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

During the first day of NOSH Live Winter 2023, a cohort of individuals reflected on the leadership and mindset shifts as well as differences to strategy building that guided them from the world of big CPG into new endeavors within emerging brands.

Get ready for our December Community Calls! This month, learn how emerging brands are using social platforms to educate consumers with Chutni PUNCH and Fila Manila, how Dan-O’s viral TikTok videos transformed the brand from a struggling business to a social media sensation, and how to utilize limited time offerings to drive sales and velocity.

In this week’s new product gallery, Last Crumb teams with Fly By Jing for a special holiday collection, Impossible debuts its new plant-based franks in the Big Apple and The Good Crisp heats up its lineup of cheese balls.

Quinn Snacks is discontinuing its microwave popcorn SKUs in favor of focusing exclusively on its higher-margin pretzel products.

The Campbell Soup Company celebrated the recovery of sales lost to private brands in 2022 across its top three Thanksgiving-driven categories – results that president and CEO Mark Clouse said indicate a notable shift in consumer behavior and cooling inflationary pressures in Q1.

The long term impact of GLP-1 drugs on consumer behavior remains to be seen but many CPG food and beverage companies are already preparing.

Though margin improvements have helped cushion some of the impact, recent pet brand divestments helped push net sales at J.M. Smucker Co. were down 12% during Q2 according to the company’s latest earnings report.

At NOSH Live Day Two, industry leaders discussed the power of disruption, how the struggle of being an emerging brand’s founder is part of the growth and why setting realistic goals can lead to long-term success.

Lentiful has been crowned the champion of Pitch Slam 14, NOSH’s annual pitch competition for emerging food brands sponsored by PepsiCo Ventures Group.

On day one of NOSH Live Winter 2023 in Marina Del Ray, California, natural food industry leaders offered their insights into the fast-changing modern era of business, in which the rules of investment, merchandising and leadership look vastly different than even just a year ago.

Club chain Costco for years has used roadshow sampling events as a testing ground for new brands being considered for a rotation in-store. The process of planning, staging, executing and following through can be complicated and fraught with risk.

NOSH’s annual Best Of awards honor the brands, people and products from across all categories of natural food that have excelled over the past year. We have selected the winners for this year’s NOSH Best of 2023 Awards in recognition of their continued efforts to improve our food system, grocery store shelves and communities — one bite at a time.

It’s almost time for NOSH Live Winter 2023! If you’re unable to join us in-person, you still have the opportunity to listen to the important conversations happening on the main stage and in the Taste Radio Studio – we will make a free livestream available on November 30th and December 1st.

Three months after its acquisition of Argo Tea, The Planting Hope Company has spun off the asset as its own subsidiary.