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Fresh Solutions Network Unveils New Side Delights Website

San Francisco, CA (March 4, 2015) – A 2014 study by Cone Communications found that every day, 43 percent of consumers are searching for food information online. Today’s shoppers expect to be able to not just find information about their potential food purchases on the web, but to find the information they want quickly, easily and loaded with engaging details – and maybe even a few surprises. To respond to that desire, Fresh Solutions Network today debuted a brand-new, industry-leading website for their Side Delights® brand of potato products, located...
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Fresh Solutions Network welcomes their newest partner, Mack Farms, Inc.

San Francisco, CA (February 24, 2015) – Fresh Solutions Network, already one of the largest potato suppliers in the U.S., today announced that Mack Farms has joined their network of best-in-industry grower/shipper partners. This exciting addition brings a major Southeast potato grower with significant early-season volume into the Fresh Solutions Network, as well as partnering with an owner-grower who shares the same passion for providing the highest-quality products and superior customer service. Based in Lake Wales, Florida, Mack Farms began operations in 1967 growing, packing and shipping watermelons. Since then...
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Fiber Blog Names Potatoes as a Hot Food Trend for 2015

  In her nutrition blog “Fiber Is the Future,” registered dietitian Katie Ferraro highlights potatoes as one of the hot food trends for 2015. According to Ferraro, “potatoes are on the prowl.” She cites the recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition to show that individuals can eat potatoes and still lose weight. Ferraro also notes that a medium baked potato with skin provides 3 grams of fiber and contains no fat or cholesterol. The KUSI News segment “Healthy Food Trends for 2015” features Katie Ferraro discussing the information...
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New Research is Good News for Potato Lovers

Selecting healthy foods may be more important than adhering to a glycemic index diet when it comes to reducing risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Denver, CO, January 7, 2014 – New research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association,(JAMA), demonstrates that the glycemic index, the basis of many popular diets, may ultimately not be of high importance to those who already follow a healthful diet. This study is more good news for potatoes, adding to a growing pool of research that demonstrates the positive role potatoes play...
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Steaming Up Sales of Fresh Potatoes

Side Delights® Steamables offers the most complete lineup for today’s time-pressed shopper. San Francisco, CA (December 3, 2014) – The NPD Group just released their 29th annual Eating Patterns in America report, and finds that an increase in meals from home is one of the single biggest changes in eating patterns in Americans in the last five years. “We are eating more meals in our homes, but not cooking more dishes,” says Harry Balzer, vice president of The NPD Group and author of the report. Nowhere is this more apparent...
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Sterman Masser Helps Feed 1.5 Million Pennsylvanians At Risk For Hunger

Nov. 25 2014 Harrisburg, PA – Sterman Masser Inc. and their employee management team partnered with the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and Hunters Sharing the Harvest to donate over one ton of Pennsylvania Preferred potatoes during the annual kick-off of a statewide venison donation program in Harrisburg, PA. Hunters Sharing the Harvest, began in 1991, is a program where Pennsylvania hunters donate their deer to be processed into ground venison to feed the needy. The processed venison is distributed statewide by food banks to over 4,000 local soup kitchens, pantries,...
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Sterman Masser Inc. Unveils New Interactive Website

News for Immediate Release October 21, 2014 Sacramento – Sterman Masser Inc., in continuing with their long-standing mission to serve their employees, customers, and community, has released a new interactive website that is designed to be more user friendly and customer focused. Sterman Masser Inc. is nationally recognized as one team dedicated to delivering innovative solutions and extraordinary service to satisfied customers.  Their mission is to serve employees, customers and the community and their new website is just one more way of keeping that promise. Visitors to the old website...
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Fresh Solutions Network named as a finalist for PMA Impact Award in packaging

Side Delights® Gourmet Petite product line to compete in PMA’s Impact Award finals. Fresh Solutions Network has been named as a finalist for the 2014 PMA Impact Awards in Excellence in Packaging for their innovation and excellence in the Side Delights® Gourmet Petite potato product line. The Produce Marketing Association reported that 56 companies submitted 67 entries. The Impact Award Committee has selected twenty packaging submissions as finalists for 2014. According to Kathleen Triou, President & CEO for Fresh Solutions Network, “the Gourmet Petite potato line was introduced in 2014 with the goal...
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Fresh Solutions Network, LLC Establishes Side Delights® Brand

Full line of fresh potato offerings to be consolidated under new master brand name Fresh Solutions Network, LLC today announced the establishment of the Side Delights® brand as a powerful new full-line player in the fresh potato category.  As a result, Fresh Solutions Network will be rebranding many of their existing potato offerings to bring them under the Side Delights® master brand, including their Steamables, Bakeables, Grillables and Gourmet Petite potato products. The Side Delights® name is a result of extensive consumer testing, with the goal of maximizing consumer appeal...
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Fresh Solutions Network welcomes Kathleen Triou as new President & CEO

Kathleen Triou

The Fresh Solutions Network Board of Directors is pleased to welcome Kathleen Triou as its new President & CEO. Kathleen brings over 20 years of experience in the food industry, including marketing leadership positions at Avocados From Mexico, the United States Potato Board, Seismicom, (Nielsen) Perishables Group, BPRI, The Almond Board of California, and EJ Gallo Winery. Kathleen’s career, particularly the time she spent at the U.S. Potato Board, has given her actionable insights into shopper behavior and category dynamics which she looks forward to leveraging to enhance our solutions portfolio...
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