Brad Avery

Portland, Oregon-based frozen food brand Rösti will reorganize under the name Crispy Filled Inc. after buying out business partner L2M Brands for an undisclosed sum, the company announced this week. The company partnered with L2M Brands, the venture arm of ingredient supplier Bridgewell Agribusiness, shortly after its 2019 launch and received a capital investment from… Read more »

When The Coca-Cola Company announced last month its decision to discontinue Honest Tea by the end of the year, the brand’s founders were dismayed by what they believed was a shortsighted decision. Two weeks later, they’re brewing up a new line of better-for-you teas to take the mantle. Honest Tea co-founder Seth Goldman announced yesterday… Read more »

IBC Heads to Cannaland New York-based advisory and investment firm InterContinental Beverage Capital (IBC) announced last month that it has partnered with tech company Cannaverse Technologies to serve as a brand advisor for Cannaland, a metaverse project intended to act as a hub for the cannabis consumers and members of the industry. According to Stephen… Read more »

Kansas-based milk alternative startup Strive Nutrition Corp. announced today it has partnered with Perfect Day for its first line of animal-free whey protein beverages, which will launch next month online with plans to enter brick and mortar retail later this year. The new milk line is led by Strive’s FREEMILK Whole product, a lactose-free milk… Read more »

Convenience channel growth decelerated to 1.7% in the first quarter of the year, underperforming all other retail channels, according to market research firm IRI’s “The Convenience Store Landscape Q1 2022” report released this week.

As leading mass retail chains Walmart and Target face excess inventory and margin pressures amid high inflation, food and beverage emerged as one of the strongest CPG sectors during the retailers’ Q1 earnings reports last week. How Did Mass Retailers Perform in Q1? Walmart grew global revenue 2.4% to $141.6 billion in its Q1 of… Read more »

Food tech-focused company Tomorrow Farms is bringing its first product line to market with the launch of Bored Cow, an animal-free dairy milk produced in partnership with Perfect Day. Formally announced on Thursday, Bored Cow is made with Perfect Day’s animal-free whey protein, which is produced via a precision fermentation process that creates replicas of… Read more »

Icelandic low-sugar snack and breakfast products maker Good Good has closed a $20 million Series B round led by European capital group Strategic Investment Advisors (SÍA). The new funding, announced today, arrives as the company continues to double its revenue year-over-year and the financing will help the brand in “strengthening the Good Good shareholder group… Read more »

Bragg Live Food Products is probing another flank in its ongoing attack on apple cider vinegar fueled gummy supplements, which it considers a threat to the business health of the 110-year-old brand. A few weeks after an unsuccessful regulatory battle against leading ACV gummy brand Goli, Bragg, which largely sells liquid ACV and ACV-based drinks,… Read more »

After partnering with author and television host Padma Lakshmi last fall, yogurt and lassi maker DAH! is preparing to put the culinary expert front and center next month as it begins a new marketing push built around consumer education. Founded in 2006 by Indian expat JD Sethi and Ajeet Burns, the Massachusetts-based brand produces a… Read more »