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 Although hemp milk isn’t new it’s gaining in popularity at Festival Foods. Recently, we’ve had increased requests for the Living Harvest brand. I know what you’re thinking and the answer is “no”, there is absolutely zero THC in hemp milk. It seems most people who are unfamiliar with  Annette asked me a couple weeks ago to write a guest blog for Nutrition Outlook. I immediately said yes, thinking that I would write about my experiences thus far with the the NuVal™ System at Skogen’s Festival Foods. Then I read her latest post, “Think Positive,” and my thoughts took me in a different direction.  Welcome beer drinkers! We have some really exciting things to share with you about great on-going programs and innovations you’ll find at your local Festival Foods store. The first new program is a campaign from Miller High Life to “Give a Veteran a Piece of the High Life”. Participating in this program is an easy  Believe it or not, Wisconsin’s apple season is finally here! So, you can expect to start seeing local apples in your Festival Foods store very soon. The first early season apples to arrive will be the Paula Red variety. Paula Reds are a red apple with some yellow and tan spots; they have a firm  In my last blog post, I talked about the community events that Festival has been involved with this summer. I’d like to take this opportunity to tell you more about the recent Grocers on the Green Golf Outing. This year’s outing was a great success, raising more than $100,000! Events like this don’t happen without By now you’ve probably heard that new nutrition scoring system at Festival Foods, NuVal™, that scores foods on a scale of 1-100. The higher the NuVal™ Score, the better the nutrition in that product. But, do all categories have a perfect 100? No, not all categories reach a perfect NuVal™ score of 100. As you  I read an interesting LA Times article recently that was re-printed in the La Crosse Tribune. I never gave much thought to the topic and bet you haven’t either. A group of researchers asked shoppers if they ever washed their reusable grocery bags. Everyone (including my wife whom I also asked) had the same response:  Because I reside in the great state of Wisconsin and the fantastic city of Green Bay, we are always on the edge of our seats waiting for the football season to arrive. No, not because we want to know if Brett Favre is retiring…again. Rather we are just pumped up about our own Green Bay  Not only is it time to start getting the kiddos ready for “back to school, it’s also time to start getting our best baggers ready to compete in the 2010 Great Wisconsin Bag-Off. Our preparations for the state competition begin next week with baggers from all 13 of our Skogen’s Festival Foods stores competing in  One of the “Five Values” we have at Festival Foods is “involvement.” We value people and relationships. Involvement in our community and with our guests, associates, and business partners is essential to who we are. This past weekend I had the pleasure of participating, along with over 1,000 other De Pere High School graduates, in a |
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