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

As online marketing and ecommerce have radically changed the playbook for brands, CPG strategy firm PLTFRM is aiming to provide a new “operating system” for modern startups, and now it’s expanding its retail and marketing services to new channels and new industries.

In this week’s notable new products roundup, ZENB makes its first foray into the ramen category, Wholly Guacamole hopes to bridge the gap between tableside and at-home guacamole, and Oat Haus takes inspiration from warm berry crumble for its newest granola butter flavor.

The aptly named pasta sauce brand is aiming to reinvent the jarred tomato sauce category with ‘innovative, flavor-forward SKUs.’

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Aiming to enliven the whipped cream category, Whipnotic’s patented nozzle technology is helping the brand open new opportunities in both conventional and natural channel retailers.

The CPG Week podcast team talks about how artificial intelligence is creeping further into all aspects of food and beverage, why granola is having a moment, and the resurrection of soda brand Slice.

This episode is the first in a special series in which we examine the state of Black food and beverage entrepreneurship within the CPG landscape. The series highlights conversations on various aspects of the challenges felt by all entrepreneurs filtered through the experience of Black founders.

The brand has forged successful partnerships with online grocery and meal delivery companies and is now well on the path to profitability.

Freeze dried food company Sow Good has seen accelerated product demand and retail expansion after pivoting from fruits, vegetables and ready-to-blend smoothies to candy. The company recently uplisted on NASDAQ, which will expose Sow Good to more institutional investors and drive shareholder value.

This is the first post of our exclusive food and beverage industry data series crafted just for our BevNET & Nosh Insiders! This report is in partnership with Brightfield Group, a renowned name in industry data and insights.

Also in this issue: Campbell Soup optimizes supply chain, The robots march ahead, 1440 Foods’ new production facility, people moves and more.

Notable new launches in the granola aisle range from elevated flavors and indulgent offerings to grain-free spins on the segment.

Continuing with our Sweets & Snacks Expo 2024 coverage, here’s a look at some of the hottest new sweets and trends that we spotted on the show floor last week, including AstroFreeze and Kanpai’s unique takes on freeze-dried candy, collaborations from Hubba Bubba and Warheads and much more.

Sunflower seed slinging started off as a hobby for South 40 Snacks founder and CEO Josh Schroeter, but over the course of four years the business has grown both with new products and placements.