Auntie Anne’s has been producing handcrafted soft pretzels in their franchise locations for the past 30 years. But, with consumer shopping habits showing an influx in retail spending, it made the next logical step for the growth and development of the company—it introduced a line of frozen products to traditional retail channels like grocery, mass and club stores.
Congratulations to Intevation Food Group LLC, Plover, Wis., for placing fifth with a total of 178 votes for its new Fazoli’s retail product line for Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ 2015 Readers’ Choice Best New Retail Products contest.
Nestlé USA, Glendale, Calif., announced plans to consolidate production of its HOT POCKETS brand sandwiches from its Chatsworth, Calif., facility to the Mt. Sterling, Ky., plant.