SIDE DELIGHTS® SUPPORTS MEDITERRANEAN-STYLE EATING PLANS FOR TREATING ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION WITH POTATOES

Side Delights® offers consumers a way to stay healthy and happy with a variety of potato products for side-dishes and beyond San Francisco, CA  (July 18, 2019) – Side Delights® shared trending findings on how potatoes and other vegetables may actually help make people happy.  The link to diet and depression has become an increasingly hot topic following the American Psychiatric Association’s 2019 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, where medical experts presented research showing that the Mediterranean-style diet, associated with a reduced risk of cancer and longevity, may also help...
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SIDE DELIGHTS® GUARANTEES BEST-IN-CLASS SHOPPER-FOCUSSED SUSTAINABILITY AND SAFETY STANDARDS

Side Delights® responds to shoppers increasing demand for sustainability practices while continuing to ensure food safety San Francisco, CA (June 4, 2019) – Side Delights® announced today it heightened commitment to sustainability while continuing to focus on implementing the highest food-safety practices available. Recent Nielsen research confirms that shoppers base their purchase decisions in part on the sustainability practices of products and the companies that produce them.  The study shows that sustainable efforts are crucial to Millennial shoppers.1 68% of consumers feel strongly that companies should help improve the environment...
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SIDE DELIGHTS® FORMS PARTNERSHIP WITH MUSHROOM GROWERS TO CREATE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN-STORE PROMOTION

Side Delights® launches “A Week’s Worth of Yum!” program San Francisco, CA (May 14, 2019) – Side Delights® potato farmers have teamed up with mushroom growers to create an in-store promotion with seven original recipes for “A Week’s Worth of Yum.”  The program includes a point-of-sale merchandiser with a tear-off recipe card featuring a recipe and a URL to download the Week’s Worth of Yum e-book. Potatoes and mushrooms work naturally together to create a nutritious twist, added texture and a depth of flavor to consumer favorites like macaroni and...
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SUN-GLO OF IDAHO® WELCOMES TRON CRUMLEY – FRESH POTATO SALES VETERAN

Sugar City, ID (April 29, 2019) ­ Potato industry veteran, Tron Crumley, joined Sun-Glo of Idaho in Sales, effective April 15, 2019.  “My career has been single-mindedly focused on the potato industry.  I am also the grandson of Idaho potato farmers, so selling potatoes is in my blood.” Crumley’s dedication to his own family led him to Sun-Glo where the tight-knit, Crapo family’s reputation as a quality grower, packer & shipper are beyond reproach.  “Sun-Glo’s level of customer service makes a positive difference to the bottom line. I¹m looking forward to...
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SIDE DELIGHTS® DRIVES CONSUMERS INTO BRICK & MOTAR STORES FOR THE PRODUCTS THEY DON’T PURCHASE ONLINE

SIDE DELIGHTS® SOLVES CONSUMER’S CONVENIENCE CHALLENGE San Francisco, CA (March 28, 2019) – Side Delights® offer consumers ease in packaging, preparation, and meal planning giving them back some of the time they need and driving them into stores.  Consumers are becoming busier, more stressed, and information overload increases. As a result, their need for ease and simplicity also grows.  According to Nielsen, consumers are feeling more stretched than ever before, and are striving for convenient solutions to help simplify their busy lives. The study showed that 27% of consumers were...
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SIDE DELIGHTS® SUPPORTS FOOD AS MEDICINE PROGRAMS WITH POTATO SOLUTIONS

Side Delights® offers consumers healthy and convenient menu options for 2019 as plant-based food trends continue and retail potato sales top $11 billion in 2018 San Francisco, CA  (February 13, 2019)– Side Delights®supports the growing Food as Medicineand plant-based menu movement to help treat and prevent chronic illness. Naturally plant-based, Side Delights®fresh potatoes creates lines of healthy and flavorful value-added kits, gourmet, convenience, organic, fresh-cut and bagged potatoes. The trend is making an impact at the store level, with a 20% growth increase in plant-based food at retail and plant-based foods dollar...
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SIDE DELIGHTS® OFFERS SHOPPERS SIMPLE SOLUTIONS FOR TAILGATING

Convenient potato products provide sports fans and athletes with hearty healthy side dishes San Francisco, CA  (08/23/18)–– The Green Bay Packers reportedly created the term tailgating in 1919. They used this to describe the activity of fans with pick up trucks packed with foods such as “ham, potatoes, and custards and enjoyed them from the back of the truck with the ‘tailgate’ down.1” Nearly a century later, tailgating has evolved, but one thing has stood the test of time as America’s number one side dish – Potatoes. Tailgating is no longer...
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SIDE DELIGHTS® REMINDS CONSUMERS THAT POTATOES ARE THE ULTIMATE COMFORT FOOD

Side Delights® and the farmers who grow them produce passion videos to tell the story from “soil to shelf”. San Francisco, CA  (August 6, 2018) ­ Side Delights® announced a new video series to tell the story of their portfolio of potato products how they are grown and why they remain the perfect comfort food. In a recent study about 2018-food trends1, comfort food took the lead.  An article referencing the study noted that the ³changing economic, political and social factors will drive consumers to choose nostalgic and comfort foods.²...
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SIDE DELIGHTS® ANNOUNCES EASY OPTIONS FOR TOP FIVE U.S. DIETS

Side Delights® makes it easy to follow the 2018 Best Diets with Potatoes San Francisco, CA  (May 21, 2018)– Side Delights shared data from the recently released U.S. News and World Report 2018 Best Diets rankings report1, with the top five focusing on vegetables, including potatoes.  The top two ranked diets (a tie) are the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet. The Mediterranean diet is based on the healthy eating habits of the region and recommends foods such as olive oil, fish, and vegetables – such as potatoes. The report...
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SIDE DELIGHTS® OFFERS SHOPPERS A SOLUTION FOR 4th of JULY GRILLING

Side Delights® answers the question, “What to serve with my BBQ this grilling season?” San Francisco, CA  (June 4, 2018)– Grilling is synonymous with holidays, but according to a recent study – the 4thof July leads with 63% of Americans selecting it as their choice for bringing out the grill1, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Father’s Day, and Mother’s Day round out the top five.  BBQ Bible Author and expert Steven Raichlen predicted back in 2015 that “Side dishes would move center stage” and they have done just that. According to...
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