Carol Ortenberg

There are many ways to fund a startup, but using the winnings from a career as a successful, high-stakes professional poker player is certainly not the norm. However, Oats Overnight CEO Brian Tate is ready to go all-in.

Westrock Coffee Company has acquired Los Angeles-based Bixby Coffee Roasters, giving the former an opening into “the emerging influencer-led brand space” as well as further growth for its omni-channel offerings.

General Mills has discontinued with immediate effect its animal-free cream cheese brand Bold Cultr, just weeks after expanding its distribution and opening for online pre-orders nationwide.

Direct-to-consumer darling Daily Harvest is making the jump to store freezers across the nation. The frozen food brand will launch in an undisclosed retail chain this summer, CEO Rachel Drori told NOSH

Hoping to build better awareness and understanding of precision fermentation, nine food tech companies have formed the Precision Fermentation Alliance (PFA).

Vegan cheese company Miyoko’s filed a lawsuit against its founder and former CEO Miyoko Schinner alleging she stole trade secrets and confidential information from the company after being dismissed last year.

Miyoko’s Creamery founder Miyoko Schinner said she was forced to step down as CEO of her vegan dairy brand last June, and would not take on a non-executive role as a face of the brand.

Last week Turtle Island Foods, which makes Tofurky and Moocho, was acquired by a subsidiary of multibillion dollar company Morinaga Milk Industry Co. With a purchase price of over $50M, the deal came as CEO Jaime Athos said the company was “facing a lot of challenges.”

Morinaga Nutritional Foods, a subsidiary of Morinaga Milk Industry Co, has acquired Turtle Island Foods, the producer of Tofurky and alt-dairy line Moocho, putting the Japanese-owned company in control of one of the leading plant-based meat brands in the category.

Online food marketplace Flashfood has brought on former GIANT Company president Nicholas Bertram as president and COO.