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

The grocery industry is gearing up for a slow year as retailers across all channels – including natural, discount, mass, conventional and even third-parties like Instacart – project a deceleration in sales throughout the course of 2025.

B&G Foods is doubling down on its portfolio reshaping efforts, seeking to build a “stable platform” for future growth after posting a Q4 net loss of $222.4 million in its earnings report yesterday.

Instacart’s strong Q4 and full-year performance was not enough to soothe investor and analyst fears about the slow growth set to capture the grocery industry in 2025 as shares were down 9.66% to $44.04 per share today in mid-morning trading.

The latest launch from specialty olive oil brand Graza is a single-origin, high-heat cooking oil that co-founder and CEO Andrew Benin described as a “game-changer.” The new varietal debuts this week at Whole Foods Market stores nationwide in spray bottle and squeeze bottle formats. A two-liter jug will be available online in the coming weeks.

Lakeview Farms and its newly-acquired noosa brand have merged to form new entity Novus Foods. The move comes less than three months after CapVest Partners-owned Lakeview announced its plans to acquire noosa from Campbell’s.

Amidst accelerated growth, chef-crafted veggie burger brand Actual Veggies is making new hires and ramping up marketing efforts with the support of a $7 million investment round led by Relentless Consumer Partners, announced today.

Today we are diving into the anticipated appointment of Florida attorney Kyle Diamantas as the new FDA Human Foods deputy commissioner.

In this week’s notable new products roundup, organic açai bowl franchise OAKBERRY makes its supermarket debut, Japanese food tech company BASE FOOD launches in the U.S. and Daily Harvest reimagines its Bites line.

New sales channels don’t emerge often, but when TikTok Shop hit the scene two years ago, entrepreneurial CPG brands knew it was something worth paying attention to. However, as the platform has evolved, some growing pains have begun to pop up.

Less than six months since its debut, the gold-wrapped, high-protein David bar is rolling out a new recipe featuring artificial sweeteners and flavors. The brand’s co-founders, Peter Rahal and Zach Ranen, claim the new formula improves the taste, texture and shelf life and cited studies showing the safety of ingredients now used in the bars.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already making his mark on the food system just days after his confirmation as secretary of Health and Human Services. The CPG Week team discusses the big industry issues to watch during his tenure and some of the fallout already underway at the FDA.

Canadian chocolate bar brand Mid-Day Squares announced on social media it has begun buying cocoa from international suppliers using Bitcoin, with co-founder Nick Saltarelli stating that traders in many countries now “trust this method of payment more than fiat” currencies issued by governments.

A pair of California convenience stores – Alqosh Enterprises Inc. and NMRM Inc. – sued Frito-Lay and its parent PepsiCo for illegally favoring large retailers over indie shops when selling its salty snacks.

Each year, Nosh recognizes the companies, brands, individuals, products, ideas, and trends shaping the packaged food industry through our annual Best Of Awards, presented at Nosh Live. This year’s winners will be announced live on December 5 in Marina del Rey, CA.