Unsure what to make for your Holiday Dinner? Try these recipes using some of our Partner’s Products. Seasoned Roast Turkey This gorgeous turkey is seasoned with nine spices for flavor impact. Note that it also releases lots of delectable drippings for some dynamite gravy. Ingredients 1 (12- to 14-pound) fresh ButterBall turkey (or thawed if frozen) 1 tablespoon salt 2 teaspoons seasoned salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon ground red pepper 1 teaspoon dried basil 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 2 tablespoons butter or Parkay margarine, softened 1 cup water Garnishes: kumquats, fresh sage, fresh rosemary Preparation Remove giblets and neck from turkey; reserve for making Giblet Gravy, if desired. Rinse turkey with…
Amazon Prime Now: One-Hour Delivery in Manhattan
Last Thursday, Amazon implemented Amazon Prime Now, yet another benefit for Prime subscribers, a one-hour delivery service for select products in Manhattan. One-hour delivery costs $7.99, but two-hour delivery is completely free for Prime members. The online retail giant has not disclosed logistical details, but its new 17-year lease on over 400,000 square feet of space across from the Empire State Building hints at the company’s ambitions for a distribution center in the middle of Manhattan. Amazon Brings One-Hour Delivery To NYC With Prime Now By Darrell Etherington Amazon has just launched Prime Now, a one-hour delivery option for Amazon Prime members in NYC. The service will debut in Manhattan beginning today, and should roll out to additional cities through 2015. It covers tens of…
Are you prepared for the online grocery boom?
Grocery E-commerce Trends Explore the rapidly changing world of online grocery at the FMI/GMA Supply Chain Conference, February 15-17, 2015 at the Arizona Grand in Phoenix, AZ. American consumers spent nearly $667 billion on CPG products in 2014, a large portion of their total retail spending. Only 1% of grocery sales occur online currently. Industry wide, online sales are expected to grow at 21.1% CAGR between 2013 and 2018, and projections beyond 2018 predict online grocery sales to capture 7.5% of total grocery revenue by 2023. What is driving this phenomenal online growth? For one thing, consumer demand and familiarity with mobile technology is at an all-time high. More than 90% of Americans own a smart phone. Nearly 80% of smart phone owners use their…
The Sunshine Approach: Making a Difference One Cashew at a Time
The Sunshine Nut Company, a cashew roasting company in Mozambique, founded by former Hershey executive Don Larson, is making a difference in the lives of African orphans. Inspired by Milton Hershey, the founder of the Hershey Company, who created a school for orphans and endowed it with his entire fortune, Don Larson has focused on making a difference in communities by providing fairness, opportunity and empowerment from within. Sunshine Nut Co. plans on reinvesting 90% of its profits back into the African community, giving 30% of profits to orphanages, 30% to quality of life projects, such as wells, sanitation, etc., and 30% to food companies adhering to Sunshine’s principles. The company began shipping to Giant and Stop & Shop stores in October, and will be distributed…
Amazon Takes on Seamless and GrubHub with New Service
Amazon has expanded its Amazon Local services to include food takeout and delivery from participating restaurants in the Seattle area. This expansion directly positions companies like Seamless and GrubHub in Amazon’s crosshairs, as it looks to dominate the market. So far, the service has followed Amazon’s typical launch path, as the service is currently only available in the company’s home base and test market of Seattle. With 20 restaurants offering delivery, and 110 for takeout, the service still appears to be in test mode. In comparison, Grub Hub offers takeout and delivery in 600 cities across more than 28,000 restaurants. In Seattle alone, Grub Hub has partnered with 468 restaurants. This service expansion appears to be part of a larger initiative by Amazon to increase…
Thanksgiving Food Safety
Make sure you can enjoy your Thanksgiving feast and any leftover turkey this Thanksgiving by practicing good food safety. Courtesy of our friends at the Food Safety Education Partnership, here are some tips to keep your food safe from shopping to eating. To cap it off, get inspired to jazz up your leftover sandwich this year with this selection of recipes!
Reducing Food Waste- Infographics from GMA, FMI and NRA
The amount of food wasted in the US, and the amount of people who lack access to safe and nutritious food in the US, provide two compelling reasons to join forces to reduce waste. The Food Waste Reduction Alliance, comprised of the FMI, GMA, and NRA organizations, was founded to do exactly that. The organization is moving forward with a three pronged approach. First, the Alliance plans on reducing the amount of food waste generated. Second, the organization aims to increase safe food donations to those in need. Finally, the group plans on reducing the remaining amount of food waste by diverting it from the landfill to be recycled. The Food Waste Reduction Alliance released a new paper, with several interesting infographics, detailing the state…
Dabba-What? Dabbawalla!
As mentioned last week, Starbucks hopes to begin desk delivery in select urban markets as early as next year. Desk delivery in a crowded city environment sounds equally like a new complex innovation and a logistical nightmare. But what if a vastly successful delivery system already existed? What could we learn from it? On the other side of the globe, in Mumbai, India, a group of dabbawallas have already accomplished what Starbucks is trying to do next year, and have been doing it for over 125 years with great success and little acclaim (except a Harvard Business Review case study and a Six Sigma certification). What is a dabbawalla? Literally translated, the word means “lunch box deliverer”. Every day, thousands of dabbawallas pick up lunches from office workers’…
Thrive Market Re-Imagines Healthy Eating
Healthy eating is more than a recent trend. It’s a way of living that will pay dividends in the future for people and communities – so why is it so hard to eat healthy? A variety of reasons, relating to price, convenience, and more, make it difficult for the average person to consistently buy healthy foods. Thrive Market, a new online retailer, aims to bridge all those obstacles. The newly launched website sells more than 2,500 healthy food products, vitamins, home goods, and beauty supplies. Customers pay a membership fee ($59.95) for the benefit of curation and a rough 25-50% discount off retail prices. CEO Gunnar Lovelace says, “Who has time to figure out which of the 25 almond butters to buy.” Thrive Market offers…
Click & Collect Comes to New Hampshire
There are lots of great things going on in grocery delivery. I get excited about tests of home delivery in San Francisco and New York. I am envious of Peapod services in Boston. Those of us who live in rural areas know that we are not likely to see drones in the sky any time soon. So I was thrilled when Hannaford announced that Hannaford To Go, a click and collect service, was opening at my local store. Order I tried it out Saturday amid a torrential downpour. From the comfort of my living room chair, I placed my order. The website was clunky but manageable. I ordered at 8:39 am. The earliest pick-up time offered was 1:00 pm. I chose 2:00 to 3:00 pm. …