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

In the latest episode of Elevator Talk, we feature leaders from Painterland Sisters, Happy Grub, Moodify Food and Zero Knowledge. Watch founders and CEOs introduce their brands and provide a recap of recent news and updates. This week’s special co-host is Melissa Facchina, the co-founder and general partner of Siddhi Capital, who shared her thoughts, questions and feedback with the participants.

Publicly traded consumer products company Starco Brands, Inc. has acquired plant-based food and beverage maker Soylent, completing the brand’s evolution from red hot food-tech startup to cross-category CPG platform.

Looking to meet demand for clean label sports nutrition products, Boston-based food innovation lab Chew announced this month the launch of its first in-house brand, Fastfood.

Texas-based CPG accelerator SKU announced today the first cohort of six food and beverage brands for its upcoming Food & Beverage Accelerator track.

Hoping to build better awareness and understanding of precision fermentation, nine food tech companies have formed the Precision Fermentation Alliance (PFA).

As Pop Up Grocer’s (PUG) business has evolved, its goal to merge spontaneous new product discovery and grocery shopping has remained at the forefront. On March 3, PUG will open the doors to its first, permanent home.

Vegan cheese company Miyoko’s filed a lawsuit against its founder and former CEO Miyoko Schinner alleging she stole trade secrets and confidential information from the company after being dismissed last year.

In this week’s notable new products roundup, Jeni’s Ice Cream takes inspiration from Ted Lasso for its newest flavor, Morningstar Farms teams up with Pringles to create Chik’n Fries and Kettle Chips launches what might be the first air fried packaged snack on the market.

Miyoko’s Creamery founder Miyoko Schinner said she was forced to step down as CEO of her vegan dairy brand last June, and would not take on a non-executive role as a face of the brand.

In this week’s roundup: Little Spoon expands with new Biteables lines; American Spice Trade Association believes spices and herbs earned healthy status; Kraft Heinz puts price increases on hold and Project Potluck doubles in size.

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is pressing aseptic food and beverage maker Lyons Magnus for more answers around the company’s response to health code violations that sparked a recall of around 35 million products last summer.

Nestlé announced on Thursday plans to further increase prices across several product lines after inflationary headwinds, including heightened ingredient costs, contributed to a decline in sales volumes for the fourth quarter.

This week the team talks cauliflower, its place on Chick-fil-a’s menu and the veggie’s larger role in branded and private label CPG. Later, we hear from Ted Wright, CEO of word of mouth marketing agency Fizz.

Vegan dairy brand Miyoko’s Creamery has seen its namesake, founder and CEO Miyoko Schinner, formally depart the company, according to an announcement from the brand today.