Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc. knows that brisket is one serious meat, which is why the restaurant is proud to announce its new Smokehouse Brisket sandwich - hickory smoked for at least 13 hours. To celebrate the launch of the new sandwich and the restaurant's passion for great tasting, freshly sliced meats, Arby's has created the ultimate League of Brisket to honor fellow brisket fanatics everywhere. Fans can be inducted into the League by entering the online sweepstakes, with one lucky member winning the grand prize of two tickets to a professional football game.

For 29 years, the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program has stood for one thing, and that's empowering a love of reading in young children. During the 2013-14 school year, the program will impact another 14 million kids in grades K-6 in more than 620,000 classrooms across the country.

Dunkin' Donuts, America's all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods, has been helping guests enjoy the fall season by offering one of the largest varieties of pumpkin food and beverages of any national restaurant chain, including pumpkin coffees, lattes, donuts, muffins and a new Pumpkin Pie Donut and new Frozen Pumpkin Coffee Coolatta. To help people bring the passion for pumpkin into their own kitchens, Dunkin' Brands' Executive Chef and Vice President of Product Innovation Stan Frankenthaler, a three-time James Beard Award nominee and co-author of The Occidental Tourist, today shared two new special, simple seasonal recipes, Pumpkin Munchkins Whoopie Pies and Pumpkin Donut Parfait.

Today, Krusteaz, maker of premium baking and pancake mixes, announces national availability for its NEW Molten Deep Dish Cookies, a first-of-its-kind mix that combines the best of chewy cookie texture and a creamy center in one indulgent cookie. Like nothing else out there, this ultimate cookie experience will have family and friends raving! Consumers will also be excited to try other new Krusteaz products appearing on their grocers' baking shelves, including Blueberry Swirl Crumb Cake & Muffin Mix and Chocolate Swirl Crumb Cake & Muffin Mix, a Natural Southern Cornbread & Muffin Mix and an Artisan Beer Bread Mix.

NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Wharf Fest, the first free Fisherman's Wharf street festival, kicks off the weekend of October 26 and 27. With the majority of Fleet Week activities on hold and the Blue Angels grounded for 2013, the Fisherman's Wharf Community Benefit District is throwing the ultimate festival to celebrate San Francisco's historic waterfront district and invite Bay Area locals to visit the district before San Francisco's fabulous fall climate fades away. This year's festival will include a chowder competition, live music, food & wine, art, craft beer tasting, a chef's demonstration kitchen, children's activities and rides, and more. Saturday will be topped off with a screening of the award-winning films from last year's San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival at the Bay Theater and a spectacular fireworks show at PIER 39.

WAT-AAH!, a premium brand of functional water for kids and teens, will once again use their connection with today's youth to promote healthy hydration and the Drink Up initiative led by the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) and its Honorary Chair First Lady Michelle Obama. WAT-AAH! introduces Atlanta based kid group and WAT-AAH! fans, Yung Day 1, and releases their first single and commercial, "Drink WAT-AAH!" (http://youtu.be/8iVG7U64wSo).

XI'AN, China, Sept. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (SPU) ('SkyPeople' or 'the Company'), a producer of fruit juice concentrates, fruit juice beverages and other fruit-related products, today announced that it held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the 'Annual Meeting') on September 30, 2013 at the Company's principal executive offices at 10:00 A.M., Xi'an local time as previously announced. 

NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/  Fairway Group Holdings Corp. ('Fairway') (FWM), the parent company of the iconic grocery super store Fairway Market, and Jack Resnick & Sons, one of the country's premier developers of commercial and residential space, announced today that Fairway has signed a long term lease to open a 52,242 square foot grocery in Manhattan's TriBeCa neighborhood.  This store, on two stories at 255 Greenwich St. (at Murray St.), is expected to open in Fall 2014.  It will be the first Fairway location in Lower Manhattan and the 16 th Fairway food store in the tri-state New York, New Jersey and Connecticut region.

ATLANTA, Sept. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/  Fresh To Order (f2o), the innovative fast-fine restaurant pioneer, has been named one of five 'Hot Concepts!', joining the rarefied ranks of foodservice brands such as The Cheesecake Factory, Capital Grille, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Del Frisco's Grille, Bruegger's Bagel Bakery, and Raising Cane's. Trade publication Nation's Restaurant News (NRN) recognized the Atlanta-based chain for defining the fast-fine niche, and characterized Fresh To Order as 'a forward-thinking fast-casual company at the leading edge of foodservice,' with a 'strong potential for growth.'

GRILLiT today announced that it is currently testing new menu items at its Miami Airpark Plaza location. The new items consist of quinoa, Caribbean rice, and Caribbean honey lime dressing.

As the season for soup lovers, fall is also a time when many food pantries need help re-stocking shelves for the winter months ahead.

This week, the LA Times mentioned New Belgium's 'Lips of Faith Le Terroir' as one of the 'five standout beers from L.A. Beer Week's opening gala.' Within the last 22 years, New Belgium has grown from a tiny Fort Collins basement to become the third-largest craft brewery in America and the eighth-largest brewery overall. SaveOnBrew.com recently published an exclusive interview with Michael Bussman, the self-professed 'Social Media Nerd' of New Belgium Brewery who explained what it's like to work at one of the fastest-growing craft breweries in the country.

Established in 1993, Dilly's Deli opened with a simple motivating concept; build the best sandwiches using the finest ingredients for a fair price and business will prosper.

Roaming Rotisserie, a gourmet mobile kitchen, will begin operations at Notaviva Vineyards in Purcellville for its official launch party. The truck will feature cuisine prepared on a customized flame roasting rotisserie built onboard the vehicle.

The Tri-State Food Expo, the new trade show for the growing New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state and surrounding foodservice and retail food industries, debuts October 1 - 2 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, NJ (http://www.tri-statefoodexpo.com).

With the return of the Fall Season, lots of parents will be thinking about unique party ideas to impress the other parents and children from the local schools. WineWeaver is here to help with some great new party ideas for both adults and their children.

Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers will open in Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday, September 30, at 5138 Park Avenue, in the parking lot of the Eastgate Shopping Center at the corner of Park Avenue and White Station.

Maui Wowi Hawaiian, a unique Hawaiian coffee and fruit smoothie franchise, has announced the return of its Pumpkin Pie Latte. This premium coffee favorite is back for a limited time.

Wood Stone Home announces the perfect stone hearth oven for artisan style pizza, the Bistro Home 4343. Delivered fully assembled, the Bistro Home 4343 can be configured to burn gas, wood or a gas/wood combo and can be installed indoors or out. An added bonus: all Wood Stone Home ovens are made in the USA.

Ever wonder how honey is collected? Or how to prepare homemade jams? Well this is the weekend to find out at the Eat Real Festival in Oakland's Jack London Square! Eat Real focuses on local, organic products and craftsmanship from the Bay Area. Produce used in demonstrations at the event will be provided by Bay Area food service distributor, Daylight Foods.

When the weather starts to turn a bit crisp and autumn is in full swing, there's nothing like old-fashioned comfort food to warm and satisfy. And there's nothing quite like Southern comfort food, especially when prepared by Chef Slade Rushing of MiLa restaurant on his favorite BlueStar professional gas range in his New Orleans home kitchen.

MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes, a fast-casual, 'better burger' chain, announced a focused growth plan targeted on the greater San Diego region. The quickly expanding burger brand, through the leadership of locally-based development agent Sam Ghoubrial, has a goal of adding 40 jobs throughout San Diego County by the end of 2014.

Quality wine is often associated with power and prestige. In Chinese culture, this is very much the case. As a result, their wine trade industry is growing immensely, increasingly catching the eyes of experts around the world. Cellars Wine Club's latest blog post joins the global conversation, presenting facts and opinion relating to wine in China.

Maui Wowi Hawaiian, a unique Hawaiian coffee and fruit smoothie franchise, is celebrating National Coffee Day by offering coffee enthusiasts 45 percent off all packaged coffees on Sunday, September 29, 2013. The promotion is for online purchases only and can be redeemed with the discount code ALOHACOFFEE.