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Grab a slice of your favorite pie and help make history as the makers of Hormel Pepperoni, America’s No. 1 pepperoni brand*, attempt to set the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the most users in a pizza party video hangout on Friday, Sept. 18, from 7-8 p.m. ET. The party, which will take place on Zoom, is a part Hormel Foods Spirit Week, a celebration of our front-line plant professionals, staff and heroes who have worked tirelessly to ensure a consistent food supply during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deepening its commitment to tapping the power of the U.S. trucking industry to improve lives, Total Quality Logistics (TQL) has pledged to cover $1 million in transportation costs for charitable loads by 2025. The nation’s second-largest freight brokerage firm is ramping up its Moves That Matter program to impact even more lives by covering the cost to haul food, water, medical supplies and other potentially life-saving goods to food banks, communities in need and nonprofits around the country.

SeaPak is bringing Everything Bagel Butterfly Shrimp to the freezer aisle in a variety of retail locations and grocery chains around the country. Originally an eclectic mixture of toppings created specifically for bagels, everything bagel seasoning in recent years has found its way onto a wide assortment of foods. The seasoning combination on SeaPak Everything Bagel Butterfly Shrimp will feature sesame seeds, salt, poppy seeds, dried garlic and dried onion.

Cinnabon announced the launch of its first-ever Frozen Breakfast Creations line. The brand’s new twist on breakfast includes three savory and three sweet options, including a tender fried chicken and cinnamon chip biscuit sandwich with cinnamon sauce, a cinnamon sweet roll covered in caramel and pecans and a cinnamon pastry filled with Cinnabon signature frosting. The Cinnabon Frozen Breakfast Creations line is now available in the breakfast freezer section at leading national retailers.

Litehouse announced that it has acquired Veggiecraft Farms. Known for bringing plant-based pasta to the masses, Veggiecraft Farms specializes in providing vegetable-based versions of beloved foods, without sacrificing taste or texture. Veggiecraft’s plant-based pastas are crafted in Italy using cauliflower flour, lentil flour, and pea flour.

Sophie’s Kitchen is debuting two of its top-selling products – Vegan Crab Cakes and Vegan Breaded Shrimp – at select Walmart stores nationwide. Approximately 400 Walmart stores will stock the brand’s Vegan Crab Cakes and Vegan Breaded Shrimp found in the frozen section. This new distribution comes as Sophie’s Kitchen continues to grow its reach and offerings.

Guacamolito will be the first Mexican business to sell traditional and fresh guacamole to 'take-out' restaurants in New York City. According to Business Wire, the avocado market will have a CAGR of 5.3 percent until 2024, starting from last year. [1] The company will initially invest up to $5 million and will establish new offices in Los Angeles, California.

Hyster announces the industry’s first fully commercialized solution dedicated to simplifying the otherwise time-consuming and labor-intensive process of manually loading and unloading flat-pack and odd-shaped items. The Hyster T7ZAC Heavyweight Handler uses a ground-level platform that slides under items in tandem with a long, tilting load backrest to pick up and support items during transport.

Farm Rich is expanding its "Garden Inspirations by Farm Rich" line with two new products: Cauliflower Bites and Breaded Zucchini Sticks. The new products are available now exclusively in the freezer section at Kroger and online.

Cedar’s Foods, a Ward Hill, Massachusetts-based company with national distribution of hommus and Mediterranean products, has partnered with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation by donating $50,000 in 2020. Coinciding with Cedar’s Foods’ launch of Cedar’s with Heart, the company’s initiative to invest and honor its employees, communities, and consumers, the national leading hommus brand in the natural and organic grocery channel kicks off its commitment to making a difference in the lives of its stakeholders with its first mission-based partnership, and hopes to inspire others to also make a difference in their communities.