Side Delights Will Showcase Its Organic Potatoes & Onions at the Organic Produce Summit

As the natural organic category drives retail growth, Basin Gold and Masser Family of Companies will exhibit healthy, organic fresh potatoes and onions at booth #713 on July 9-10, 2025, in Monterey, California Newport Beach, CA (June 18, 2025) – Fresh Solutions Network® (FSN) announced today it will showcase its Side Delights® Organic potatoes and onions at the Organic Produce Summit (OPS) trade show July 9-10, 2025, in Monterey, California. FSN partners Basin Gold Cooperative of Pasco, WA, and the Masser Family of Companies of Sacramento, PA, will represent the Network at the...
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As Take-Out Turns from Convenience to Culture, Side Delights® Offers a Less Expensive, Healthier Option

‘Cook-in, Take-out’ with Side Delights® Reduces Time, Cost, and Food Waste Newport Beach, CA (May 27, 2025) – Fresh Solutions Network® (FSN) provides shoppers with Side Delights® solutions that offer a more cost-effective, time-saving option than the continuing take-out trend. According to a recent article in Food & Wine Magazine, five years after the pandemic shuttered restaurants, takeout is more than a need or a dining convenience – it is a culture. The article states that approximately 95% of consumers rank speed as “critical” to the experience, with younger generations...
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Side Delights® Offers Shoppers Healthy, Filling, Easy-to-Prepare Potato Options For French Fries at Home

Foodservice Trend of House-Made Fries Is Available for Shoppers to Make at Home Newport Beach, CA (April 23, 2025) –Fresh Solutions Network® (FSN) offers shoppers a way to prepare healthy steak fries and potato wedges at home with Side Delights®. A recent article ranked the 23 most popular potato dishes from worst to best1. Not surprisingly, the French Fry came in at number one. Historically characterized as unhealthy, French Fries are finally getting recognition as a healthy side dish and a great source of nutrients. Side Delights® offers shoppers nutritious...
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Side Delights® Offers Six-Minute Solution As Loaded Potato Trend Continues

Newport Beach, CA (April 2, 2025) – As loaded potatoes trend with articles like ‘The 30-Minute Loaded Potatoes You’re Going to Want Every Week’ in Woman’s Day, and recipes in The Pioneer Woman and TikTok, Fresh Solutions Network® (FSN) shares a six-minute solution from Side Delights. Side Delights® Amazables!® are premium a side dish solution composed of US No. 1 grade Russet potatoes that microwave in only six minutes plus custom sauces. The portable, all-inclusive potato comes with a Loaded Baked Potato sauce by Litehouse®. Gluten-free Amazables!® are shelf-stable, so...
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NoKota Packers To Host Ribbon-Cutting, 45th Anniversary Open House March 27

Buxton, ND (March 18, 2025) – NoKota Packers invites the public to a ribbon-cutting and open house celebration at its headquarters at 16218 13th St. N.E. in Buxton on Thursday, March 27 at 4 p.m. The event, organized in conjunction with the North Dakota Department of Agriculture and the Traill County Economic Development Commission, celebrates the company’s 45 years of premium potato packing in the Red River Valley and showcases NoKota’s recent automation upgrades. “We’re excited to commemorate NoKota’s 45 years of history and to celebrate its future opportunities,” said...
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Side Delights® will showcase Amazables!® and BioFlexTM Packaging Line at SEPC Southern Exposure 2025

Newport Beach, CA (February 24, 2025): Side Delights® announced today that they will participate as a Gold sponsor of the upcoming SEPC Southern Exposure 2025 show in Orlando and will showcase two of its innovative first-to-market products.  The Southern Exposure show’s 2025 event theme ‘Produce Means Family,” is inspired by Hawaii and celebrates the significance of family meals and the importance of eating together. Side Delights® will feature the Amazables! line of microwavable crispy-skinned baked potatoes. Amazables! are 100% gluten-free with sauces created by Litehouse® to complement the taste of a...
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The Masser Family of Companies Announces a New Executive in Sales and Category Management

Sacramento, PA (Feb 19, 2025) – Masser Family of Companies (MFC) is pleased to announce the newest team member to join their executive leadership team.  Tiffany Readinger. She will serve in a newly created role, Vice President of Sales and Category Management. The MFC, a leading grower-packer-processor-shipper of potatoes based in Sacramento, PA, announced the appointment of Tiffany Readinger as the new Vice President of Sales & Category Management. Readinger will concentrate on expanding market presence, strengthening customer relationships, providing unparalleled complete category management, and launching new product innovations. Before joining...
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Side Delights® Shares Insights on Potatoes as a Healthy Part of an Anti-Inflammatory Diet

As anti-inflammatory diets top 2025 food trends, potatoes offer colorful solutions Newport Beach, CA (February 18, 2025) – Fresh Solutions Network® (FSN) shared nutritional information on potatoes and explained why the recent Top 6 Diet Trends in 2025 stated that “Anti-inflammatory foods will rock in 2025”. There are many reasons for consumers to follow the trend and adapt a diet rich in foods that contain the nutrients that can reduce inflammation. In addition to helping manage joint pain, Anti-inflammatory foods can help prevent chronic diseases such as heart disease, type...
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NoKota Packers Celebrates 45th Anniversary and Launch of New Logo in 2025

Company completed significant technology upgrades and successful harvest in 2024 Buxton, ND (January 21, 2025) – NoKota Packers Inc. announced the celebration of the company’s 45th anniversary as they closed out a successful year and the official launch of a new logo on January 1, 2025. Founded in 1979, NoKota Packers shipped 220,000 hundred weight of potatoes and employed 18 employees in their first season. Forty-five years later, the company has more than doubled in size – working with nine different growing operations, shipping over 600,000 hundred weight of potatoes “For 45...
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Side Delights® Amazables! Awarded Produce Business’ Joe Nucci Award for Product Innovation

Top-Ten Scoring Award Presented at New York Produce Show Newport Beach, CA (January 6, 2025) – Fresh Solutions Network, LLC® (FSN) announced today that Side Delights® Amazables! won the Joe Nucci Award for Product Innovation in the eighth annual Produce Business Innovation Award in December, which focuses on Product, Packaging and Process. According to Produce Business, “From microwavable potatoes to sustainable packaging, the eighth annual Produce Business Innovation Award winners brought their best to the table and store shelves.” The judging took place in Boca Raton, FL, conducted by editors...
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