Adrianne DeLuca

The Kellogg Company reiterated preliminary details about the company’s future structure during its annual shareowner meeting today, held nearly a year after it first announced plans to divide up the business.

In this week’s roundup: Hershey invests in social, environmental supply chain programs in the Ivory Coast; Burcon makes a bid for Merit Functional Foods; Citibank issues new ESG warnings for beef, soy producers; and layoffs reach Tyson and Utz.

After three years spent working to generate awareness for its adaptogen-infused granolas, Forij is now looking to develop a wider-reaching platform with the release of a line of meal replacement bars.

Opposition surrounding the proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons continues to mount, as the leading grocery giants are fighting legal action from their own customers.

The cultivated meat and seafood space continued to cash large checks and garner new investor support in 2022. However, as regulatory powers in the U.S. pushed the industry closer to commercialization, discussions surrounding future challenges to scale, like price parity and consumer adoption, continue to generate uncertain expectations for growth.

Over the last three years, Simpli has established ingredient partnerships with Whole Foods, sweetgreen and Daily Harvest, among many other natural products players. But now, the company is taking significant strides toward establishing its own brand in the natural food space.

With snacks trending upward and vertically-integrated supply chains becoming increasingly appealing to large corporations amid continued market volatility, The Hershey Company is doubling down on both.

In this week’s roundup: Bel Group partners with food tech company Climax Foods; Farm.One reopens doors with a new investor, Fresh Thyme launches ecommerce platform and more.

The alt-dairy industry has staked a claim among nearly a third of American consumers and within that new wave of plant-based milks, a handful of brands are hoping to disrupt conventional thinking around how such products are packaged and sold.

Motif Foodworks will begin selling its finished alt-meat burger products direct-to-consumer for a limited time, representing a pivot for the company’s previously stated business plan.