Ideas and Inspiration

-Trader Joe’s has launched an Instagram pizza recipe contest featuring its store brands. To enter, shoppers need to create and post a pizza recipe that incorporates up to seven Trader Joe’s products. (Salt, sugar, butter, water and oil do not count toward the seven-ingredient maximum.)

The winner will receive a $200 Trader Joe’s gift card and have their recipe featured on the Trader Joe’s website. Two runners-up will be selected to each receive a $100 Trader Joe’s gift card.

The winner will be announced April 29.

- Now that allergy season is here, retailers are promoting over-the-counter products to ease symptoms like itchy, watery eyes and a stuffy, runny nose. Hy-Vee and Giant Eagle, for instance, have advertised TopCare allergy medicine on their websites. The TopCare allergy line includes tablets, liquid and nasal sprays.

- Wegmans has introduced a line of store brand specialty sauces. The new sauces include Hollandaise, Bearnaise and Peppercorn. Each is sold under Wegmans’ “Food You Feel Good About” banner, featured on packaging of products that do not contain artificial colors, flavors or preservatives.