What’s a Pluerry?

Hybrid fruits such as Pluerry, a plum and cherry breeded together, are gaining ground amongst farmers and fruit breeders alike.
As more Americans gain interest in produce and how it is source, farmers are trying to find new exotic tastes that can be charged an extra fifty cents to a dollar than traditional fruit

https://paigepapers.com/2011/09/07/hybridfruits2011/

Flooding in North Dakota makes pasta prices go up

Pasta prices increased by 20 cents over the past few months due to heavy rain and flooding.
North Dakota, which is the nation’s top durum wheat-growing areas, lost about 1 million acres of plants due to flooding

https://paigepapers.com/2011/09/06/pastapricesrise/

Tea from across the world

Events: World Tea East: Friday, Sept. 9th – Saturday, Sept. 10th
The tea event will be hosted at Pennsylvania Convention Center. Find out more here.

https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/31/worldteaeast/

Kripsy Kreme gets into coffee

Krispy Kreme re-enters the coffee scene with a signature coffee product.
The signature line will offer a house blend and decaf varieties as well as a dark roast

https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/31/kripsykremesellscoffee/

Consumers are sticking to the old Earl Grey flavor

Twinings relaunches Earl Grey tea with a new flavor that long-time consumers seem to dislike
The new Twinings Earl Grey tea flavor contains extra bergamot and citrus

https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/30/twiningsearlgrey_consumersdislike/

Starbucks and Green Mountain Coffee team up to introduce
single-serve coffee

Starbucks debuts it’s single-serve packs in November
Starbucks partnered with Green Mountain Coffee which will handle the manufacturing and sales of the single-serve Keurig K-Cup packs set to launch later this year

https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/30/starbuckslaunchessingleservepacks/

Caribou Coffee expands

Caribou Coffee teams up with Crossmark, a marketing company specializing in consumer packaged goods, to expand their packaging brand.
The second largest coffeehouse operator in America seeks to increase it’s packaged coffee line for the at-home consumer

https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/25/caribouexpands/

U.S. corn crop suffers

Heat wave leaves U.S. corn crops stagnant.
Corn crops are approximately 1 percent smaller than expected by the USDA and the usage of corn and soybean is expected to decrease by 2.5 percent

https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/24/heatwavecorncrop/

JM Smuckers sets a new price point for coffee

JM Smuckers is cutting coffee prices
JM Smuckers, which provides coffee for Dunkin’Donuts and Folgers, will be cutting prices to squeeze in on competitors

https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/17/jmsmuckerscutscoffeeprice/

Honey Laundering not allowed in Europe

Illegal honey banned in Europe but sold in the U.S.
Be wary of your food sourcing strategy

https://paigepapers.com/2011/08/15/banonhoneyineurope/