Blount’s Family Kitchen Unveils Refreshed Packaging Highlighting Premium Ingredients, Protein and Refrigerated Freshness

WARREN, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 10, 2026--

Blount Fine Foods, a fifth-generation family-owned maker of premium refrigerated soups, today announced refreshed packaging for its Blount’s Family Kitchen line, created to help shoppers recognize the brand’s fresh ingredients and protein-forward recipes at shelf.

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The updated design reflects how today’s soup shoppers navigate the refrigerated deli section: quickly, visually and with interest in meals that deliver comfort, quality ingredients and nutrition. Blount’s Family Kitchen soups are kettle cooked and quick-cooled for the deli, reinforcing the belief that the best ingredients belong refrigerated—not canned.

“Soup remains one of the most comforting, versatile meals in the deli, and shoppers are looking for choices that feel fresh, flavorful and substantial,” said Bob Sewall, Chief Customer Officer & EVP of Sales & Marketing. “Our refreshed Blount’s Family Kitchen packaging helps the product work harder at shelf by spotlighting ingredients, refrigerated quality and meaningful protein callouts.”

Packaging Designed for Faster Recognition

The refreshed Blount’s Family Kitchen cup features a cleaner, more modern architecture that improves brand visibility and gives key product information a clearer role on pack. A new protein ribbon brings nutrition cues forward, and a bold black lid creates stronger shelf blocking. The opaque cup is slightly taller, improving presence in the refrigerated case while creating a premium look.

The refreshed Blount’s Family Kitchen packaging will appear this fall across participating retailers in the refrigerated deli and prepared foods section.

Built Around a Stronger Soup Portfolio

Blount’s Family Kitchen is part of a broader Blount Fine Foods refrigerated soup portfolio built around the varieties shoppers seek most. Blount Clam Shack leads the company’s seafood offerings, including New England Clam Chowder and Lobster Bisque, while Blount’s Family Kitchen focuses on comfort varieties, including chicken soups and beef chili, along with trendy flavors aimed at younger shoppers like lasagna soup with Italian sausage, cheesy chicken enchilada soup, and organic coconut lentil soups.

Together, the brands give retailers a refrigerated deli set focused on convenience, comfort, and protein-forward options —all backed by premium ingredients and kettle-cooked quality.

“We know shoppers want soups that taste homemade but fit real life,” said Todd Blount, CEO & President. “The refreshed packaging makes it easier for consumers to find the varieties they love while reinforcing the quality, freshness and protein cues that set Blount’s Family Kitchen apart.”

About Blount Fine Foods

Blount Fine Foods is a family-owned and operated marketer, manufacturer, and developer of premium fresh prepared foods. Blount’s products include restaurant-quality soups, entrées, and side dishes sold pre-packaged for grab & go, and bulk for retail hot bars. While best known for soup, the company is also famous for its chowders, pot pies and mac & cheese; sold at grocery stores, club stores and restaurants in all 50 states. The company operates plants in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Texas and New Hampshire. www.blountfinefoods.com

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Blount’s Family Kitchen Unveils Refreshed Packaging Highlighting Premium Ingredients, Protein and Refrigerated Freshness

SK Hynix, one of the world's largest makers of memory chips, is hitting the U.S. stock market at a time when demand for its chips is far outpacing its ability to make them thanks to the frenzy over artificial intelligence.

The company is already one of the largest in South Korea, along with Samsung Electronics, and is traded publicly on Seoul's Kospi index. Even with a recent pullback, the Kospi is up 77% so far this year and SK Hynix shares have more than tripled.

SK Hynix priced its American depositary receipts, or ADRs, at $149 each Thursday. At that price, the offering of 177.9 million ADRs raised proceeds of $26.5 billion, making it the biggest-ever initial share sale in the U.S. by a foreign company. The shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq later Friday.

The company has a dominant position globally for high bandwidth memory, which is essential for the development of advanced AI technology. SK Hynix recently entered a partnership with Wall Street’s most valuable company, Nvidia, for advanced memory chips as AI infrastructure expands globally.

Increasing demand for AI has been driving a surge in profits for chipmakers. Memory chips have become more expensive as demand outpaces supply along with the advancement of artificial intelligence technology. Technology giant Apple recently announced an increase in prices for Macs and iPads because of the jump in price for memory chips.

The U.S. is the SK Hynix’s largest market, accounting for 68.8% of its revenue last year. It is planning an expansion that includes building its first U.S. production facility, located in Indiana. Overall, the company had revenue of just under $65 billion in 2025. That helped profits double to about $28 billion.

The company recently joined with Samsung and the government in announcing plans to invest a combined 800 trillion won ($518 billion) in building a new computer chipmaking hub in South Korea’s southwest region, part of national efforts to expand investment beyond the greater Seoul metropolitan area, the country’s economic center and heart of its semiconductor sector.

The promise of growing profits has catapulted stock prices within the tech sector, particularly for chipmakers. Micron Technology's stock value more than tripled in 2025 and is on pace to more than triple again in 2026. Nvidia's stock had similar growth several years ago and notched more relatively modest gains in 2025.

Big chipmakers have become the most valuable and influential companies on Wall Street. Their high stock values give them outsized influence over Wall Street and major indexes have been setting records mostly because of the tech sector.

Shares in SK Hynix traded in Seoul slipped 0.3% on Friday.

Currency traders pass by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)