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The California Artisan Cheese Guild (CACG) recently voted in Felice Thorpe Charlton as their new President. Dedicated to promoting California artisan cheese through partnerships, outreach and education, Felice’s term will be announced at the non-profit trade organization’s annual meeting on February 9th, 2020.

Bindi, a leading Italian name in desserts for the foodservice community, adds Pear & Chocolate Fillo to their vast list of offerings. Available to order in 6 servings/box (1 lb 5.1 oz), each thaw-and-serve chocolate fillo dough pouch holds a rich chocolate cream that’s studded with pear pieces and finished in a dusting of powdered sugar, also the perfect accompaniment to a scoop of Bindi gelato or can be decorated alongside any one of their dessert sauces.

Century Park Capital Partners has completed the sale of The Mochi Ice Cream Company to Lakeview Capital, Inc. The Mochi Ice Cream Company is the leading domestic producer of mochi ice cream, the Japanese-inspired handheld ball of premium ice cream enrobed in soft and pillowy mochi dough. 

BrightFarms, a leading supplier of locally grown salads for supermarkets, has expanded its customer team to support retailer partners, with the promotion of Abby Prior and hiring of Matt DiNitto. 

In 2020, the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA) is celebrating 75 years of promoting the sales and consumption of frozen and refrigerated foods and providing a forum for industry dialogue and networking. This special anniversary is being noted with a commemorative 75th anniversary logo, and the Association is holding special activities throughout the year.

Based on 2019 Nielsen data, fans buy more than five million DiGiorno pizzas leading up to their game day watch parties. This year, DiGiorno is raising the stakes of the Big Game on Feb. 2 with a giveaway: if the score is 3-14 (or 14-3) at any point during the game, DiGiorno will give away free (pizza) pi. 

Sweet Earth Foods, an award-winning and rapidly growing plant-based food innovator, today announced the national launch of their newest plant-based product: POGOs (Power-On-the-GO snacks). Powered with the functional benefits of prebiotics, probiotics and fiber, the convenient ‘thaw and eat’ or ‘heat and eat’ wraps will debut in grocery stores nationwide this month, with distribution increasing in following weeks.

Egglife Foods, the Chicago-based food brand that uses cage-free eggs, not flour, to re-imagine carbohydrate-heavy foods, announces that Ross Lipari has joined as the company’s first Chief Sales Officer.

NORD Gear Corporation, a world leader in drive technology, will showcase a variety of its solutions for the poultry industry at the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE), January 28-30 in Atlanta. As the world's largest annual poultry, meat, and feed industry event of its kind, this year’s IPPE will bring together more than 32,000 buyers and sellers from around the globe.

Giant Food, the greater Washington D.C. regional grocery chain, proudly announced that it received a score of 100% on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation's premier benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality. Giant Food joins the ranks of more than 680 major U.S. businesses that also earned top marks this year.