Written by Jane Golub Director In-Store Marketing Programs September 11, 2016 OLIVE GARDEN ITALIAN RED WINE BALSAMIC DRESSING Olive Garden Red Balsamic vin dressing Olive Garden Italian Red Wine Balsamic Dressing is the perfect balance of tangy and sweet flavors. Made with premium balsamic vinegar, a special blend of herbs, spices and a splash of red wine – it’s the perfect finishing touch to your salad. Look for Olive Garden Red Wine Balsamic Dressing in the Salad Dressing aisle. Ellie Wilson, MS, RDN Tailgating is a time-honored tradition – in fact, there is real history behind the practice, according to the American Tailgaters Association, starting with spectators “attending” the 1861 Battle of Bull Run in Virginia with food and wine, cheering on their Civil War “teams”. Chuck wagons, those traveling kitchens of the prairie, are also part of lore. The first football game, between Princeton and Rutgers, (145 years ago!), though it pre-dated cars and parking lots, saw the first fans wear team colors and bring picnics, and the modern-day tailgate party tradition began. Now, it may be a professional sport event, or your son’s football games. It can be a iStock_7322188_LARGE.jpgmusic event, or your daughter’s soccer league – tailgating is a great way to enjoy meals and snacks with friends and family. For a delicious gathering that scores big taste, check out these tips and recipes! Make your own playbook with these ideas and more recipes on our Pinterest board. Go Team! #FamilyMealtimesMatter         Written by Jane Golub Director In-Store Marketing Programs September 4, 2016 HEINZ BBQ SAUCE MADE WITH THE MASTERS Heinz worked with some of the nation’s top pitmasters to create a collection of authentic regional barbecue sauces that taste even better than they look.  Which ‘cue are you? When most people think of ‘barbecue sauce’ – they are thinking about Kansas City barbecue sauce.  This is a classic barbecue sauce with a blend of sweetness, spice and tang that is often thick and rich, too. Memphis barbecue is known for its use of dry rubs and these spice blends are incorporated into the Heinz Memphis style sauce.  This sauce has more spice than a Kansas City style sauce and a complex sweetness from real brown sugar. Texas style barbecue sauces are tomato based and include earthy chili powdheinz bbq sauce 9.4.16ers and spices, black pepper and a smooth smokiness.  This sauce is bold, but balanced, with a smooth spiciness and not overly sweet. In the tradition of Carolina barbecue, this sauce delivers the distinct tanginess of apple cider vinegar with just the right amount of sweetness and spice.  The thinnest of the major regional barbecue sauces, Carolina style sauces are perfect for pulled pork and chicken. Look for Heinz BBQ Sauce Made with the Masters in the Condiments aisle fmm September is National Family Meals™ month, and we are celebrating with our annual Family Mealtimes Matter campaign! With our community partners, the Times Union and Cornell Cooperative Extension, we will be sharing recipes, blogs, videos, articles, Facebook posts, tweets and other resources about family meals. We are all so busy, for many, meals together have been moved out of family schedules. They should be a time to enjoy and connect! Commit to one more meal together as a family each week – the National Family Meals month goal to bring families together with food. You will enjoy family-building benefits that make this investment a lifetime win for parents and children. Meals don’t have to be perfectly nutritious, or only happen at dinnertime, or even be served on a plate  – just being together and sharing food offers everyone big benefits. Children and teens that have frequent family meals: Join us, and the National Family Meal month movement to Raise Your Mitt and Commit to one more meal per week with your family!raise your mitt Check out our favorite mealtime resources below! Written by Jane Golub Director In-Store Marketing Programs August 28, 2016 CURAD TRULY OUCHLESS! and PERFORMANCE SERIES curad20ouchleflexibfabricMedline CURAD has been known and trusted in North America for quality products since 1951.  Today they continue to offer innovative solutions to help and heal consumers. When it comes to cuts and burns, one of the most common places for these injuries to occur is in the home, specifically the kitchen and bathroom.  Just like injuries, all bandages are not the same.  That’s why having the right products at the right time can make all the difference.  CURAD announced a few new products to its innovation lineup – Truly Ouchless! And Performance Series – making hospital-grade technology available at home to consumers. We are proud to announce that these new CURAD products are now available at Price Chopper in the First Aid aisle: Truly Ouchless! – Ouchless technology has been taken to a higher level.  Truly Ouchless achieves exceptional bandage protection without the hurtful removal.  Plus, the advanced adhesive is totally repositionable.   That makes it easy and “Ouchless” to cover wounds the right way – or peek at how they’re healing. Performance Series – These are the bandages that won’t quit.   They feature Extreme Hold adhesive technology to stay on until you take them off.  Tough, heavy duty fabric offers outstanding protection and is also breathable and flexible.  The colored wound pad is three times more absorbent than most other leading brands. Look for CURAD Truly Ouchless! and Performance Series in the First Aid aisle. Written by Jane Golub Director In-Store Marketing Programs August 28, 2016 SNAPPLE STRAIGHT UP TEA Snapple Straight Up Tea offers a range of sweetness at 0, 90 and 180 calories per 18.5 oz. serving to satisfy consumers’ needs. Snapple Straight Up Tea is: Simple – 3 Unflavored Teas to let the natural tea flavor shine through. Just Right Sweetness – 3 levels of sweetness for different consumer prefersnapple18SSRstraigupteaence, plus two new herbal line extensions: Honey Green and Rooibos. Sorta Sweet Honey Green Tea – Green Tea is the most popular tea variety among consumers age 18 – 34. Sorta Sweet Rooibos Herbal Tea – Extends reach of the Straight Up Tea platform by rounding out the top three most popular tea varieties in Ready To Drink Tea. All Natural – Delivers on Snapple’s Best Stuff on Earth equity. Snapple Straight Up Tea can be found in the Ready to Drink aisle.  In addition it can be found on display with most Snapple Flavored tea displays.  Try them all today and cool down, as they are aggressively price at $1.00 each! Written by Jane Golub Director In-Store Marketing Programs September 4, 2016 RAGU HOMESTYLE SAUCE Introducing Ragu Homestyle Sauce. A line of authentic thick and hearty sauce.  Homestyle rounds out the Ragu portfolio – delivering a highly desirable taste and texture in a more complete sauce. Ragu was developed by a woman in upstate New York.  New Homestyle Sauce lets you see, smell and savor the longstanding tradition of fresh taste.  Ragu consumers are drawn to the authenticity message and the “made from ragu 9.4.16scratch” taste and texture. Ragu Homestyle Sauce has five great varieties to choose from – Traditional, Meat, Mushroom, Four Cheese and Roasted Garlic. Ragu Homestyle Sauce can be found in the Pasta Sauce aisle of your favorite Price Chopper or Market32 store. Written by Jane Golub Director In-Store Marketing Programs August 21, 2016 BERTOLLI ORGANIC OLIVE OILS Introducing the first full line of orgaBertolli organic olive oitnic olive oils from Bertolli! Bertolli Organic olive oils are certified USDA Organic and Non GMO Verified. With Bertolli Organic olive oil, you can now drizzle, sizzle and bake organically for all your culinary occasions.  The Bertolli Organic Extra Virgin olive oil is ideal for cold dishes like dressings and marinades.  Use Bertolli Organic Pure for higher heat cooking like sautéing, grilling or broiling. When you are looking for an oil light in taste for baking or frying, Bertolli Organic Light Tasting olive oil brings the benefits of olive oil to your dish without the olive taste.  Enjoy all the benefits of olive oil in your organic cooking with Bertolli. Look for Bertolli Organic Olive Oils on the Condiment aisle. Written by Jane Golub Director In-Store Marketing Programs August 14, 2016 CHARLES & ALICE BRAND OF FRANCE 100% Fruit for All Charles & Alice is the #1 producer of no sugar added chilled fruit snacks in France, where they’ve been making delicious and natural fruit-based products for more than 75 years. At Charles & Alice, they believe fruit is perfect just the way it is – nature ha Alice and Charless already done the work for us.  To capture that perfection, they have created 100% Fruit for All, a great new way to enjoy all natural fruit in a fresh, convenient and healthy snack.  It’s a new food experience of smooth textured fruit medley blended with fruit pieces.  Their 100% fruit in cups contains no added sugar or GMO products, giving you a perfect way to enjoy one serving of fruit. From their seeds to their orchards and fruit, from their packaging to your refrigerator, Charles & Alice is dedicated to crafting delicious wholesome goodness that respects the natural simplicity of their fruit and is good for you, for your family and for the earth. 100% Fruit for All fruit medley flavors come in Strawberry, Cherry, Pear, Mango and Peach. Look for 100% Fruit for All in the Produce Department near the Chilled Juices. Written by Jane Golub Director In-Store Marketing Programs August 14, 2016 TONY ROMA’S PRE-COOKED BBQ Tony Romas bbqTony  Roma’s makes it easy for you to enjoy authentic, mouth-watering BBQ any night of the week.  Whether it’s for a special occasion or a run-of-the mill Wednesday, you can enjoy ribs or BBQ whenever the craving hits. Thanks to innovative new packaging, designed for one-step prep and stress-free cleanup, fresh off the grill flavor is just minutes away.  Tony Roma’s pre-cooked ribs now come in an oven-safe aluminum pan that goes directly into the oven and is on your table in 15 minutes with minimal mess and no clean up. Tony Roma’s Pulled Pork, Pulled Chicken and Boneless Ribs now come in a smoker-inspired package that’s also oven and microwave-safe, making BBQ even more convenient and mess free. You don’t need a special occasion or a whole lot of time.  With Tony Roma’s, you’re minutes to BBQ perfection.  Find all four Tony Roma’s products in the refrigerated meals section in the Meat Department and bring some home today! TONY ROMA’S – MADE FOR TODAY!