue, and overtlyMORE HERE
PLANO, Texas – 7Up has a taken an all of the above to the use of its logo on new packages. The brand is using an array of previous 7Up logos on their packaging, beginning with their earliest formats, a square with the 7up in the middle. The program isMORE HERE
ST. LOUIS – The Netflix drama Outer Banks has cleverly reintroduced the teen mystery format to a new audience. The show, which has started a second season, also has introduced a real Southern aesthetic to television. Peppered are mentions of brands, from Grady White boats to the Save A LotMORE HERE
BRADENTON – The news that PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) would sell Tropicana to the European private equity group PAI Partners for $3.3 billion should be a wake up call for Florida orange juice. PepsiCo said that the company would sell Tropicana, Naked and other select juice brands in North AmericaMORE HERE
General Foods International Coffee was popular in the 1970s; original packaging and typography used the Peignot font, which was made famous by the Mary Tyler Moore Show.MORE HERE
NORWICH, Vt. –– King Arthur Baking Company is launching four new pancake mixes, a Gluten-free Confetti Cake mix, and an organic masa harina. The company said that these new products are the result of market research and insights from the past year, when millions took up home backing as they wereMORE HERE
JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Winn-Dixie, a unit of Southeastern Grocers, is making a strong push at promoting smaller regional brands at its Florida stores, including the sausage brands Roger Wood, Registers and Nettles. Southeastern Grocers in March also announced a push at increasing the number of minority-owned brands sold at theMORE HERE
ISTANBUL — The Kraft Heinz Company will purchase Assan Foods from the privately held Turkish company Kibar Holding in a deal that values the enterprise at approximately $100 million. Assan Foods is a sauce-focused business with manufacturing facilities in Balikesir and Izmir that has been a production partner for KraftMORE HERE
Their success at making a regional grocer and retail brand into a national franchise is a path for any local retailer that was established over 75 years ago. There is enough goodwill and brand story to make the product compelling to those outside the city.MORE HERE
Promoting regional food manufacturers and suppliers is good business. But national retailers have been aggressive about getting rid of smaller suppliers, preferring to reduce the number of SKUs, or products, and allowing manufacturers to buy up and fill up center aisles. These trends go in cyles; the chain like WalmartMORE HERE
