Inside Fresh Solutions Network

New Side Delights® Roastables Line Debuts Alongside Expanded Convenience and Gourmet Product Lines at booth #3147 Fresh Solutions Network is lining up to kickoff their best season ever, starting with hosting Spud Zone II at PMA Fresh Summit to be held October 23-25 in Atlanta, GA. Attendees can expect to see a full roster of innovative new products as well as meeting the Fresh Solutions Network team and learning about the marketing programs available to support FSN’s retail and foodservice customers during the year ahead. One of the strongest contenders for...
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Side Delights® Gourmet Petite brand announces new offerings and expanded        packaging options. San Francisco, CA (September 3, 2015) – Small potatoes are bigger than ever! Nielsen FreshFacts reports that Petite potatoes posted double-digit growth versus the prior year*, and now account for 11.1% of fresh potato category dollars at retail. Side DelightsÒ Gourmet Petites have been a standout in this red-hot segment since the moment they were first introduced, earning the coveted PMA Impact Award for Excellence in Packaging in 2014 on their way to racking up record sales. In response...
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Fresh Solutions Network’s website re-launch raises the bar for entire industry. In an era when Google has seemingly made finding the answer to any question just a few clicks away, it is often surprisingly frustrating for retailers and foodservice operators to locate the information they need about the products they purchase and the operators who supply them. That is why Fresh Solutions Network (FSN) has reimagined their entire online domain to create a single, comprehensive online resource housing all the information that existing and potential customers would likely ever want to...
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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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New Roastables lineup combines healthier roasting with bold, global seasonings San Francisco, CA  (October 21, 2014) – Roasting is one of most flavorful ways to cook potatoes, while also being one of the healthiest.  And roasting has special appeal for Millennial shoppers, who are 30% more likely to prepare potatoes by roasting than the average U.S. consumer (U.S. Potato Board Attitudes & Usage Study 2014).  So what other trend could make roasted potatoes even more appealing to this key shopper demographic?  Adding bold, unique seasonings sourced from around the globe...
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A Supply Network that Really Works – with Retailers! Fresh Solutions Network approaches potatoes and onions as an opportunity rather than a commodity. San Francisco, CA  (September 30, 2014) ­ For many growers, they see potatoes and onions as classic commodity crops – and consequently over-focus on growing and harvesting their products as inexpensively as possible so that they can sell at lower prices.  While that approach may work for some, Fresh Solutions Network (FSN) sees the equation differently.  FSN feels that only focusing on squeezing down costs can actually...
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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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