Shauna Golden

The Hain Celestial Group has sold cookie brand Thinsters to Icee and Dippin’ Dots owner J&J Snack Foods in an all-cash transaction. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

In what some have deemed the new wave of candy, brands are actively seeking out new ingredients, textures and global flavors to capture consumers’ attention, and their wallets.

FILLO’s, a Latin American-inspired food brand, is launching two new flavors of its Walking Tamales exclusively available at Whole Foods Market stores nationwide. The rollout bolsters the brand’s partnership with the natural grocery chain.

Yishi has launched a new line of pancake and waffle mixes, seeking to capture a share of the $202 billion breakfast food market while continuing to bring Asian flavors to the mainstream.

The Hershey Company today reported Q4 net sales grew a modest 0.2% year-over-year to $2.65 billion, reflecting inflationary headwinds such as rising cocoa and sugar prices, which are expected to continue constraining earnings growth in the year to come.

As consumers increasingly lean into food-away-from-home occasions and plant based producers look for ways to differentiate and diversify their businesses, foodservice has emerged as an essential channel.

Despite touting fiscal year 2023 as its “best year ever” with record gross profit dollar growth of $2.2 billion, Mondelez International will continue raising prices on some of its products in 2024 to combat cocoa inflation.

With this week’s launch of A2/A2 Whole Milk Shakes, children’s fresh food brand Once Upon a Farm is seeking to fill a gap for no-added-sugar dairy-based pouches targeted at young consumers.

Having helped consumers reimagine one familiar confectionary format with its nut butter cups, Justin’s is again tapping into heightened demand for nostalgic foods with the release of Chocolate Candy Pieces.

As digital tools help to democratize ecommerce for brands both large and small, why can’t influencer marketing be part of that conversation, too? That’s the question being posed by minisocial.