An affordable luxuryLucini Italia, Miami, known for its extra virgin olive oil and specialty vinegars, rolls out Lucini Italia Pasta Sauce, a collection of five regional pasta sauce specialties that take bottled pasta sauce to the next level â you won’t believe it’s not homemade.Made by hand in small batches, the sauces are prepared using Marzano tomatoes from the rich volcanic soil surrounding Naples, fresh herbs and hand-cut vegetables. Completely natural, all varieties include Lucini Premium Select Extra Virgin Olive Oil, are non-GMO and contain no artificial flavorings, colors, thickening agents or preservatives. It’s ideal for carb-watchers as well; it has up to 50 percent fewer carbs than leading brands.Varieties include Spicy Tuscan Tomato, Sicilian Eggplant and Olive, Sicilian Olive and Wild Caper, Rustic Tomato Basil, and Hearty Artichoke Tomato.Suggested retail price is $7.99.Sargento and Ernie team upPlymouth, Wis.-based Sargento has partnered with Ernest J. Keebler, head baker and spokes-elf of Kellogg Co.’s Keebler brand, to provide tasty dual-branded non-refrigerated snacks.Ernie, as he is affectionately called, is one of the most recognizable advertising icons in the world, and looks forward to being featured on the packages of seven varieties of single-serving snacks. They include Cheese Dip and Sticks, Cheese Dip and Pretzels, Cheese Dip and Cheddar Sticks, Cheese Dip and Crackers, Strawberry Dip and Cookie Sticks, Chocolate Dip and Cookie Sticks and Smore’s.“This licensing program is a great opportunity to partner with the Keeber brand â a great match between the best in cheese and one of the largest cookie and cracker companies in the U.S.,” says Lou Gentine, Sargento CEO.Sold in 3.8-oz. to 5-oz. packages, the suggested retail price is $1.89.