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FBU Boston: Throwing the Books at Entrepreneurs
On Wednesday morning, a room of food and beverage entrepreneurs gathered at WGBH Studios for FBU Boston, a one-day crash course on the food and beverage industry put on by the staff of BevNET and Project NOSH.
GO VEGGIE Reveals New Brand Identity, Logo and Packaging
GO VEGGIE® is a brand reinventing itself in an effort to broaden its appeal to health-conscious as well as special dietary consumers. Coming off the heels of several new product launches, GO VEGGIE unveils a fresh, new logo and packaging design across its product range, rolling out across stores now.
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Layoffs at Whole Foods Market Interrupt “Love Fest”
Today, Whole Foods Markets announced that the company will be instituting a global layoff. The net reduction is expected to be approximately 1,500 jobs, which represents 1.6 percent of its workforce.
Video: Indian Food Brands Spice Up Expo East 2015
What is the future of Indian food in America’s grocery stores? Project NOSH spoke with a pair entrepreneurs (Maya Kaimal and Shiraz Noor of The Chaat Company) at Natural Products Expo East to try to figure it out.
Video: A Recap of the 2015 Natural Products Expo East
At this year’s Natural Products Expo East an inspiring amount of new products, trends and news emerged from the show floor. In particular, what stood out was the “next generation” wave of several product types, most prominently baby food, jerky and squeeze pouches.
Expo East 2015: Healthy Reinventions of Classic Favorites
At this year’s Natural Products Expo East many of the most important, talked about and interesting products were classic favorites, such as brownies, mayo and pasta, reinvented for the health-conscious consumer.
Brand Innovation, Healthy Consumer Habits Propel Growth at General Mills
General Mills’ Q1 2016 earnings call featured little talk of its legacy brands. Instead the company focused on its natural- and health-focused brands, and the call revealed much about its new product innovation pipeline, a revised focus for marketing and new attention to non-traditional grocery retailers.
NSF International Launches New Non-GMO Certification Program
NSF’s certification, which is part of its Consumer Values Verified Program, utilizes accepted practices from both the E.U. and Vermont’s GMO labeling requirements to create a more streamlined process.
Gluten-Free Lucky Charms, Chia Cheerios: An Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide
Surprisingly, many entrepreneurs are actually highly solicitous of the large-scale shifts in the food system that can be enacted when strategic interests merge with conscious values; others are wary of greenwashing, incrementalism, and message blur.
For Dollar Stores Food Makes Cents
Dollar store chains, including 99 Cents Only Stores, Dollar Tree and Dollar General, are changing their models and merchandising in order to capitalize on consumers’ desire for fresh, healthy foods that are also affordable.