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

The 13th installment of NOSH Live Winter’s Pitch Slam is now less than 30 days away, and it’s time to reveal two more competitors: grain-free cracker brand The Humble Seed and gourmet marshmallow maker Mojave Mallows.

Tech-enabled finance platform Ampla Technologies announced this week it has acquired Upside Financing, a move it says will help the company open up a B2B buy-now, pay-later market. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Our next virtual networking event is on Wednesday, November 9th from 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET. Virtual networking is a series that connects food and beverage brands with industry experts. Growing brands will have the opportunity to meet 1:1 with leaders from Whipstitch Capital, Piper Sandler, FDM Sales Management, Chase Ink. Public Relations, MomentumCPG, and Arena Partners.

United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI) has teamed up with software provider Cornerstone for Natural to introduce Smart Shelf Tags built with its proprietary ELi technology, which purportedly offer a more secure and enhanced version of a QR Code.

In just 30 days, leaders from Whole30, Dyrdek Machine, Yasso, Kroger, Truffl, Sana Sano, Barnana, Spins, and others will take the stage to discuss strategies and tactics that help brands grow. Explore community building, expanding into brick and mortar, investing and incubating, moving past entrepreneurial mistakes and more.

Albertsons has rejected a request by several state attorneys general (AG) to hold off on a special dividend payment totaling nearly $4 billion to stakeholders, stating the dividend plans were developed prior to potential merger discussions with Kroger and payment cancellations could lead to financial and legal liabilities, as reported in Bloomberg.

Outstanding Foods co-founder and CEO Bill Glaser spoke about how he has applied lessons from prior entrepreneurial ventures to the company’s business strategy, how the brand has attracted celebrity investors and involved them in marketing and promotion efforts, and the evolution of Outstanding Foods’ package design and its alignment with the company’s innovation and retail strategies.

Michigan-based distributor Lipari Foods announced today it has been acquired by Greenwich, Connecticut investment firm, Littlejohn & Co.

McCain Foods is boosting visibility of its sustainability goals through the launch of regenerative agriculture-grown Regen Fries in partnership with web3 platform Roblox and NFT-themed Los Angeles burger restaurant Bored & Hungry.

The 13th installment of NOSH Live Winter’s Pitch Slam is just a few weeks away, and it’s time to reveal the next two competitors: protein bar brand Resist Nutrition and nootropic-infused superfood maker Mindright.

This week’s roundup of new products saw brands creating better-for-you iterations of classic candies, celebrating breakfast with donut kits and pancake mixes and getting ready for the holiday season with limited-edition packaging and advent calendars.

The venture capital “Valley of Death” regularly kills off great-but-underfunded natural food and beverage brands trapped in its cycle, so TIG extended its platform to build a financial bridge.

In this week’s roundup: Banza commits to transition chickpea acres to regenerative; SFA predicts upcoming 2023 trends; 12 Tides wants to give consumer kelp tattoos and Lotus Foods founders release a cookbook.

If you haven’t had a chance to submit your nominations for NOSH’s Best Of 2022 Awards, you’re in luck. We’ve extended the deadline to Friday, November 4.