In an effort to take beverage market share from milk processors, many juice makers have added calcium to their products. The juice marketers reckon that if a consumer can get calcium from orange juice, for example, that's one less reason to drink a glass of milk. Now, one dairy has turned the tables on the calcium-fortified juice products. Hood will market the new chocolate milk product in New England and mid-Atlantic markets. T.G.I. Friday's Heads to the Freezer Case T.G.I. Friday's, a leading casual dining restaurant chain, has teamed up with Anchor Food Products, makers of Poppers stuffed jalape o peppers, to launch a retail line of T.G.I. Friday's brand frozen snacks and dips.
All products are pre-cooked and prepared in conventional ovens.
The products have quickly reached sales rates that are among the top-selling items in the category. Carlson Restaurants, parent company of T.G.I. Friday's, recently signed a licensing agreement with Jardine Foods. The Buda, Texas-based food processor will make nine gourmet food items under the Star Canyon restaurant brand. The Tex-Mex products will be sold in gourmet food stores and supermarkets. Reed Elsevier Inc. The Cahners logo and Prepared Foods are registered trademarks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc. Used under license.