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Dr. Praeger’s Sensible Foods announced today that long-time CPG executive Andy Reichgut has been appointed as the company’s new CEO, filling the position from founder Larry Praeger who has held the role since the company’s inception in 2013. Praeger will move into a Special Advisor role and will remain an active board member.

GLK Foods – the world’s largest sauerkraut producer – is gambling on the success of its pickled foods brand Oh Snap! and launching what it believes can be the next better-for-you fruit snack. The product debut comes as other fermented food brands have tried to move from multi-serve to single-serve products, with varying degrees of success.

Faced with unprecedented and extended supply chain disruptions, CPG brands are fighting back any way they can. In a June survey by ingredient-sourcing and management platform TraceGains, over 300 food, beverage, and dietary supplement companies reported having expanded their respective co-manufacturer networks and made recipe changes in order to remain agile and resilient during market disruptions.

New York-based Chocolate Works opens its distribution network by acquiring ethically-sourced, Portland, Oregon chocolate maker Moonstruck for an undisclosed amount.

Despite a $1.3 million in recent donations, cellular agriculture non-profit New Harvest is cutting back on staff as it reevaluates its fundraising strategy and how it finances research in cultured meat.

General Mills posted strong top line numbers in its latest quarterly earnings report, closing out a fiscal year that brought inflationary challenges and labor shortages as well as changes to the company’s category structure.

After nearly two years in Whole Foods, better-for-you kids snacks brand Mavericks is hoping to re-introduce itself to consumers with a packaging refresh and the launch of one of its products in 1,250 Target stores.

Kellogg’s announced today that it was splitting itself into three companies in order to focus its resources in the cereal and plant-based categories while emphasizing the growth potential of its global snack brands.

New Harvest, a non-profit dedicated to advancing cellular agriculture in food and beverage, addressed one of the leading questions for the biotech industry: how can cultured protein be readily accessible to consumers without causing more harm than conventional agriculture?

Adaptogenic brownie startup Ruani was crowned the winner of Pitch Slam 12 at NOSH Live Summer 2022 on Tuesday, with founder Anirudh Mamtora taking home bragging rights and a $10,000 industry awareness package.