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NOSH Podcast: Building Back A Bakery Brand After Bankruptcy
The team talks about chaos in the food world and NOSH editor Carol Ortenberg talks to Jason and Mia Bauer, co-founders of Crumbs Bakeshop, about relaunching the popular bakery brand and shifting it from a brick-and-mortar model to a CPG line of treats.
Dirty Hands Conducts Layoffs As Part of Larger Restructuring
Dirty Hands, one of the CPG industry’s largest merchandising firms, laid off employees from across the company last week in a move to refocus its business on the natural channel.
Climate Change, Mental Agility Among Mintel’s Top 2023 Food and Bev Trends
Consumers will be looking for more nutrient dense, cognitive-supporting, shelf stable, cosmically-marketed products in the new year, according to Mintel.
Low on Cash, Blue Apron Pulls FY Guidance Amid Revenue Hit And Funding Delays
Flat quarterly net revenue growth and a sequential, 11.7% revenue decline year-over-year, coupled with a delay to its $57 million private placement funding from RJB Partners LLC, has caused meal delivery service Blue Apron to pull its yearly revenue guidance.
Upcycled Ingredient Makers Eye Brewer’s Spent Grains
Brewer’s spent grain has often seemed like a perfect fit for upcycled food companies but the challenges to getting widespread adoption by breweries goes beyond supply and demand.
Hain Celestial: Positive Gross Margins, Bottom-Line Growth Reaffirm FY 2023 Guidance
New York-based organic and natural products company Hain Celestial announced today that net sales for Q1 FY2023 decreased 3% year-over-year to $439.4 million.
Proper Good Closes $3.5M Seed Round To Support Retail Debut
Shelf-stable, direct-to-consumer meal brand Proper Good has closed a $3.5 million seed funding round to support its recent expansion into brick and mortar retail with a rollout to over 2,000 Walmart stores nationwide.
COP27: Climate Change Fight Turns Focus To Food
Transitioning to regenerative agriculture, utilizing upcycled food streams, adopting plant-based lifestyles and, of course, reducing carbon footprints, are set to play key roles in current global conversations around climate change.
TBH Adds to Exec Team with New Co-CEO, Will Launch Single-Serve & New Products
Low-sugar dessert spread TBH has announced co-founder Ba Minuzzi will step into the role of co-CEO alongside existing CEO Elana Guberman.
Maple Leaf Foods Faces System Outage Following Cyberattack
Ontario-based meat and plant-based foods producer Maple Leaf Foods has suffered a system outage due to a “cybersecurity incident,” the company announced Sunday. In a press release, the company – Canada’s largest meat and poultry producer – said it “took immediate action and engaged cybersecurity and recovery experts” to restore the system, but noted it… Read more »