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Yoplait is teaming up with the Girl Scouts of the USA to bring flavors of their infamous cookies to a whole new range of consumers. The General Mills-owned company is launching three new yogurts that draw inspiration from the organization’s famous cookies.

The new flavors — Yoplait Whips! Girl Scouts Thin Mints; Yoplait Whips! Girl Scouts Peanut Butter Chocolate; and Yoplait Original Girl Scouts Caramel Coconut will be available at retailers nationwide beginning in December. They also are new permanent, year-round additions to the company’s portfolio.

Alter Eco, a brand that looks to provide chocolate-centric, sustainability-directed food to consumers is entering the snack category by launching Dark Chocolate Coconut Clusters.

The products are organic and fair-trade snacks, with five grams of sugar per serving, the company said. Each Dark Chocolate Coconut Cluster contains the brand’s 70% Ecuadorian chocolate with coconut flakes substantially harvested from whole coconuts that are sliced and toasted. 

It has been announced that Coca-Cola has elected a new senior vice president and president of Coca-Cola North America, or CCNA. James L. “Jim” Dinkins, the current president of the Minute Maid business unit and chief retail office of CCNA, will be taking over for J. Alexander “Sandy” Douglas Jr., who previously announced his retirement.

After requests from fans of the Pop-Tarts products to bring back a discontinued flavor, the brand has decided to give into demand and bring the Frosted Strawberry Milkshake flavor back to store shelves. For a limited time, consumers will be able to purchase the toaster pastries beginning in December.  

Hershey's had added even more chocolate to its Cookie Layer Crunch product line. The Hershey, Pennsylvania-based company has announced the debut of the Triple Chocolate flavor, which is made from chocolate crème, chocolate cookie bits and milk chocolate.  

ECRM said that RangeMe Verified brands can reduce the time it takes to source a product.

Borden Cheese has expanded its range of products by bringing a new option of products to the fold. Consumers will now be able to get their hands on new Thick Cut Shreds. This latest launch is created with high-quality, wholesome ingredients and is five times as large as a regular shred of the cheese from Borden, the Chicago-based company said.

BiPro is introducing a new flavor to the brand's line of caffeinated water products already available for purchase. Named Orange BiPro Protein Water, each bottle of the product will contain 20-g. of protein and 100 mg. of caffeine which is equivalent to one 8-oz. cup of coffee.