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Appliance Direct is donating peanut butter to homeless elementary school students. Receive $25 per jar towards a brand new KitchenAid KFIS29PBMS refrigerator. Orlando, FL (PRWEB) January 21, 2013 Appliance Direct and Whirlpool Corporation have put together what they have dubbed “The Peanut Butter Plan.” This program is designed to benefit homeless Sanford elementary school students in Seminole County by providing them with food. Starting January 30th, all Appliance Direct locations...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Retail outlets across the country had removed Sunland nutty spreads from their store shelves following a recall of the company’s peanut butter and other nut butters last month. The recall came after 35 people were sickened in 19 states from salmonella-contaminated peanut butter manufactured by the New Mexico-based peanut processor. The recall, which was first announced late last month in peanut butter sold at Trader Joe‘s...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online What started as a Salmonella outbreak related to peanut butter sold at Trader Joe’s has now expanded to include even more products sold in other locations, such as Target and even some online retailers. According to the Associated Press, Trader Joe’s recalled its brand of peanut butter yesterday after it was found to be linked to 29 salmonella cases in 18 states across America. Labeled as Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut...

ATLANTA, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While 93 percent of Americans agree that breakfast is the most important meal, less than half eat a morning meal every day. Reasons for skipping out often include trying to lose weight or not having the time. Yet adding peanut butter can help to make breakfast quick, easy and provide the fuel needed for the rest of the day. In anticipation of National Peanut Month in March and to help make mornings easier, the National Peanut Board is...

Ginika (http://www.ginika.com), a new natural body care store, is bringing pure, organic and unrefined African Shea Butter and natural organic black soaps for the skin true ultimate comfort and nourishment this New Year and Winter Season. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) January 03, 2012 Shea butter and natural organic African herbal soaps are both very important for every skin type-sensitive and non-sensitive. The new pure and unrefined Shea butter by Ginika has natural active compounds that are not...

ATLANTA, Oct. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Looking for a nutritious, affordable alternative to your favorite jar of USA-grown peanut butter because you heard prices may be increasing? Don't be so fast to switch, say registered dietitians. A combination of factors ? including rising energy prices and severe heat and drought throughout peanut growing regions this year ? are leading to a peanut crop that is smaller than last year's. As a result, some peanut butter manufacturers have recently...

ALBANY, Ga., Feb. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The new 2010 Dietary Guidelines address the American obesity epidemic by telling consumers to "maintain calorie balance over time" and to do it by "consuming nutrient-dense foods" such as peanuts. When maintaining proper calorie balance, refined grains, solid fats, and added sugars should be replaced with nutrient dense foods. The new Dietary Guidelines explains, "A healthy eating pattern ... emphasizes nutrient-dense foods - vegetables, fruits,...

More U.S. schools are banning peanut butter for school lunches because some children have allergies but a registered dietitian says there are alternatives. Joyce Barnett, a registered dietitian and assistant professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, says there are tasty alternatives to peanut butter. Spreads made from other nuts or seeds provide a nutritious alternative to peanut butter, Barnett says in a statement. Barnett recommends...

- All KIND Products Completely Safe, Include No Ingredients from PCA - NEW YORK, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Today KIND Snacks reconfirmed that it is not affected by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) recall, and PCA does not supply any peanut products used in any variety of KIND Fruit + Nut Bars or KIND Plus Nutrition Bars. FDA and other regulatory agencies have indicated that PCA is the focus of their investigation concerning a recent salmonella outbreak thought to be caused by...

Grand Central Terminal Will Host Growers, Peanut Field, Product Sampling March 4 and 5 NEW YORK, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of the National Peanut Board will set up shop in Vanderbilt Hall in New York City's Grand Central Terminal March 4 and 5 to meet consumers, answer questions and give away samples of peanuts, peanut butter and other peanut items. The event kicks off the farmers' efforts nationally to rebuild consumer confidence in products made with the crops they grow. "No one...