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

Cibo Vita, the parent company of Nature’s Garden, has sold a majority stake of its better-for-you snack business to Citation Capital, a private equity firm focused on founder and family-led companies.

In the current environment, an omnichannel strategy is merely table stakes and consumer demand for climate-related attributes is climbing. Against that backdrop, Anna Hammond, founder and CEO of Matriark Foods, has cooked up a sales and supply chain strategy to cultivate a larger impact than simply turning a profit.

At NOSH Live Winter 2023, attendees will hear from Ayeshah Abuelhiga, the founder and CEO of Mason Dixie, about how she developed a growth strategy and approached the process of raising money to pay for the frozen bakery brand’s expansion.

Oh my gourd, it’s fall! To celebrate the season, a multitude of brands are releasing new pumpkin spice-flavored products designed to transport customers straight to the pumpkin patch. Check out the gallery below for new releases from Laird, Lesser Evil and Tiesta Tea, among others. 

In this week’s notable new products roundup, Chicken of the Sea expands its on-the-go offerings with its new tuna and salmon pouches, Newman’s Own revamps its line of pasta sauces and Cheerie Lane seeks to reinvent the way consumers make popcorn.

This week in distribution news, Yumi brings its functional kids’ snacks to Whole Foods, Undercover Snacks expands its partnership with Costco and egglife grows its retailer network with a deal at Food Lion.

This week on NOSH Podcast, Nuts.com CEO PJ Oleksak and chairman Jeffrey Braverman discuss how the nut empire was built and evolving the DTC business as online shopping has changed.

United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) will part ways with its president Chris Testa on October 13 as part of an ongoing effort to streamline operations and increase shareholder value, according to an announcement this week.

Impact Capital, the family office for longtime CPG entrepreneur Mike Repole, has acquired a majority stake in snack bar brand JUNKLESS Foods, according to an announcement today.

In recent corporate appointments, Grandy Organics has rehired its former COO Rob Maxwell to lead the granola brand, former My/Mochi executive Russell Barnett joins British frozen novelty company Doughlicious and Rä Foods names its new president.

At NOSH Live Winter 2023, attendees will hear from LesserEvil president and CEO Charles Coristine about the ways the snack brand maintains a focus on capital efficiency.

Get ready for our October Community Calls! This month, hear how Fly by Jing grew a condiment subcategory, find out whether fractional sales is right for your business, talk to the VP of Center Store at Fresh Thyme, and learn how to build a sales analytics program for smart decision making.

As of this morning The Kellogg Company is no more. The global food giant completed its previously announced business split into two new separate entities: Kellanova and The W.K. Kellogg Company.

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.