RWJBarnabas Health and ShopRite announced on Monday the expansion of their partnership to provide a new education program designed to help shoppers manage their weight and improve their overall well-being. The, Eat Well. Be Happy, six-week program will be offered free of charge to customers starting this month, and taught in-store by ShopRite’s team of ...

Food-related businesses seem to have an appetite for the Garden State. More than 50,000 organizations involved in manufacturing, distribution, farming and other food-related businesses employ about 440,000 people in New Jersey, according to Choose New Jersey, a nonprofit  economic development organization.

Jersey City-based Goya Foods Inc. is a global company that thinks locally, ensuring its products continue to reflect the changing tastes of its consumer base by maintaining a supply chain with neighborhood connections.

John William Macy built his eponymous food company on cheese sticks and cheese crackers. “It’s a narrow focus, but it works,” he said. Some manufacturers try to be one-stop centers, producing a variety of goods, but entrepreneurs like Macy find that specializing enables them to carve out a space and build a good reputation.

Ghee, or clarified butter, has been sold in India for thousands of years. The Agarwal family has been selling it for 130 of those years out of a small shop in the northern Indian town of Hisar, and for the last 10 years, from a business based at the Rutgers Food Innovation Center in Piscataway under the brand Pure Indian.

A location in Mount Olive is slated to open the second week of February, to be followed by locations in Parsippany, Manahawkin, Belmar and West Freehold.

Bob Cantwell will retire from his post as chief executive officer at Parsippany’s B&G Foods Inc. in April, after 35 years with the company and four years as CEO.

Unable to obtain the label approval required from the federal government to sell its newest batch of beer, 20,000 cans and bottles from Belmar’s Beach Haus Brewery sat idle during the federal shutdown instead of on shelves and in taps they were intended for. With the shutdown suspended after five weeks, breweries like Beach Haus ...

Think of craft brewing and a lot of places likely leap to mind before New Jersey. With good reason: New Jersey doesn’t rank high in the number of breweries. The state’s modest 1.3 breweries per capita is dwarfed by less populous but more beer-soaked Vermont, which boasts the highest number of breweries per capita according ...

Calling all parents-to-be: For a cheesy twist on a popular celebration, look no further than Villa Italian Kitchen’s “gender reveal lasagna.” For $139.99, the Morristown restaurant will provide one cheese lasagna with a secret pink or blue interior, a tray of Villa Italian Kitchen’s famed garlic rolls and a choice of either a garden, Caesar ...