Lowes Foods is the first retail partner of Shuman Farms’ Healthy Family Project to partner with 21 brands throughout the fresh perimeter and host an inaugural Season of Sharing.
The startup's founders partnered with a pediatric nutritionist to develop the concept three years ago after noting a gap in the children’s snacking segment for “fresh and clean” options.
Those were the categories IFPA CEO Cathy Burns used to organize the 2023 version of her State of the Industry speech at the Global Produce & Floral Show.
Real fruits and nuts provide a healthful halo by adding nutrients to baked goods, sometimes by replacing less desirables, such as saturated fat, and other times by boosting protein, fiber, vitamin and mineral content.