Glory Foods Continues Sweet Potato Expansion in Florida

    COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Glory Foods fresh Mound Bayou Sweet
 Potatoes are now available at Winn-Dixie stores in Tampa, St. Petersburg,
 Sarasota, Fort Meyers, Naples and Clearwater, Florida.  The sweet potatoes are
 also available in Albertson's supermarkets throughout Florida.
     Glory Foods Mound Bayou Sweet Potatoes are grown and harvested by the
 Sweet Potato Growers Association Co-Op in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, an
 historic black farming community founded in the late 1800's.  The new line
 features the Beauregard, the number one producing variety of sweet potato in
 the country.  The Beauregard is a popular sweet potato with growers and
 consumers because of its natural sweet taste and plumpness.
     Versatile and nutritious, sweet potatoes are becoming a major staple in
 the family diet.  A spokesperson at USDA notes that consumption of sweet
 potatoes is on the rise because of their natural nutritional value (high
 levels of Beta-Carotene, Vitamins A and C).
     "I want Glory Foods Mound Bayou Sweet Potatoes to be an important part of
 the family meal year-round," said Bill Williams, President of Glory Foods,
 Inc.  "We have come full-circle in our effort to provide variety in the sweet
 potato category.  Glory Foods now offers selections ranging from, can, frozen
 and fresh sweet potatoes," adds Williams.
     Glory Foods, Inc., manufacturers conveniently prepared heat-and-eat
 seasoned Southern-style canned vegetables, condiments and Glory Foods Southern
 Selections family-size frozen entrees and side dishes.  Glory Foods Mound
 Bayou Sweet Potatoes is the first addition to the company's line of fresh
 produce.
 
 

SOURCE  Glory Foods, Inc.