Second runner-up was Medium Cheddar, made by Team Cracker Barrel Natural Cheese, Agropur Weyauwega for Kraft Foods in Glenview, Ill.

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The startup has made way in forming brand alliances as well it inked a deal with Kraft Natural Cheese brands that entailed the incorporation of a new level aimed around helping one of the game characters reach her goal of operating a cheese shop.

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Whole Foods, the mega food store chain that has thrived on promoting all that is natural, just got exclusive rights to Iceland's lamb, cheese, high-fat butter and milk chocolate.

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Grab a bagel with cream cheese and lox and head east to the intriguing, esoteric American Museum of Natural History, which is housed in a massive 19th-century Beaux Arts building off Central Park West.

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