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Diversity in Natural Foods: The Way Forward
Readers of my last two columns get the point quickly: food and beverage companies in the natural products industry should strive for racial and ethnic diversity. To that end, now we’re going to think about solutions: practices that the industry and its component companies can inaugurate to spur both employee and entrepreneurial diversity.
How to Efficiently Optimize Your Retail Strategy
No matter the innovation or quality of its products, brands can’t reach full sales potential until they have a mutually beneficial and strategic relationship with their retailers.
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FBU Boston 2015 Initial Speaker Lineup Announced
Giving attendees all they need to know to understand the dynamic world of food and beverage entrepreneurialism, this full-day business education and networking conference will take place on September 30 in Boston, MA.
Packaged Facts: Men Take Larger Role in Household Shopping
David Sprinkle, a research director for Packaged Facts, cites “evidence that the percentage of men who are now the primary shoppers in their households has more than doubled in the past two decades.”
Often a Sticky Subject: Getting It Right with Product Labels
Before getting into the design and legal aspects of labels, it’s important to understand their physical production. To do so, we recently sat down with Ryan Dunlevy of Reid Label & Digital Graphics to discuss what entrepreneurs should know about how labels are made, the variety of materials used to create labels and what labels work best for certain products versus others.
Amplify Snack Brands, Inc. Launches Initial Public Offering
Amplify has been approved to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BETR”.
Report: Local Foods Increasingly Seen as More Desirable Than Organic, Natural Options
In a recent report, The Hartman Group, a consulting and research firm focused on consumer behavior and attitudes, wrote that “the authenticity halo around organic and natural has begun to fade, and local foods and beverages are poised to surpass them as a symbol of trust and transparency.”
Food Production in a Home Kitchen – What You Need to Know
For new food entrepreneurs, the home kitchen is where most products are born. However, a transition to production at contract manufacturing facilities allows for commercial-scale production of packaged goods and the safety requirements and quality assurance protocols required for food products. But what if you want to manage production? Can you manufacture legally in your home kitchen?
Tackling the Threat of Rising Transportation Costs
A recent report produced by the The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) found that CPG companies are increasingly being squeezed by transportation costs and need to carefully consider a strategic approach to supply chain management and logistics.
Photo Gallery: Notable Trends, Tastes at the 2015 Summer Fancy Food Show
Out of an estimated 100,000 product offerings, the 2015 Summer Fancy Foods Show gave us a lot of ground to cover. Of course, it would highly ambitious to think that we could cover the entirety of the show, which was held June 28-30 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, but we certainly tried.