Month: September 2017
Hispanic Cheese Snack Innovation from Nuestro Queso
February 2017 – Midwest Dairy Association Newsletter Snacks are outperforming the consumer packaged goods category as a whole in all channels according to the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board’s custom IRI database. Americans continue to eat-on-the-go, but now they are looking for snacks that enable them to not have to sacrifice taste or nutrition. In response…
Oaxaca Shredded Strips win 2016 Store Brands Best New Products Editor Picks Award
March 7, 2016 – A dozen companies take top product concept honors. Deerfield, Ill. — Store Brands magazine, published by Stagnito Business Information + Edgell Communications, is pleased to announce the winners in its inaugural Editors’ Picks awards program. The program, open to private label manufacturers and retailer self-manufacturers, honors the best new product concepts made available for…
Nuestro Queso® launches new logo, brand refresh to expand across new market channels
January 15, 2016 — CHEESE MARKET NEWS® By Chelsey Dequaine KENT, Ill. — In an effort to become more recognizable and to communicate company ideals to a broader range of consumers, Nuestro Queso will unveil a new logo and refresh its brand. Both will launch into Whole Foods this month stores followed by retail chains in…
Store Brands article on cheese trends featuring Nuestro Queso
Check out this interview on the latest cheese trends featuring insights from our CEO Mark Braun: Packed with Potential Evolving consumer eating habits and health concerns are paving the way for additional cheese category revenue streams. November 17, 2015, 03:15 am By Rich Mitchell, The prominent cheese sector is becoming an increasingly attractive market for added…
Suburban companies honored for business excellence
Twenty-three suburban-based companies and business organizations were honored for their achievements Wednesday during the Daily Herald Business Ledger’s 25th Annual Awards for Business Excellence. About 200 people cheered the honorees as they told their success stories during a reception at Medinah Banquets in Addison. The Annual Awards for Business Excellence recognizes a business or organization’s…
NQ Celebrates Five Years by Reconnecting With Their Market
Nuestro Queso October 23, 2014 11:00 AM ROSEMONT, IL–(Marketwired – Oct 23, 2014) – Even as they celebrate five years in the Chicago market this year, the Rosemont, IL-based, award-winning, retail cheese producer Nuestro Queso LLC is gearing up new products and programs to connect with their unique, target audience — the Hispanic community. Nuestro Queso…
Nuestro Queso Receives Annual Business Excellence Award by the Daily Herald Business Ledger
Addison, Illinois – April 07, 2015 Nuestro Queso was honored with an Annual Award for Business Excellence (AABE) in the mid-size business category by the Daily Herald Business Ledger. The awards highlight thriving suburban businesses and honor the people that make them successful. “This award actually belongs to our employees,” stated Mark Braun, CEO of…
Nuestro Queso to expand plant
The expansion will improve the store brand supplier’s production capabilities. November 24, 2014, 12:13 pm By Store Brands, Stagnito Business Information Nuestro Queso, Rosemont, Ill., a manufacturer of store brand Hispanic specialty cheeses, said it is expanding its manufacturing facilities. The project will improve production capabilities and service levels for its co-packing and private label…
Nuestro Queso pledges rBST-free products
Daily Herald staff report ROSEMONT — Nuestro Queso, a manufacturer of Hispanic specialty cheeses, announced a pledge to use only rBST-free milk in the making of their cheeses, creams and drinkable yogurts. The local cheese brand is now working exclusively with dairy farmers that do not use rBST hormones, an artificial growth stimulant for cows….
Nuestro Queso earns SQF Certification
The manufacturer of premium Hispanic cheeses, creams and drinkable yogurts is now SQF Level 2 certified. March 10, 2015, 11:55 am By Store Brands, Stagnito Business Information Nuestro Queso, a Rosemont, Ill.-based co-packer and manufacturer of premium Hispanic dairy products for retailers’ store brands, said it obtained Safe Quality Food (SQF) Level 2 certification. The certification…