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Bobak’s Sausage Adds Chicago's Favorite Flavors to Your Home Cooking
Enjoy the best of Chicago sausage in your own home as Bobak Sausage Company unveils a delectable new lineup of six sausage flavors at grocery stores in the greater Chicagoland area. Elevate your culinary adventures with the tantalizing selection of Bobak’s Maxwell Polish, Bobak’s Smoked Polish, Bobak’s Smoked Brat, Bobak’s Smoked Cheddar, Bobak’s Mild Italian, and Bobak’s Beef Polish.
The Bobak story takes root in the vibrant tapestry of Chicago's culinary history beginning in 1964 when Frank Bobak, an immigrant to Chicago from Poland, began making sausage in his Southside...
Hofmann Sausage Company Introduces Natural Casing Bacon Cheddar Franks
Hofmann Sausage Company announces the production and distribution of Hofmann Natural Casing Bacon Cheddar Franks. This product is product line extension from the Natural Casing German Franks, Hofmann's number one selling item.
This product is made with real Wisconsin cheddar cheese and bacon plus a natural, tender lamb casing. These franks are gluten free, fully cooked, and have no added MSG. The package size is 14 ounces with 6 franks per retail pack. The first retailers to sell this product are primarily in Central New York with broader distribution to follow...
Dearborn Sausage Company Is Adding to Its Local Focus with the Acquisition of 4 Great Lakes Brands
Dearborn Sausage Company, Inc is happy to announce that it is adding to its local focus with the acquisition of 4 Great Lakes regional brands. Dearborn Sausage Company is uniquely suited to carry on the traditions and flavors of Butcher Boy, Virginia Davis Brand, Brookside Brand, and Farmer Peet.
Butcher Boy is an East side icon located on Little Mack in Saint Clair Shores. Known for its boneless hams and hot dogs, Dearborn Sausage is excited to keep the brand alive and relevant...
Eat Like a Champion with Little Caesars New 4-Quarter Calzony
As the Official Pizza Sponsor of the NFL, Little Caesars is giving pizza eaters and football fans the opportunity to draft the ultimate gametime meal that satisfies the entire team and their appetites. Little Caesars is putting its signature Crazy Calzony®, a pizza-calzone combo, back in the lineup and amping it up with a variety of toppings to create a product that has something for everyone – the 4-Quarter Calzony.
Fans can get their hands on the 4-Quarter Calzony for $8.99* as early...
Tyson Foods and Gatik to Deploy Autonomous Trucks in Northwest Arkansas to Optimize Efficiency
Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN), one of the world’s largest food companies, and Gatik AI, Inc. (Gatik), the leader in autonomous middle mile logistics, announced a multi-year collaboration to deploy autonomous refrigerated box trucks to bolster Tyson routes in Northwest Arkansas. Operating 18 hours a day, trucks will deliver Tyson®, Jimmy Dean® and BallPark® products, among others, to the company’s distribution and storage facilities in the Rogers and Springdale, Arkansas areas.
The deployment will introduce Gatik trucks equipped with commercial...
Hillshire Brands Company Recalls Smoked Sausage Products for Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
Hillshire Brands Company, a St. Joseph, Mo. establishment, is recalling approximately 15,876 pounds of blended meat and poultry smoked sausage products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically bone fragments, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The ready-to-eat blended meat and poultry smoked sausage items were produced on June 14, 2023.
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Teams Up Dallas Cowboys Partnership with Expansive Media Buy
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, who recently secured a huge victory by being named the Official Sausage of the Dallas Cowboys, has announced to their domestic franchisee community that parent company Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc. will be matching dollar for dollar all of their national Marketing Fund’s advertising spends starting in September and continuing through the end of the year.
While Dickey’s national Marketing Fund advertising budgets are consistently spent exclusively on media support for the brand’s locations across the country, this additional budget allocation from Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc...
Texas Tradition and Innovation Come Together in the Sausage Aisle at H-E-B
When Hardcore Carnivore®, a Texas company that produces cult-favorite meat seasonings and rubs, was offered the chance to produce an exclusive line of real hardwood smoked sausages for Texas retailer H-E-B, they called on the meat science experts at Fort Worth-based Standard Meat Company to create a product that truly honors Texas barbecue heritage.
Jess Pryles, the “hardcore carnivore” who developed the sausage recipes, is a renowned live-fire cook, author, and self-proclaimed “total meat nerd...
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Teams up with Lowe’s Markets
Pitmasters can now get their hands on Dickey’s Barbecue Pit’s Legit. Texas. Barbecue.™ in their local Lowe’s Market.
Starting this summer, barbecue lovers can now purchase Dickey’s popular smoked sausage in 140 neighborhood Lowe’s Market stores throughout Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Kansas. Much like the Dickey’s brand, Lowe’s Markets is a Texas-based, family friendly company that has been serving communities for decades. The stores will offer their shoppers the Original Smoked Kielbasa Sausage, Spicy Cheddar Smoked Kielbasa Sausage and Hot Links Smoked Sausage all in 12oz. portions...
Dog Haus Continues to Innovate with Hyperlocology Partnership
Dog Haus is excited to announce that it has tapped Hyperlocology as its lead advertising partner.
The acclaimed brand entered 2023 seeking out the best digital advertising partner for franchise brands with the goal of maximizing every advertisement dollar, while using as many data sources as possible for targeting new and existing customer bases. That search led to Hyperlocology partnership, whose “brand directed, locally perfected” motto seamlessly relates with Dog Haus, and a deal was struck in February to begin working together.
“Now more than ever, meeting your customers where they are...
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