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

Now almost 40 years in, CPG focused private equity shop Brynwood Partners gave a clear signal today that it isn’t anywhere near done with its business model of buying and retrofitting well-known brands for a second run at success.

Dive into all the with NOSH’s Weekly Briefing with all the top news from last week including Hershey’s $3BN Q3 Sales, Smashmallow’s $21M lawsuit win and Daiya’s vegan pizza popup shop in NY.

In this week’s notable new products roundup, Bubbies announces the return of three seasonal flavors, NotCo teams up with hot sauce maker YellowBird and Loisa grows its Sofrito line.

If you haven’t had a chance to submit your nominations for NOSH’s Best Of 2023 Awards, we have good news. We’ve extended the deadline to Friday, November 3.

The biannual report “Power of Frozen in Retail” shows that inflation has impacted the frozen food category growing dollar sales while unit sales and volumes have declined.

This week, Circana”s Sally Lyons Wyatt joins the NOSH Podcast to talk about trends in frozen food and whats driving consumer buying behavior in the category.

Keto-friendly protein bar maker CanDo is racking up distribution gains by landing additional flavors in existing accounts Whole Foods Market and Sprouts, all while preparing to onboard a new CEO following the departure of Matt Clifford last month.

Today we’re unveiling the Community Call Podcast – an audio-based version of our dynamic and interactive series of expert conversations designed to engage and empower food and beverage businesses.

The Hershey Company saw net sales rise 11.1% year-over-year to over $3 billion during Q3 – driven by seasonal demand and the impact of its new Salty Snacks ERP system, according to an earnings report released this morning.

In this week’s distribution news, sauce maker NotJustCo and dipper snack brand Sunnie go into Target locations and Humble Seed continues to expand in the Southeast.

Simply Good Foods, parent company to both the Atkins and Quest Nutrition, reported 17% sales growth with gross margins of 37.6% in its Q4 earnings call.

At NOSH Live Winter 2023, attendees will hear from Josh Wand, CEO and founder of ForceBrands; Sean Kelly, founder and former CEO of SnackNation and Caroo; and Kurt Seidensticker, the founder and former CEO of Vital Proteins who, alongside a pool of industry vets, have created investment vehicle The Family Fund.

In a lawsuit against the equipment company that Smashmallow founder Jon Sebastiani said ultimately caused its downfall, a $21 million verdict has provided “a sense of redemption.”

At NOSH Live on November 30 + December 1 in Marina del Rey, natural food brands are invited to meet one-to-one with leading retail buyers. Representatives from Thrive Market, Kroger, The Fresh Market, and now Whole Foods, will be available for private meetings during the two-day event.