Adrianne DeLuca

Our Home continues to expand via M&A, announcing this week that it has acquired Pop Secret from Campbell Soup Company for an undisclosed sum.

Jesse & Ben’s aims to challenge category incumbents by leading with a deep connection to the people behind the brand and utilizing better-for-the-planet and -people ingredients.

Saco Foods announced it has acquired Quinoa Corporation, the parent company of Ancient Harvest and Pamela’s, from Encore Consumer Capital.

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, business owners were panicking at the thought of going under. For many, federal financial assistance programs felt like a lifeline. Now, they may be sinking the ship.

Goodles is turning the box on its head once again and looking to shake out a notch more of nostalgia for a new consumer group.

Smoothie powder producer Kencko is taking its freeze-drying expertise to a new aisles. The New York-based company recently introduced a new line of Iced Lattes and more as it marks it first year in retail.

Instacart’s core business has moved well beyond its origins in the gig-economy, third-party delivery space as it diversifies deeper into tech-based services. And those efforts appear to be paying off.

WK Kellogg’s net sales slumped 3.9% to $672 million during Q2 as it grappled with price increases (+2.1%) and volume declines (-4.8%) amid a “difficult business environment.”

This week, Akua founder and CEO Courtney Boyd Myers announced via LinkedIn that kelp-based burger producer is shutting down, citing packaging, manufacturing, warehouse and shipping “catastrophes.”

Despite a spike in private label popularity, TreeHouse Foods posted a 1.9% sales decline in Q2 as the company’s balance sheet recovers from significant divestitures and it works to regain momentum after a planned renovation to its broth facility.