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With working and learning from home a new reality for many consumers across the nation, now more than ever the need for fresh, convenient, ready-to-eat meals is surging. FiveStar Gourmet Foods knew they could help and developed Simply Fresh 2Go, their first product line targeted concurrently to both retail and school foodservice channels. With 12 new SKU’s, each meal is nutritionally compliant to meet strict national school lunch dietary standards. Each item in the line is a ready-to-eat balanced complete meal including protein, grains, fresh vegetables and fruits -- even a healthy fruit and veggies drink.
The combination of Gold Star and Good Source will establish a new leader in specialized foodservice distribution for the K-12, corrections and other segments requiring specialized products and services.
In this unique dining study, Y-Pulse, New York, worked with a team of chefs and dietitians to create restaurant quality menu concepts that meet school meal nutrition requirements.
Revolution Foods, Oakland, Calif., launched In a Cup!, what is said to be the first healthy, convenient, kid-friendly, noodle-based meal available in the refrigerated lunchbox section.
FiveStar Gourmet Foods, an Ontario, Calif.-based provider of fresh and frozen prepared foods, announced plans to expand to the East Coast with a $20 million investment in a food manufacturing and distribution operation near Naples, Fla.
Castle Harlan, Inc., a New York-based middle-market private equity firm, acquired Gold Star Foods, Inc., an Ontario, Calif.-based nutritional food distributor to K-12 schools in California, Arizona and Nevada.
The House Agriculture Committee approved a new Farm Bill that will enable elementary schools to serve a broader range of healthy fruit and vegetable snacks, including frozen.