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Over a decade after it opened, the founder of organic ice cream company Three Twins announced last week that it was closing. Neal Gottlieb attributed the difficult decision to financial hardships resulting from a lack of growth and poor product choices.

Martinique Grigg is the co-owner of co-CEO of CORO Foods, a cured meat company that’s bringing together new world flavors and old world techniques. The brand offers a high-end line of salamis featuring bold and unique flavors while utilizing a proprietary aging and curing process.

Laird Superfood has secured a $10 million investment from Danone Manifesto Ventures, the company announced today. The Sisters, Ore.-based brand, founded in 2015, markets a variety of “superfood” products, including creamers, coconut water, nutrition powders, drink mixes and plant-based sugars.

Hershey’s announced plans to sell off once high-flying jerky brand KRAVE, along with artisan chocolate brands Scharffen Berger and Dagoba, during a quarterly earnings call that reflected a few months of dramatically-shifting consumer habits toward the confection company’s chocolate products.

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, supplement brand Ancient Nutrition — which is backed by investment from some of the biggest names in the natural foods business — has undergone layoffs and replaced its CEO.

The eighth round of food and beverage brands includes Wedderspoon, Peekaboo Ice Cream, Catalina Crunch, Simply 7 Snacks and more. This week’s special co-host is Darren Rovell of Tastemaker Capital, who will offer an investor’s perspective and provide feedback for each brand.

No matter what side of the negotiating table you’re sitting on, the coronavirus has brought a host of critical new challenges and choices for both entrepreneurs and investors. In this interview with BevNET managing editor Martin Caballero, Jeremy Halpern, partner at Boston-based firm Nutter, offers his insights into the changing capital and lending environment.

It’s with great regret that we are announcing the postponement of our Summer BevNET Live, NOSH Live, and Cannabis Forum events that were scheduled to be held June 8-12 in New York City.

Keto-focused snack brand Fat Snax will have more support as it pushes further afield into brick and mortar retailers this year. The company announced today that it has raised $4.5 million from venture group Boulder Food Group (BFG), along with investment firm BIGR and some individual investors.

Annie Chun and Steve Broad, founders of Annie Chun’s and gimMe Snacks, spoke about their entrepreneurial journey from selling at farmer’s markets to building category leading brands, why operational efficiency is critical to achieve sustainable margins and the importance of “discovering new experiences for the consumer.”