Shauna Golden

After two decades of focusing on decorated cookies, Fancypants Baking Co. is ushering in a new era of growth centered around a line of bite-sized, sustainability-focused cookies crafted with “pantry ingredients.”

After selling their skincare brand, ZitSticka, in 2022, Robbie Miller and Daniel Kaplan are entering the food and beverage world with Dally, a new line of pouched konjac jelly snacks.

Better-for-you snack platform Our Home is seeking to accelerate growth with the acquisition of ParmCrisps from Hain Celestial Group, which the companies announced today.

Contract and private label manufacturer Mount Franklin Foods’ confectionary portfolio is growing with today’s announcement that it has acquired the assets of filled marshmallow maker Stuffed Puffs for an undisclosed sum.

On the heels of 3x revenue growth in 2023, Jackson’s (formerly Jackson’s Honest) has been racking up international distribution gains and executing facility expansions to meet accelerated consumer demand.

According to a new report from market researcher SPINS, the continued acceleration of better-for-you products has expanded grains in American diets far beyond the familiar wheat and rice, with the once-niche sustainable grains sector now worth $41 million.

Dairy cheese stinks, literally. Plant-based cheese (typically) doesn’t. That’s why category newcomer Plonts is seeking to crack the code by using microbes to achieve crowd-appealing taste, texture and smell.

BellRing Brands – the producer of Premier Protein and Dymatize brands – reported 15.6% net sales growth to $515.4 million in its Q3 earnings report this morning as the company works to build up demand and household penetration for its shakes and powders.

This week, Akua founder and CEO Courtney Boyd Myers announced via LinkedIn that kelp-based burger producer is shutting down, citing packaging, manufacturing, warehouse and shipping “catastrophes.”

Kroger and Albertsons’ $24.6 billion grocery merger is once again in flux after a Colorado judge and the state’s attorneys general agreed today to an order temporarily halting the proceedings.