Friday, June 25, 2010
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Great American Appetizers Earns Private Label Buyer Magazine's Category Colonel Award for Third Consecutive Year
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Great American Appetizers has earned the top spot in the Frozen Snacks category of Private Label Buyer Magazine's Category Colonel Awards for 2010. The company also received this honor in 2008 and 2009. Private Label Buyer Magazine, an industry leading publication, developed the Category Colonel Awards program in 2001 to spotlight private label industry suppliers who excel in their service to the retail community.
Award recipients are determined via a ballot process where retailer representatives write in their choice for suppliers who have "significantly contributed to the development of their store brand programs by providing quality products, value, and outstanding customer service." Given that all votes are write-ins, winning the category is truly an achievement.
"Being recognized as a best-in-class private label supplier is a testament to our products, our processes, our people, and our commitment to serving our customers as a va...
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010
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Great American Appetizers Achieves Certification as a GFSI Manufacturer by Completing the Highest-Level Compliance to the BRC Standard Audit
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Great American Appetizers, Inc., a provider of premium appetizer and potato products, demonstrated its commitment to the highest level of food safety by successfully satisfying the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Standard. The company's multi-day audit, completed in March 2010, resulted in a certification grade of A: the BRC's highest audit achievement. This certifies Great American Appetizers as a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) compliant manufacturer.
The GFSI mission is "continuous improvement in food safety management systems to ensure confidence in the delivery of safe food to consumers". This internationally recognized certification and grading forum provides a single standard and protocol that is comprehensive in scope, covering all areas of quality, hygiene, and product safety. The BRC Standard is among the Global Food Standards benchmarking systems recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative.
"Our commitment...
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Monday, February 01, 2010
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Food and Functionality
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It?s the product. It?s the packaging. It?s both.
New products for private label have traditionally been about what?s in the package. But new products and new packaging are increasingly going hand-in-hand, to judge from a number of innovations at the PLMA trade show.
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Monday, January 18, 2010
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Northwest Food Processor's Association
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This week we are attending the Northwest Food Manufacturing and Packaging Expo in Portland. This event is the largest regional food processing trade show in North America. It will attract nearly 4,000 food industry professionals from across the country.
The City of Nampa is participating with the Boise Valley Economic Partnership in exhibiting at the show. With our long history of agricultural production, food processing has grown to be a cornerstone of our economy. With companies like JR Simplot, Amalgamated Sugar, Sorrento Lactalis, XL Four Star Beef, and Great American Appetizer already in Nampa, we believe there is opportunity to attract additional processors to the area.
In addition, we think we could attract any number of companies that supply or purchase from these firms. During the recent economic downtown, food processing has been one of the few stable and expanding segments of our economy.
Visit us at Booth 747, January 18-20, 2010 at the Oreg...
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Monday, January 11, 2010
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
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Idaho Companies Showcased Products in Macau, China
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Five Idaho companies had their products showcased in the Macau Chef Program held in Macau, China November 11-12, 2009. The companies participating were Wilcox Marketing Group, Great American Appetizers, Independ-ent Meat, Idahoan Foods and Lava Lake Lamb.
The Chef Program consisted of a Chef Training, Young Chef Competition and Awards Reception/Product Show-case. Chef Randy King, Executive Chef for Sysco-Idaho served as the U.S. Chef on this project developing reci-pes for the program, conducting the Chef Training and serving as a judge for the Young Chef Competition.
The Chef Training was attended by approximately 50 chefs. The training focused on the quality and use of the products and following the training the chefs also had the opportunity to sample the dishes prepared at the training. WUSATA?s Young Chef Competition is the only young chef competition held in Macau. Ten Chefs par-ticipated and were required to use the U.S. products in their recipes. Lastly, the Awards Receptio...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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Friday, February 06, 2009
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Great American appetizers awarded 2008 PLMA Colonal Award
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PL Buyer's Category Colonels also stand above their peers in terms of hard work and performance, demonstrating a commitment to product quality and strong relationships with their retailer partners. Nominated by the retailer representatives who know them best and can vouch for their "best in class" status, these private label manufacturers boast superior skills in helping their customers drive store brand volume, profits and competitive differentiation.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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Fresh Talk
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Betty Crocker is sprouting out of the instant potato aisle and into the freezer and foodservice cases. Nampa, Idaho based Great American Appetizers has introduced Betty Crocker mashed homestyle potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes and gourmet twice baked potatoes.
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