Food Industry News, Insights, and Education for the CPG Community

On this week’s show, the team continues their food emojis crusade and highlights some news from Tattooed Chef and Kevin’s. Later, Carol and Immi co-founder Kevin Lee talk through the brand’s approach to funding announcements.

In the latest episode of Elevator Talk, we feature leaders from Sundays, Heyday Canning, Cromchies, Cibare and Confusion Snacks. Watch founders and CEOs introduce their brands and provide a recap of recent news and updates. This week’s special co-host is Amrit Richmond, the founder of Indie CPG, who shared her thoughts, questions and feedback with the participants.

Perfect Day has laid off roughly 15% of its workforce as it moves to exit its consumer-facing business, The Urgent Company (TUC), in order to focus solely on its B2B ingredient sales and nth bio “consulting” precision fermentation business.

Whether you choose to sip it, snack it or smoke it, consuming weed in any form in a public setting has been illegal – until recently. Slowly but surely, cannabis-friendly lounges are coming into existence and may present new opportunities for non-infused CPG brands.

Superfood jam brand Chia Smash is looking to use its retail momentum to power the launch of a new grab-and-go sachet line in Sprouts this month.

Data collection, collaborative case studies… and farming? Those are the central tenets of a new approach to regenerative agriculture, spearheaded by a trio of two CPG brands and one non-profit

On this week’s NOSH Podcast, reporter Lukas Southard took a trip out to the World Business Chicago/Chicago Venture Summit earlier in the summer to talk with Midwest-based brands and investors about the advantages and challenges of being located in the middle of the country.

Ten days after receiving full USDA approval to produce and sell cell-cultured poultry, UPSIDE Foods served its first cell-grown chicken to five contest winners this past weekend at a private event in San Francisco.

Boston-based pickle brand Grillo’s has filed a lawsuit against Patriot Pickle alleging the theft of its proprietary recipe to produce a line of “nearly identical” products for Whole Foods Market.

Van’s International has issued an urgent, voluntary recall for certain lots of its Gluten Free Original Waffles as they may contain undeclared wheat. The issue was identified by a consumer who noticed a “wheat-containing product was distributed in packaging that did not reveal the presence of wheat.”

This month, we’ll discuss a range of topics such as winning on shelf with line extensions, the non-alc beverage revolution, and community marketing as a crucial part of brand strategy.

Frozen plant-based meal brand Tattooed Chef has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the publicly traded company announced via a press release on Friday.

Less than a month after the idea of a possible sale surfaced, Kevin’s Natural Foods announced this morning that it was being acquired by Mars, Inc. for an undisclosed amount.

Brooklyn-based roaster Partners Coffee has unveiled its first-ever summer seasonal blend along with new packaging design for its single origin coffees aimed at bringing consumers closer to its sourcing and sustainability practices.