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Velveeta Scented Nail Polish – Apparently, It’s a Thing

Published June 7, 2022

Velveeta, a Kraft Heinz Company brand, unveiled its Pinkies Out Polish to encourage fans to live “La Dolce Velveeta,” and a life of bold, unrestrained pleasure.

Velveeta announced its first nail polish collection in partnership with Nails.Inc, the Velveeta Pinkies Out Polish, which includes a nail polish duo and nail stickers. The collab furthers the brand’s latest creative platform, “La Dolce Velveeta,” which is all about stepping out in a confident, unapologetic way to show the world that you’re living a life filled with outrageous pleasure. Created for pleasure seekers who love to flaunt and live their best lives, the new limited-edition, cheese-scented nail polish is made so you can live your life pinkies out, wherever you are and whenever you want.

The Velveeta Pinkies Out Polish includes cheese-scented red and yellow nail polish duo ($15) in “Finger Food” and “La Dolce Velveeta,” plus “That’s La Dolce Velveeta” irresistible nail stickers ($4.99).

“Velveeta is known for its rich, creamy texture and cheesy, melty goodness, so what better way to bring this to life for our fans than with something equally as rich and creamy — nail polish,” said Kelsey Rice, senior brand communications manager at The Kraft Heinz Company. “Our Velveeta Pinkies Out Polish gives pleasure seekers everywhere an irresistible new way to show the world that they are living ‘La Dolce Velveeta’ by living pinkies out.”

The creamy shades are formulated in Nails.Inc long wear formula and patented wide hugging brush for flawless application to make your nails look as smooth as Velveeta feels. The Velveeta Pinkies Out Polish, which includes cheese-scented red and yellow nail polish duo and nail stickers, are available exclusively on Amazon.com and NailsInc.com while supplies last.

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BREAKING: Honest Tea Co-Founders Add Organic Tea Line

Published June 7, 2022

After expressing heartbreak over Coca-Cola’s decision to spike the Honest Tea line, co-founders Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff have decided to return to the bottled tea business alongside celebrity Chef Spike Mendelsohn beginning late 2022. The organic tea line will be the latest addition to Eat the Change, the planet-friendly snack (and now beverage) company founded by Goldman and Mendelsohn in 2020.

The news for Eat the Change’s expansion into the bottle tea space follows Coca-Cola’s announcement to discontinue Honest Tea (read full statement here). Goldman and Nalebuff founded Honest Tea in Bethesda, Md., in 1998 with the mission to create great-tasting, lightly sweetened, organic and fair trade certified beverages.

“The overwhelming response on LinkedIn over the past two weeks have taught me several things,” Goldman said. “The first is a true commitment to the values underlying Honest Tea really counts – it makes a difference to our consumers, our suppliers, our employees and our partners in the natural foods world.

“The second learning is that the community of people who Honest Tea touched and inspired was even larger, and more passionate, than we hoped. Lastly, our Organic and Fair Trade suppliers deserve to be treated better. So we are bringing back many of the same key team members that launched Honest Tea to introduce a line of organic and Fair Trade certified bottled tea from Eat the Change.”

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Williams Sonoma Launches Seed & Harvest Food Collection

Published June 6, 2022

Williams Sonoma, a brand portfolio member of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. has launched Seed & Harvest, a collection of food that prioritizes providing customers with unprecedented transparency in ingredients and sustainable sourcing practices to accommodate various dietary, food or lifestyle preferences.

As a result of these commitments to transparency and sustainability, packaging of Seed & Harvest products will feature iconography that will assist customers in easily identifying products that are vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, kosher or dairy free. Additionally, all Seed & Harvest products are refined sugar-free and all packaging of Seed & Harvest products are either compostable or recyclable.

Williams Sonoma has a rich history of offering our customers best-in-class food products made with clean, high-quality ingredients that we develop in-house or source from premiere vendors around the world,” said Williams Sonoma President Ryan Ross. “We are developing Seed & Harvest products to appeal to the palate of all of our customers while also being mindful of those who may have various dietary, food or lifestyle preferences. The accommodations we are making with this collection will allow our customers with specific needs to easily shop Seed & Harvest products with confidence without having to question quality or compromise on flavor.”

The sustainably sourced ingredients featured in Seed & Harvest products will be identifiable through premiere third-party certification organizations like Fair Trade and through purveyors and partners of Williams Sonoma such as Renewal Mill, an award-winning, women-led food company that’s dedicated to fighting climate change with upcycled flours and baking mixes.

The Seed & Harvest collection by Williams Sonoma features 33 items ranging across all food categories from savory and sweet to snacks and beverages:

Brownie and Cookie Mixes – $14.95-$16.95
- Brownie, Chocolate Chip Cookie, Sugar Cookie
Cake Mixes – $16.95
- Chocolate Cake, Yellow Cake
Quick Bread and Muffin Mix – $15.95
- Raspberry Lemon Quick Bread, Banana Date Quick Bread
- Blueberry Oat Flour Muffin
Breakfast Bars and Protein Pancake Mix – $14.95-$16.95
- Banana Oat Breakfast Bar
- Blueberry Protein Pancake, Protein Powder Pancake
Sweets – $9.95-$14.95
- Gummy Worms, Organic Vegan Gummy Bears, Soft Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies
Beverage/Cocktail Mixes – $18.95
- Blueberry Lemon Thyme Cocktail Mix, Citrus Ginger Cocktail Mix, Pomegranate Paloma Cocktail Mix
Sauces and Seasonings – $14.95-$16.95
- Chipotle Black Pepper BBQ Sauce, Original BBQ Sauce, Smoky Peach BBQ Sauce
- Everyday Seasoning Rub
- French Mustard, Ginger Soy and Ultra Herb Sheet Pan Seasoning
Salad Dressings/Marinades/Oil Drizzlers – $16.95-$18.95
- Golden Goddess Everything Sauce, Green Goddess Everything Sauce, Red Goddess Everything Sauce
- Balsamic Basil, Garlic Meyer Lemon, Sonoma Herb Veggie Roasting Drizzler
Pasta Sauce $18.95
- Hidden Veggie Marinara Pasta Sauce, Vegan Vodka Pasta Sauce
Pizza Sauce and Crust Mix – $14.95-$16.95
- Pizza Sauce
- Cauliflower Pizza Crust Mix

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