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Bobbie Organic Infant Formula Launches in Target Nationwide

Published July 13, 2022

Bobbie, the American-founded, European-style USDA Organic infant formula, is launching exclusively at Target. Just 18 months after launching as the first direct-to-consumer infant formula brand, Bobbie will be available at the majority of Target stores across the country and on Target.com within the next several weeks.

As an American-founded infant formula, Bobbie is USDA Organic, made with Organic Valley grass-fed milk, sourced from pasture-raised cows across 45 small, family-owned American farms that prioritize quality and sustainability. Bobbie prioritizes rigorous quality standards and unprecedented clean-certification as the first-ever infant formula to receive both the Clean Label Project Purity Award and certification as a Pesticide-Free product.

“As a mom first and a CEO second, I know firsthand there has never been a more critical time to get more infant formula on shelves,” said Laura Modi, CEO and co-founder of Bobbie, and mom of three. “Introducing a completely differentiated organic infant formula into the market is the near and long-term solution American families need and deserve. There’s nothing more important than making sure our babies are fed and nourished.”

Bobbie represents a new generation of formula that American parents have been demanding, holding itself to the highest standards while bringing peace of mind to U.S. families. As the infant formula shortage continues, Bobbie is proud to expand accessibility to shelves across the country, providing parents with an America-manufactured, organic European-style recipe. Bobbie’s new availability in Target is a long-term solution to the need for increased market diversification and high quality options in the U.S. infant formula industry.

Bobbie launched in January 2021, selling four times greater than forecasted in its first year, making it the fastest-growing infant formula in the United States since the 1980s. Bobbie is also available at www.hibobbie.com. Today, Bobbie’s subscription customer base is over 70,000, serving families in every state across the country; and since 2021, over 100,000 babies have relied on Bobbie for their essential daily nutrition. Bobbie is eager to nourish even more babies while continuing to build a parenting culture of confidence, not comparison, that supports all feeding journeys.

Offering a European-style, USDA Organic option that meets FDA requirements to retail shelves brings Bobbie back to its origin story with a new channel of discovery. Modi was inspired to start Bobbie after the birth of her first child when she found herself standing in the aisle of a store, holding a screaming infant, and fighting fever and chills brought on by mastitis. Disappointed with all the options before her, she was struck with a mother’s intuition that there had to be a better option – and so Bobbie was born.

Bobbie will be available in the majority of Target stores across the country and on Target.com beginning in July. Available in two sizes, featuring the original 14.1 oz can for $25.99 and a new 23.9 oz can for $41.99.

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Titan Farms Peaches Available in Carolina Beauty Gift Boxes

Published July 13, 2022

Titan Farms Carolina Beauty peaches gift boxes are back for the third season for $37, which includes 13 hand-picked peaches with a recipe book delivered straight to customers doors. Orders can be placed through Aug. 8 – August being National Peach Month.

But you don’t have to wait until August – National Peach Ice Cream Day is July 17 and National Peach Daiquiri Day is July 19.

These peaches are grown in the sunny fields of Titan Farms in Ridge Spring, S.C.These peaches are specially selected in the field and packed by hand. With soft, delicate fuzz on the skin and tender, juicy flesh, this is how a peach should taste.

Just over 20 years ago, a husband-and-wife duo uprooted their family and set out on a mission to provide South Carolina with the highest quality peaches possible. They are now successfully the largest growers on the East Coast with about 6,200 acres of sunny fields filled with peach trees.Tune in to the “VeryVera Show” on July 16 to see the Carolina Beauty peaches featured in several recipes.

Titan Farms is the premier grower, packer, and shipper of more than 3 million boxes of fresh peaches, broccoli and bell peppers annually. Titan Farms recognizes the importance of sustainable agriculture practices and uses them to benefit America’s consumers and to protect our country’s precious natural resources.

The team at Titan Farms has an extraordinary commitment to providing only the safest, highest-quality produce for customers. Titan Farms brings modern farming and old fashion values together to put the highest-quality fruits and vegetables on your table.

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SpartanNash Corporate HQ Prioritizes People, Fun

Published July 12, 2022

Food solutions company SpartanNash celebrated the re-opening of its Grand Rapids, Mich.-based corporate headquarters, which was reimagined and renovated to inspire creativity and meet the evolving needs of its associates.

Hundreds of SpartanNash associates work out of the Grand Rapids Service Center. The newly renovated building is also adjacent to SpartanNash’s Grand Rapids Distribution Center, the company’s largest distribution center.

Every aspect of the renovation project was inspired by the company’s People First culture and guided by key principles to transform, energize, amplify and modernize working spaces. The result is open spaces for collaboration, an exciting color palette, the use of increased natural and LED lighting and agile workspaces with stylish furniture and technology.

“This beautiful new space is a great example of SpartanNash’s commitment to our Associates,” President and CEO Tony Sarsam said. “By offering bright, collaborative spaces for our teams to work together after years apart, we can celebrate a fresh start with an environment where people feel empowered to create winning work and innovative solutions. By putting our associates’ experience at the forefront of this redesign, we’re doubling down on SpartanNash’s most important investment: our people.”

To bring the company’s core behavior of We Have Fun to life and support a culture where associates look forward to coming into the office, the renovated space includes a Starbucks location, expanded café and variety of entertainment spaces including games for associates. All of these spaces were designed and modernized to attract and retain top talent, inspire creativity and promote a team environment.

Before becoming SpartanNash, Spartan Stores established a presence in Grand Rapids as far back as 1918 and has continued to expand and reinvest in the community. The current corporate headquarters was constructed in 1976.

“Our history in West Michigan traces back more than 100 years and it has been an honor to continue to deepen our roots and grow as a part of this community as we redefine what the new SpartanNash looks like when we move toward the future,” Sarsam said.

The headquarters hosts departments and leadership focused on retail operations, supply chain, strategy, marketing, communications, legal, customer support, HR, IT and more. It serves as the home base to those who support frontline associates in retail stores and distribution centers as they serve SpartanNash independent customers and in-store guests.

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