 | February 13, 2012 | News for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry |  |  |
- Smart Balance website highlights hearts and valentines
Smart Balance is focusing on heart health this month, adding a "For Your Heart" section to its website with food plans and an online community. The site, which also has recipes, heart-health tips and coupons, allows visitors to make and send personalized digital Valentine's Day cards. "We see American Heart Month as an opportunity to bring heart health to the forefront," said John Becker, vice president of marketing at Smart Balance. Progressive Grocer (2/10)        | WEBINAR — Debating the State of Social Research
Join 3 top experts as they dissect, debate and probably disagree on the future of Social Research. Bring questions to this interactive session covering: social listening strategies, text analytics, ad hoc queries and the impact of big data. Leave with insight for your 2012 strategy. Register Now! | - GMA report sees retailer-data opportunities
A report from GMA and A.T. Kearney indicates that CPG companies could benefit from increased use of data from retailers. "Capitalizing on retailer data is as much about how CPG companies apply learnings in decision making as it [is] about bringing these insights to the retailer to win with their consumers," said GMA's Jeanne Iglesias. Supermarket News (2/10) - Coconut-water market ready to crack wide open
Coconut water, touted as a natural sports drinks, is moving into the mainstream, having doubled revenue every year since 2005. The leading brand, Vita Coco, is more than doubling distribution to some 55,000 stores through an agreement with Dr Pepper Snapple Group; No. 2 brand Zico is expected to sell a majority stake to Coca-Cola; and PepsiCo is launching national distribution of the third-ranked brand, O.N.E. The Wall Street Journal (2/11) - Food industry is hot in Cleveland
Food manufacturing has grown about 25% in the Greater Cleveland area from 2000 to 2011, with revenues increasing about 2% a year. Food makers in the Ohio region employ about 18,000 in national companies such as Smucker's as well as smaller but growing firms. The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) (2/13)  - Coca-Cola invites Google+ users to Hangout
Coca-Cola announced it will host a Hangout on Google+ this week. The unscripted event will take place in the company's archives, where staff archivists will discuss memorabilia and respond to questions from participants. Mashable (2/10)  | Retail Spotlight |  |  | | - Safeway plans sustainable sourcing for canned tuna
Safeway said it will transition by year-end to a source using the sustainable purse-seine method of fishing for tuna in its chunk light canned tuna. "We have always felt that the Safeway brand is the best-tasting canned tuna product," said Joe Ennen, senior vice president of consumer brands. "Now we're excited to offer that same superior quality from a source that is more sustainable and eco-friendly." Progressive Grocer (2/10)  | Earn 2X rewards points on advertising costs with The New Business Gold Rewards Card from American Express OPEN. Designed to earn Membership Rewards® points faster:
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| Health & Wellness | | | | - American Diabetes Association names 10 key food options
Beans, blueberries, tomatoes, citrus fruits and nuts are among 10 food choices recommended for people with diabetes by the American Diabetes Association. Also on the list are sweet potatoes, dark leafy vegetables, whole grains, fat-free dairy products and fish that's high in omega-3 fatty acids. USA TODAY (2/12) | GMA News | | | | - Science Forum sessions to deliver exclusive global and domestic food safety updates
Are you wondering what to expect on the food safety front in 2012? Are you curious about how CPG trading partners are collaborating to facilitate Food Safety Modernization Act implementation and standardization on an international scale? Look no further than the GMA Science Forum, April 3 to 6, in Washington, D.C.
During two separate but complementary sessions, "Implementing Food Safety Initiatives in the U.S. and Around the World" and "Global Trade, Standards and Food Safety Harmonization," experts from the FDA, USDA, and trading partner countries will discuss the high-level view of food safety regulations in the U.S. and beyond. View session speakers.
For more information about the GMA Science Forum, visit www.gmascienceforum.com.
| Government & Food Safety | | | | - Vt. legislation would set rules for GMO labeling
Vermont lawmakers are considering a bill that would forbid food-makers that use genetically modified ingredients to use words indicating a product is "natural" or "all natural." The Vermont Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act would consider food "misbranded if it is entirely or partially produced with genetic engineering and it is not labeled as genetically engineered." FoodSafetyNews.com (2/10)
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