Adrianne DeLuca

Once Upon A Farm is officially on the public markets. On Thursday, the baby and kid food brand announced it had raised nearly $198 million from selling about 11 million shares of common stock.

Polymarket – the online prediction market platform that allows consumers to play the odds on everything from sports games, to the likelihood of military interventions, to the day Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will get married – is opening a free public grocery store in New York City next week.

Whoa Dough has discontinued its first product line as it leans into a fresh new format bringing it deeper into snacking while hurdling the protein-saturated and overly-competitive bar category.

Better-for-you consumer products investment vehicle CAVU announced today it has closed its fifth fund at $325 million. The firm’s total assets under management is about $1.4 billion.

On the heels of its majority sale to L Catterton, Good Culture has locked in an additional $55 million from SEMCAP Food & Nutrition.

A nearly endless stream of news – with a fair share being M&A-related – clearly marked the start of 2026 and the end of that slow, stagnating deal period that had been festering since sometime around 2022.

Oats Overnight announced today it has closed a $45 million growth equity round led by Astō Consumer Partners to fuel the business’ next stage of growth.

Better-for-you meat snack maker Western Smokehouse Partners acquired Texas-based hand-crafted jerky and meat products producer Junior’s Smokehouse this week.

Everything has protein in it these days, and while some of the new “innovations” may be a grab for relevance, some categories are benefiting from consumers’ heightened interest in clean label, muscle-bulking iterations of regular old pantry staples.

Odeko announced today it has acquired Washington, D.C.-based specialty food and beverage distributor District Distribution as it works to build an anchor in the Mid-Atlantic region to access local products and vendors.