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

Odeko announced today it has acquired Washington, D.C.-based specialty food and beverage distributor District Distribution as it works to build an anchor in the Mid-Atlantic region to access local products and vendors.

Grüns founder Chad Janis has announced the launch of Ü Snacks, a broader platform that encompasses additional functional gummy brands including Nütrops, Immün, Jüced and “the many additional innovations coming.”

New year, new trends. Based on ever-evolving consumer demand, retailers and manufacturers alike – including Kroger and Conagra Brands – are predicting the largest drivers of consumer food and beverage spending in 2026.

Regenerative rice brand Lundberg Farms has expanded into crunchy snackable sweets with new dessert-inspired line Sweet Cakes.

Lucky Energy is launching gummies as it platforms the brand into new use occasions, formats and value propositions.

Inspired by the needs of her grandmother, Jess Haghani has set out to spur a better-for-you wave across the highly-processed senior nutrition aisle.

Outdoor-access egg producers are taking heat online for the way they feed their hens. Last week, the scrutiny landed heavily on Vital Farms, the publicly traded pasture-raised egg brand often held up as a model for humane production.

Brynwood Partners is continuing its recent streak of M&A deals, selling private label take-and-bake pizza producer Great Kitchens Food Company to Rich Products Corporation.

Zing Bars founder David Ingalls has reacquired his plant-based protein bar brand from the American Licorice Company with support from Dunedain Ventures, ending a multiyear strategic partnership with the maker of Red Vines and Sour Punch candy brands.

Celebrity-backed baby and kids nutrition brand Once Upon a Farm is eyeing a valuation of up to $764.4 million in its U.S. initial public offering (IPO), the company announced on Monday

This week, we’re rounding up on a spate of acquisitions, huffing and puffing with toddler foods and meaty snacks, and proposing to our significant others with cans of BuzzBallz. Hey, what more could you ask for?

In this week’s notable new products roundup, Kodiak expands its high-protein breakfast portfolio, Blue Bell Creameries taps into the protein craze with new ice cream pints, and Real Good Foods introduces high-protein flour tortillas.

On the heels of a $8.5 million Series A funding round in July, premium hummus maker Little Sesame opened its new 23,600 sq. ft. facility in Capitol Heights, Md.

Canadian jams, jellies, and spreads producer Crofter’s Organic has been acquired by food-focused private equity platform Power Sustainable Lios, with co-investments from Farm Credit Canada, BMO Capital Partners, and the Latka family, who founded the brand in 1989.