 | February 9, 2012 | News for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry |  |  |
- Campbell recipe competition supports heart health
Campbell Soup chef Thomas Griffiths and celebrity chef Richard Blais competed to create dishes using the company's heart-healthy products. The competition is available as a three-part webisode on the Campbell's Kitchen Facebook page. Viewers can choose their favorite recipe, and for every vote through March 1, Campbell will donate $1 to the American Heart Association's "Go Red For Women" campaign. Progressive Grocer (2/8)       - Big G boxes go back to the '80s
General Mills partnered with Atari to create Big G cereal boxes with a 1980s look, including graphics from games such as Asteroids and Centipede. The boxes are available at Target through mid-March. "With the comeback of classic movies, late-night TV shows and neon colors on the runway, this year's decision to highlight the '80s was simple -- it's on trend," said Tara Johnson, General Mills' integrated marketing communications manager. Progressive Grocer (2/8) - PepsiCo-Tata joint venture to launch Tata Water Plus
 NourishCo Beverages, a joint venture between PepsiCo India and Tata Global Beverages, plans to introduce a nutrient-enriched water called Tata Water Plus in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. "There is a growing trend towards health and wellness in the beverages category," said a NourishCo executive. "We believe there is immense potential, which will evolve over a period of time." BusinessWeek.com (2/9)  | How can you minimize your exposure to price movements? Commodity price volatility can wreak havoc on your margins. IHS helps you understand how recent periods of volatility can provide guidance in planning for the future and minimize your exposure to price fluctuations. Download a Whitepaper on Commodity Price Volatility. | - How to tell if an idea is worth pursuing
Good innovators need to come up with ideas that are commercially viable, but how can you tell which will fly and which will flop? The best ideas address existing problems in disruptive new ways, and have a clear path to profit, writes Chuck Frey, who relies on analysis from author Scott Anthony. "You already know from past experience what types of ideas are likely to be accepted in your organization, and those which tend to go down in flames," Frey notes. InnovationTools (2/8)   | Top 5 HR Compliance Concerns for Small Business
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 - Tops will celebrate 50th birthday all year
Tops Friendly Markets is marking its 50th anniversary with promotions throughout the year. The company also plans to implement one idea a week for 50 weeks to improve the shopping experience. Through March 25, Tops is promoting "50 days of 50% off," discounting popular items. Supermarket News (2/8) 
| Health & Wellness |  |  | | - GMA: Consumers have more nutrition info than ever
Wal-Mart has added a Great for You logo that appears on the front of private-label products the company is highlighting as healthier. GMA, which introduced the Facts up Front label in collaboration with the Food Marketing Institute, commented on Wal-Mart's logo, saying, "we are pleased it can complement Facts up Front and other industry efforts," and adding that consumers "now have access to more nutrition information about their food than ever before." FoodNavigator (2/8)  |  |  | | See how Cardmembers use American Express OPEN Cards to help run their business:
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  | GMA News | | | | - GMA accepting submissions for 2012 Reverse Logistics Collaboration Award
The Joint Industry Unsaleables Leadership Team will again honor three retailer–manufacturer teams with the Reverse Logistics Collaboration Award to recognize successful collaborative initiatives among trading partners in one or more areas of reverse logistics management.
Eligible projects or programs must demonstrate significant impacts on either unsaleables or reverse logistics functions in the manufacturing or distribution environments; or enhance the state of knowledge about best practices in managing unsaleables and attacking root causes; and should be relevant and applicable to other companies in the CPG industry.
The deadline to submit applications is March 30. Awards will be presented at the Joint Industry Unsaleables Management Conference on May 17.
For more information please contact GMA's Jessica Martin at (202) 295-3952, or download the flier.
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