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Target Expands Good & Gather Brand With Debut Cookbook
Target is extending its flagship Good & Gather brand with the debut of its first cookbook, another step in the retailer's strategy to strengthen its position as a food discovery destination.
"Good & Gather: Discover Delicious Every Day" launches Aug. 4 in stores and online, featuring 100 recipes developed by Target's in-house test kitchen. The cookbook incorporates Good & Gather products throughout, with every ingredient available through Target's assortment.
The cookbook extends a brand that has become a key part of Target's food business since its 2019 launch. Good & Gather...
NJ’s Edible Garden Pushes Farm-to-Formula Beyond Herbs Into RTD Whey, Plant-Based Nutrition
Edible Garden is widening its bet on its value-added greenhouse business to bring customers everything from "farm to formula," according to comments during an Expana interview with Edible Garden's CEO Jim Kras. As a result, the team is expanding past culinary herbs into fermented condiments, functional snacks, and plant-based, ready-to-drink (RTD) products, according to multiple company updates.
NRF Releases 2026 Top 100 Retailers
The National Retail Federation today released its annual list of the Top 100 Retailers, compiled by Kantar. The 2026 Top 100 Retailers ranks the industry’s largest companies according to 2025 U.S. retail sales. As the largest retailers continue to expand outside of retail revenues, this list focuses only on retail-specific revenues and not overall organizational revenue.
“Despite significant economic challenges over the past year, this year’s Top 100 Retailers list highlights a resilient group of companies,” NRF Chief Economist and Executive Director of Research Mark Mathews said. “They are adapting to meet changing consumer needs and leaning into new strategies and formats that set them apart...
New Primal Announces Nationwide Target Expansion and Snack Mates Line Refresh
New Primal, a pioneer in clean-ingredient meat snacks and maker of the top-selling chicken snack stick across the U.S., is taking over the protein aisle at Target. The brand has announced a major retail expansion, bringing a highly anticipated suite of poultry snacks to Target shoppers across the country. The launch also marks the debut of New Primal's reimagined Snack Mates packaging, unifying its kid-friendly and adult offerings under one cohesive brand identity and reinforcing its commitment to delivering wholesome, protein-packed snacks...
Lottie’s Meats Lands on Shelf at Target
Lottie’s Meats, a sister-founded pork sausage brand, announced its expansion into Target stores across Northern California, Washington and Oregon. The brand was founded by Cassie and Chelsey Maschhoff and is rooted in their six-generation Illinois family farm. The launch marks the brand’s largest retail expansion to date and builds on Lottie’s presence in more than 300 existing retailers and restaurants nationwide.
At Target, the assortment includes all four of Lottie’s pork sausages in the refrigerated meat aisle, including two fully cooked sausages—The Lottie...
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