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

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat said Wednesday that an attempted attack on a German airport blamed on Russia appears to be “state sponsored terrorism,” as EU countries weighed their response.

The German government on Tuesday blamed Russia for the attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport on Aug. 4 using a drone laden with explosives and announced it would shut down a Russian consulate among other measures.

The drone was found near a Ukrainian plane and the device was defused. German officials said at the time that the incident posed a new level of danger.

“It is clear that it has all the hallmarks of state sponsored terrorism. The question is: what do we do about this,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told reporters before chairing a meeting of the bloc’s defense ministers in Ireland.

Moscow has been widely accused by Western officials of running a campaign of sabotage and disruption with the aim of undermining support for Ukraine and destabilizing European nations.

The EU already is planning to impose sanctions on more people over Russia’s war on Ukraine and has “in the pipeline 1,600 listings for the military complex of Russia, and maybe there are more to be added,” Kallas said.

The nature of the attempted attack and its attribution to Russia appear to warrant a new approach from the EU and perhaps NATO, but the member nations remain cautious about being dragged into open conflict with the nuclear armed country.

The EU has slapped almost two dozen packages of sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine, targeting roughly 3,000 people and entities, including President Vladimir Putin, several oligarchs who back him and scores of Russian lawmakers.

Russian banks and financial institutions have been hit, as well as hundreds of ships that make up a shadow fleet illicitly shipping oil to fuel Putin’s war effort, and many companies, notably energy firms and drone manufacturers.

The measures mostly concern asset freezes and travel bans. People and companies in countries considered backers of Russia are also on the EU list, including from Belarus, China, Iran and North Korea.

Germany's Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speak to the media during a press conference in Berlin on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, about the attempted attack on Leipzig/Halle Airport last month with a drone loaded with explosives.(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)