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

This week the team debriefs after the final Expo East including approaches brands have taken to combat the rising costs of retail and Expo’s new replacement. Then, Ronak Shah, co-founder and CEO of Obvi, discusses how his brand built a D2C-first model on the foundation of a very specific consumer demographic.

In this week’s roundup of notable new products, Primal Kitchen pokes fun at this week’s viral T Swift meme, Magic Spoon offers a better-for-you version of a nostalgic childhood treat and Tea Forte teams up with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

With Congress facing a Sunday deadline to pass bill and keep the government funded, a federal government shutdown is looming. What does this mean for CPG?

Blue Apron announced this morning that Wonder Group, the privately held, vertically-integrated “Fast Fine” dining delivery services founded by Marc Lore, will acquire the company for $13 per share or approximately $130 million in equity value.

We are thrilled to announce a new offering for our food, beverage and beer communities. Introducing: Insider All Access – an even more comprehensive and engaging way to stay up-to-date on the latest industry happenings.

Shopify has invested in B2B wholesale marketplace Faire to creating a partnership to streamline management and purchasing operations for merchants and retailers between the platforms.

Though the show may primarily be known as a launch platform for new products, dozens of brands took to the last ever Natural Products Expo East to highlight rebrands and packaging refreshes across existing products and formats. Check out this gallery to see the fresh new looks from brands including Rob’s Backstage Popcorn, Eat the Change, Tucson Foods and Cometeer.

Snack platform Second Nature Brands (SNB) has purchased nut brand Sahale Snacks from The J.M. Smucker Company.

If you’ve been waiting for a better-for-you sour candy, this may be your moment. A new wave of CPG brands have set their sights on capturing the nostalgia of sucking on a handful of Warheads.

Snacking trends were on full display at Natural Products Expo East 2023, along with a drive to open up new use occasions. Here’s a look at some of the recently launched snacks seen last week at the show.

Once Upon a Farm is looking beyond its roots in baby food by launching a new line of refrigerated oat bars – its first non-pouched product – in an effort to use snacking occasions to stay relevant as its young consumers age.

Rudi’s Mountain Bakery has set its sights the freezer aisle adding 12 new value-added products thanks, in part, to the brand’s new “idea man” and chief innovation officer Justin Gold.

Five years after launching its signature oat-based granola butter, Oat Haus has opened a new growth phase by leaving its 11,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Philadelphia and moving into a 45,000 sq. ft. manufacturing and fulfillment facility in Cleveland.

Wellful, an omnichannel health and wellness company, is rebooting weight management company Jenny Craig as a direct-to-consumer meal platform.