Meagan McGinnes

The chickpea-based pasta company announced it had closed a round of funding with District Ventures Capital, a venture fund and CPG accelerator backed by Canadian food processor, distributor and retail owner George Weston Ltd.

Snyder’s-Lance, The Kraft-Heinz Company, Tyson Foods, and Dean Foods all held all held quarterly earnings calls last week to share their latest sales and strategy insights. Here’s a look into what some of these leading players are up to.

The company announced Wednesday that it had received $2 million from previous investor Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners, which will be used to help the brand move beyond the baby aisle with other “tummy friendly,” shelf-stable products that can appeal to older children.

The acquisition will bring Innophos deeper into the branded, functional ingredient space, and help the company launch a new health and nutrition platform of ingredients for brands.

Sprouts Farmers Markets, Natural Grocers, Kellogg’s and B&G all held quarterly earnings calls for investors last week. Here are three areas all four companies will be focusing on to fuel future growth.

Recently obtained documents from the FDA by The New York Times and the ETC Group, a consumer advocacy group that monitors the effects of new technologies on food and agriculture, reveal that in 2015 FDA officials questioned Impossible Foods about its use of soy leghemoglobin.

IRI’s Channel Performance Report released last month evaluates consumer shopping patterns across retail channels from conventional to convenience, and lays out a picture of the largest growth opportunities in retail for CPG brands.

Brian Strom, cofounder of Crapola, launched the Minnesota-based artisanal granola company as “simply a joke.” Now, the company is celebrating its tenth anniversary, and Strom is reflecting on the pun-forward brand’s history while in pursuit of a different kind of throne: major retailers’ shelves.

Both The Hershey Company and Mondelez International announced they will be investing more in retailers’ click-and-collect programs and third party e-commerce channels during their quarterly earnings calls this week.

It seems yogurt brands are agreeing to disagree on which of the category’s newest styles will spark the next “Chobani boom.” While all of them seem to be experimenting with innovation, the direction of that innovation is extremely varied, as can be seen most recently by launches from Hain Celestial and Dannon.