Last updated on May 6th, 2015 at 01:45 pm
New Channels News In Brief
Multi-format food, fuel and pharmacy retailer Giant Eagle plans to reduce water consumption by 5 percent by July 2017, resulting in an anticipated conservation of millions of gallons of water. All corporately operated Giant Eagle supermarkets will be retrofitted with water conservation equipment by June 30…
Biena Foods of Boston has named Katie Sokolowski sales director and Deanna Maheras customer service and logistics coordinator. Biena Foods is a healthy snack food brand that specializes in all-natural chickpea snacks. Varieties are gluten free and Non-GMO Project verified. The products are available at Whole Foods Markets, Sprouts Farmers Markets, Stop and Shop, Shaws, New Seasons and also online…
Gerber of Florham Park, New York, has launched Gerber Foods Lil’ Bits recipes. This new category innovation features a unique and revolutionary cooking method that gives Lil’ Bits perfectly-sized soft pieces to help babies master the chewing developmental milestone, according to Gerber. Gerber says it invested more than $100 million in technology to create the recipes and worked with 80 experts who spent more than 120,000 hours developing the product. Research found as older babies develop side-to-side movement of their tongue, they can begin to move small, soft pieces of food to their jawline for mashing—the early skills of chewing. Introducing pureed foods with soft pieces at this time allows children to explore multiple textures before transitioning fully to solid table foods.
