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Konscious Foods Expands Frozen Plant-Based Sushi into Foodservice Channels

Konscious Foods™, a plant-based seafood brand, announced its plan to expand its foodservice offerings across North America in 2024. The brand is now officially entering the US foodservice market, while appointing Affinity Group Canada as broker for the Canadian market.




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Stouffer's Single-Serve Size White Cheddar Mac & Cheese for Foodservice

The popular White Cheddar Mac & Cheese is now available in a new size that offers five different preparation methods to suit kitchens of any size, including boil-in-bag, microwave, pizza oven/impinger, rapid-cook oven, and steamer. 




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Unilever Food Solutions Launches Foodservice Industry Trends Report

The Future Menus North America Trends 2024 report identifies top menu trends predicted to influence the restaurant industry in the coming years.




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Culinary Artistry, R&D Combine to Add Foodservice Product Value

Prepared Foods gets the inside scoop on foodservice new product development in an interview with Michael S. Zeller, Senior Corporate Executive Chef, R&D, at Simplot Food Group.




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Reflecting on 2024: How Did Foodservice Trend Predictions Measure Up?

In a few weeks, we will begin publishing predictions for 2025. Prior to sharing our outlook for the year ahead, we wanted to review the predictions we made for 2024 to determine what we got right and what might not have fully taken shape.




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Stratas Foods to Acquire AAK Foodservice, Hillside

The addition of AAK Foodservice, Hillside aligns with Stratas Foods’ long-term growth objectives, particularly within the value-added oils, dressings, sauces, and mayonnaise (DSM) categories.




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Stash Tea Double Spice Chai, Earl’s Delight & Apple Blossom Tea Latte Concentrates

Stash Tea’s new Tea Latte Concentrates offer teaheads a bold and unique way to enjoy café-quality lattes at home, catering to the growing consumer trend of at-home tea consumption which amounted to $2.92 billion in sales in 2024. 




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ÖRLÖ Nutrition's Icelandic Ultra Spirulina Line

Harnessing the power of Iceland's natural environment, ÖRLÖ uses patented Energy to Food (E2F) technology to produce carbon-negative algae-based supplements. These supplements offer nutrition with a minimal environmental footprint.




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Celsius Essentials Watermelon Ice and Grape Slush Flavors

The CELSIUS ESSENTIALS line features boldly flavored performance energy drinks that are made up of the METAPLUS® blend and added aminos, helping support physical and cognitive performance. 




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Choosing the Right Flooring for Physical Therapy Practices

To help patients successfully complete their treatment and live better lives, it's important for providers to specify an ergonomic, patient-friendly flooring solution that strikes a balance between force reduction and energy restitution.




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Chilewich Names Melissa Villa Senior Vice President of Contract Sales

Villa will manage Chilewich Contract and design solutions, which includes installed flooring products, rugs, wall textiles, upholstery fabric, and window coverings for applications ranging from healthcare and corporate to hospitality and multifamily.




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Sherwin-Williams High Performance Flooring Decorative Coatings for Production and Office Facilities

Sherwin-Williams High Performance Flooring seamless flooring systems offers up durable, chemical resistant systems that cover a range of commercial applications, ranging from moderate to heavy use. The Resuflor systems integrate industrial-grade epoxy with flake or aggregate to create a decorative floor. 




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Torlys Smart Laminate Offers the Look of Wood Flooring at a Lower Price

 Torlys Smart Laminates offer the beauty of wood, with the durability of laminate.




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Changzhou Chenglu New Materials Becomes Välinge 5G Dry Licensee

Välinge announced that Changzhou Chenglu New Materials CO., Ltd. became a 5G Dry licensee and launched a collection of laminate products with increased waterproofness using the technology.




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The Role of Distribution: Service, Products, Training

Distribution remains a vital part of the floor covering trade, but distributors are facing increased competition from e-commerce sites and retailers who go direct to manufacturers to buy their flooring products.




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Starnet Members See Bright Future with Expanded Service Model

From the Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring fall meeting, commercial flooring contractors report that diversified services and building and durable business models are helping them sustain growth into 2025.




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Booking hotel apps advice?

Hey all! I’m gearing up for an upcoming trip and could really use some recommendations on the top apps or websites for finding quality hotels at budget-friendly prices. If you’ve had a good experience with any booking platforms in terms of cost,...




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CTDA, NAFCD Join Forces to Study Distribution Best Practices

The 2021 CTDA-NAFCD Financial Benchmarking Program will collect 2020 data to get a clear picture of how the channel performed during the last year.




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Stoked Oats Introduces OatRice

Stoked OatRice can be cooked and eaten like rice, but it offers twice the protein and five times the fiber of traditional white rice, as well as essential vitamins and minerals.




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NWFA Provides Flooring for Smart Home Dedicated to US Navy Petty Officer First Class John Kremer

The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) has provided flooring for its 76th home in support of the Gary Sinise Foundation R.I.S.E. program. The home dedication for U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class (Ret.) John Kremer took place on March 21, in Lebanon, Ohio.




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NWFA Provides Flooring for Smart Home Dedicated to US Navy Petty Officer First Class Joshua Geddis

The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) has provided flooring for its 77th home in support of the Gary Sinise Foundation R.I.S.E. program. The home dedication for U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class (Ret.) Joshua Geddis took place on April 25, in Coburg, Oregon.




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HMTX Industries Renews Just 2.0 Label, Reaffirming Commitment to Social Justice and Transparency

The renewal underscores HMTX's dedication to organizational transparency and social equity.




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NAR Reports 87% of Metro Areas' Home Prices Increased for Q3 2024

Approximately 90% of metro markets (196 out of 226, or 87%) registered home price gains in the third quarter of 2024, as the 30-year fixed mortgage rate ranged from 6.08% to 6.95%, according to the National Association of Realtors’ latest quarterly report.




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Goodway Technologies Launches DIB-2500 Dry Ice Blaster

Dry ice blasting technology uses frozen dry ice crystals – that instantly vaporize on contact – to quickly and easily remove very difficult-to-clean soils.




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Control Station Introduces System Health Monitoring Service

Control Station has launched System Health Monitoring (SHM), a tiered service offering that leverages intelligence captured by the company’s PlantESP Loop Performance Monitoring solution.




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Plenty appoints agritech veteran Arama Kukutai to chief executive officer

Kukutai has been an investor in Plenty and a part of Plenty’s Board of Directors since September 2016. Prior to his work with Plenty and Finistere, Kukutai served as executive chairman of PKW Farms, a successfully diversified investment entity involved in dairy farming and aquaculture activities in New Zealand, Asia and Australia.




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Processors face higher commodity prices, but climate-smart technologies may help tame cost increases

The USDA says 2022 will be a great year for agriculture, and climate-smart farming practices can help.




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NWFA Recognizes 41 Companies for Community Service

The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) recognized 41 member companies for community service in 2016.




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Stratas Foods to Acquire AAK Foodservice Facility

Stratas Foods says the addition of AAK Foodservice Hillside aligns with its long-term growth objectives, particularly within the value-added oils, dressings, sauces and mayonnaise categories.




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J. J. Keller Introduces Food Safety Compliance Services for Manufacturers and Importers

The requirements include those set by organizations such as the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and even state and local agencies.




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CDC: Listeria Outbreak Connected to Meat Sliced at Delis

The agency says people sickened by listeria have recently recounted eating meat that was sliced at deli counters, including ham, turkey and liverwurst.




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If Paradise is half as nice...

Qatar Airways is currently running auctions for pairs of VIP hospitality tickets to Champions League matches, paid for with Avios. With our (my Dad pmcg and I) team, Celtic, participating in this year's competition, we were hoping for one of their...




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WSJ: Russia Suspected of Plotting to Send Incendiary Devices on U.S.-Bound Planes

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia-plot-us-planes-incendiary-devices-de3b8c0a?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalinkTwo devices that ignited in Europe, officials say, were part of a covert operation to put them on cargo or passenger aircraftBy Bojan...




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Better Juice Adapts Sugar Reduction Technology for Fruit Sorbets

Better Juice’s enzymatic technology is based on non-GMO microorganisms that naturally transform fruit juice’s composition of sucrose, glucose and fructose into prebiotic oligosaccharides and other non-digestible fibers.




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New Asset Management Platforms and Remote Service Tools Move Food Companies Closer to AI Strategies

New remote service tools and robust asset management platforms enable food and beverage companies to envision AI-based strategies and facilitate product innovation across the enterprise.




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Idaho Milk Products to Break Ground on Ice Cream Facility

Idaho Milk Products will break ground on the 183,000-sq.-ft. plant on Oct. 11. The facility will be substantially complete by early 2026 with full commercial production by May 2026.




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Natural Choice Foods Expands Operating Capacity

The expansion will enable the company to increase its capacity to process and store excess food, handle repackaged goods and increase the number of trucks loading inventory.




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Dainty Rice Expands Ontario Facility with Ready-to-Heat Rice Production Lines

The production line is now fully operational, with the first ready-to-heat rice pouches rolling off the line and out to the retail market.




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Dr. Praeger's Appoints Anita Gogia as Chief Financial Officer

Gogia has demonstrated leadership in areas such as corporate and brand financial planning and analysis, sales finance, supply chain finance, mergers and acquisitions, and innovation finance.




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GOODLES Names Chris Hall as Chief Financial Officer Amid Explosive Growth

Hall held financial leadership roles as CFO for Nutrabolt and PepsiCo, where he most recently served as CFO for Quaker Foods and Sabra Hummus.




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Baldwin Richardson Foods Promotes Cara J. Hughes to Chief Customer and Community Impact Officer

During her tenure as vice president of customer and community, Hughes was instrumental in nearly doubling the organization's revenue.




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Chobani Names Jai Kibe as Chief Marketing Officer

Kibe will lead the marketing and creative teams for the Chobani and La Colombe brands.




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Case Study: A Cozy, Hospitality-Inspired Office Transformation

BNP Media, the parent company of Floor Trends & Installation, moved to a 5,000-square-foot office in downtown Birmingham, Michigan, embracing a hybrid work model. The remodeled space features wood-look LVT by Shaw Contract and textural carpet by Interface for a hospitality-inspired feel. 




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Blurring the '-ism' in youth climate crisis activism: everyday agency and practices of marginalized youth in the Brazilian urban periphery.

Children's Geographies; 06/01/2021
(AN 151284197); ISSN: 14733285
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The rhythmicity of daily travel: young children's mobility practices along the mobile preschool route.

Children's Geographies; 10/01/2021
(AN 152966700); ISSN: 14733285
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Placemaking with children and youth: participatory practices for planning sustainable communities: by Victoria Derr, Louise Chawla, and Mara Mintzer, New York: New Village Press, 2018, pp. 365. ISBN 9781613321003.

Children's Geographies; 02/01/2022
(AN 154441561); ISSN: 14733285
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