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  • Extra Dessert Delights turns to Facebook to decide newest flavor

    CHICAGO — Extra is enlisting consumers to help it decide what should be the next Extra Dessert Delights flavor.

    Through its Facebook page, consumers can select among bananas foster, root beer float and lemon square flavors. The winning flavor of this vote will be added to the Dessert Delights lineup of orange creme pop, apple pie, mint chocolate chip, strawberry shortcake and key lime pie. Voting ends Nov. 12. The new flavor is slated to hit store shelves next summer.

  • Weis promotes Tator to oversee private-brand program

    SUNBURY, Pa. — Weis Markets earlier this week named Regina Tator as its director of private brands. 

    Tator succeeds Bruno Garisto, who was recently named VP center store sales and merchandising. Tator will oversee the product development and sales and marketing for the company’s 6,300 private-brand products, including center store, healthy and beauty care, and perishable private products.

  • SymphonyIRI: Brand value, not price, key to driving loyalty

    CHICAGO — SymphonyIRI Group on Thursday released a brand report highlighting what elements help drive brand selection and brand loyalty.

  • Scrubbing Bubbles hands-free toilet bowl cleaner comes to market

    RACINE, Wis. — SC Johnson is enhancing its Scrubbing Bubbles line with an easy-to-use toilet bowl cleaner.

    New one step toilet bowl cleaner is a foot activated, hands-free toilet cleaner that helps keep the toilet clean for 30 days, SC Johnson said. To assure it toilets stay clean, it is recommended that consumers use the product twice a day.

    The suggested retail price for the easy-to-use Scrubbing Bubbles one step toilet bowl cleaner is $9.99 for the starter kit and $3.99 for each refill.

  • Pedigree seeks to help shelter dogs with QR code initiative

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Pedigree is encouraging Walmart shoppers to help feed homeless dogs by scanning the QR code on any package of Pedigree sold at Walmart with their smartphone.

    Every QR code scanned represents one bowl of Pedigree food for dogs, which the brand will donate to an animal shelter (up to 500,000 8-oz. bowls).

  • Ginseng Up prepares for U.S. launch

    ROCKLEIGH, N.J. — In line with its full-scale, national launch, functional beverage brand Ginseng Up is debuting a new apple flavor.

    Ginseng Up noted that its apple flavor consists 96% real apple juice blended with a touch of sparkling water. Sold in single-serve and in four-packs of 12-oz. bottles, the beverage also is available in more than 10 additional natural varieties, and is touting a new tagline, "the root of all power."

  • Live from your freezer, it's Saturday night!

    BURLINGTON, Vt. — Ben & Jerry's and Broadway Video Enterprises have developed a limited-edition flavor that salutes the talents of sketch comedy series "Saturday Night Live."

    The flavor, named "Schweddy Balls," is a tribute to the popular "Delicious Dish" sketch, which starred Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon as hosts of a parody National Public Radio program, along with Alec Baldwin as Pete Schweddy, the fictional owner of Season’s Eatings Bakery.

  • Hanes launches Comfort Toe Seam socks

    WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.— Hanes is bringing comfortable socks to the masses with its latest line.

    New Comfort Toe Seam socks do not bunch and are designed to reduce the bulk of conventional socks, resulting in a more comfortable fit.

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