Almost Heaven nets food safety honors

Bev Shaffer, Canton Repository
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Almost Heaven Ice Cream locations win food safety honor

Almost Heaven Ice Cream, with four locations in Stark County, has once again been awarded the Grade A Food Safety certification from the Stark County Health Department for their commitment to maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness, hygiene, and food safety practices.

“This year we are especially excited about it because we opened our fourth location in Canal Fulton in June of last year. All four of our ice cream shops have earned the award this spring,” said director of operations, Mackenzie Anderson.

Orange Pineapple is a customer favorite at Almost Heaven Ice Cream locations.
Orange Pineapple is a customer favorite at Almost Heaven Ice Cream locations.

She continued. “Our general managers lead their young team members by example and set the highest standards as we teach and train them how to become young professionals.”

Almost Heaven Ice Cream shops now holds four of the five Grade A Food Safety awards given in Stark County. The fifth award is held by The Hartville Kitchen.

Almost Heaven has ice cream shops in Alliance, Canal Fulton, Plain Township and Hartville.

Gervasi Vineyard invites you to sip and party in the distillery

Gervasi plans a special event to debut its new Pink Peppercorn Gin.
Gervasi plans a special event to debut its new Pink Peppercorn Gin.

Gervasi Vineyard, 1700 55th St. NE in Canton, plans an event at 6 p.m. April 10 at the Still House’s Distillery, allowing attendees first access to Gervasi Spirits' release of Pink Peppercorn Gin.

Attendees of the event, priced at $21 per person, can meet and have a bottle of gin signed by Gervasi’s head distiller, Shae Pridemore.

Tickets for this event may be purchased here.

Gervasi Spirits will release its Pink Peppercorn Gin at a special ticketed event on April 10.
Gervasi Spirits will release its Pink Peppercorn Gin at a special ticketed event on April 10.

Meijer donates $2 million to Midwest food banks

The parent company of Meijer grocery stores announced it has made a $2 million donation to 30 food bank partners to help fight hunger.

“We recognize the vital role food banks play in addressing hunger and are proud to stand alongside our partners to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those facing food insecurity,” Rick Keyes, president and CEO of Meijer, said in a news release.

Meijer has a location at 4934 Fulton Drive NW in Jackson Township. Locally, Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank is one of the 30 recipients of Meijer's donation.

KFC adds saucy nuggets to menu

Kentucky Fried Chicken has launched saucy nuggets on Monday at its restaurants nationwide. The new item can be ordered in one of five sauce flavors that now include three new sauces. KFC nugget fans can choose from honey sriracha; Korean BBQ; sticky chicky sweet ‘n sour sauce; Nashville hot; and Georgia gold.

Reach Bev at bshaffer@gannett.com or 330-580-8318.

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