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What’s Next Editors’ picks for innovative products Fetch the Ball, Eat the Ball Gum That Gives CHEWING GUM may have a short life in your mouth, but a new product from Project 7 ensures that your gum dollar stretches longer than that. Fifty percent of profits from the Southlake, Texas-based company’s new Project 7 Chewing Gum will go to seven global charities. The gum, available only at Whole Foods Markets for now, comes in three flavors: Fresh Mint, Peppermint Vanilla and Mango Mint, and uses all-natural ingredients. The suggested retail price is $1.39 to $1.59 for a pack of 12 sticks. Contact Tyler Merrick at 817-4889777 or visit www.project7.com for more information. WANT TO BOND WITH YOUR DOG? Guelph, Ontariobased KicX Nutrition, maker of NuHemp holistic pet products, has debuted Ballz, the first product under its Fetch’erz brand. Ballz are small round snacks that dogs can play with before eating. The natural product comes in four varieties: Chicken Stew, Fish & Chips, Fruit & Veggie Medley, and Sweet Peanut Butter Crunch. A 0.9-pound bag retails for a suggested $6.99. Learn more at 866-466-0686 or www.nuhemp.com. Organic Fruit Cups OAKLAND, CALIF.-BASED Sundia Corp. has beaten the competition by becoming the first company to market a ready-to-eat Meatloaf in the Deli Counter organic fruit cup. True Fruit CERTIFIED ANGUS BEEF of Wooster, Ohio, has Organic, packintroduced a meatloaf targeting supermarkets aged in a clear that makes packaging and selling easy. The container alongproduct, made from Certified Angus Beef side a spork (a comchucks, comes in a case of 24 loaves with bination spoon and ready-to-use trays, lids, glaze packets and merfork), has no pesticides chandising sleeves. The store simply has to folor synthetic fertilizers. The low the cooking instructions, and then package the meatloaves individually as fruit comes in three varieties: Mango, ready-to-eat items for customers to take home. No MSG, binders or fillers are Mango; Perfect Peach; and Purely Pineapple. A 10.75-ounce used in the product. It’s also available as a fully cooked 80-ounce loaf. The cup retails for a suggested $1.99. More information can be found at meatloaf retails directly for less than $10. To find out more, call the Certified www.sundiafruit.com. Angus Beef brand at 330-345-0808 or visit www.certifiedangusbeef.com. Viva Al Dente! CONAGRA FOODS has launched its newest line of Italian-style meal offerings in six flavors. Marie Callender’s Pasta Al Dente products rely on Omaha, Neb.-based ConAgra’s successful SteamCooker technology, a cooking system that separates the pasta and sauce to maintain the premium quality of both. The six flavors are Fettucini Chicken Balsamico, Cavatappi Genovese, Tortellini Romano, Rigatoni Marinara Classico, Rigatoni Con More ONLINE Pesce and Penne Chicken Modesto. The 10- to 11For additional ounce packages retail for a suggested $3.49. new products, go to Additional information is available at www. Progressivegrocer.com conagrafoods.com. Raising Cane FLAVORSTORM, INC., a company based in Woodinville, Wash., has rolled out an assortment of flavored cane sugars free of preservatives, additives, essential oils, and artificial flavors and colors. The product, Essential Cane, is now available in 12 flavors, including Espresso, Ginger, Green Chili, Habanero, Dark Cocoa and Vanilla Bean. The sugar, made out of raw organic cane sugar and the flavor component, comes in 5-ounce containers that retail for a suggested $8.95. Get more information at www.essentialcane.com or 425-482-4444. 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Contents
Nielsen's Shelf Stoppers/Spotlight: Salty Snacks/Variety Snack Packs
Market Snapshot: Cleveland, Ohio
Independents Report: How Jax Markets' MacAloney Triumphed Over Adversity
Lempert Report: Consumers in Command
Nielsen Report: Keeping Up With the Economy: Insights and Opportunities in Uncertain Times
Store of the Month: Close to Home
Sustainability Best Practices: It's Not Easy Being Green
Give Green, Get Green
Store of the Month: The Collection
Household Cleaners: Green Clean Is Growing
Meat Conference: Annual Meat Conference Rustles Up Retailers, Vendors to Denver
Produce: Organic Opportunities
Meat: Premium Possibilities
Reusable Bags: Paper, Plastic or Yours?
Technology: Priced to Sell
Equipment: A Flash of Green
What's Next: Editors' Picks for Innovative Products

Progressive Grocer - April 2009