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The Campbell Soup Company celebrated the recovery of sales lost to private brands in 2022 across its top three Thanksgiving-driven categories – results that president and CEO Mark Clouse said indicate a notable shift in consumer behavior and cooling inflationary pressures in Q1.

The long term impact of GLP-1 drugs on consumer behavior remains to be seen but many CPG food and beverage companies are already preparing.

Though margin improvements have helped cushion some of the impact, recent pet brand divestments helped push net sales at J.M. Smucker Co. were down 12% during Q2 according to the company’s latest earnings report.

At NOSH Live Day Two, industry leaders discussed the power of disruption, how the struggle of being an emerging brand’s founder is part of the growth and why setting realistic goals can lead to long-term success.

Lentiful has been crowned the champion of Pitch Slam 14, NOSH’s annual pitch competition for emerging food brands sponsored by PepsiCo Ventures Group.

On day one of NOSH Live Winter 2023 in Marina Del Ray, California, natural food industry leaders offered their insights into the fast-changing modern era of business, in which the rules of investment, merchandising and leadership look vastly different than even just a year ago.

Club chain Costco for years has used roadshow sampling events as a testing ground for new brands being considered for a rotation in-store. The process of planning, staging, executing and following through can be complicated and fraught with risk.

NOSH’s annual Best Of awards honor the brands, people and products from across all categories of natural food that have excelled over the past year. We have selected the winners for this year’s NOSH Best of 2023 Awards in recognition of their continued efforts to improve our food system, grocery store shelves and communities — one bite at a time.