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

Adaptogenic brownie startup Ruani was crowned the winner of Pitch Slam 12 at NOSH Live Summer 2022 on Tuesday, with founder Anirudh Mamtora taking home bragging rights and a $10,000 industry awareness package.

An eclectic group of six startup food brands (will be moving on to the NOSH Pitch Slam 12 finals tomorrow afternoon to vie for the grand prize of an industry awareness package valued at $10,000.

Jeni’s CEO Announces Departure Speaking on stage during the opening day of NOSH Live Summer 2022 in New York City this morning, John Lowe, CEO of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, announced he will step down from the role after 13 years. Lowe told the audience at the top of his presentation that he has instructed… Read more »

After three years in ecommerce, Magic Spoons grain-free, low-sugar cereals are spilling into retail. The company announced today its top three SKUs – Fruity, Cocoa and Peanut Butter – are rolling out exclusively to Target stores nationwide following the close of a star-studded, $85 million capital raise.

In this week’s Checkout: Everything Legendary and Live Nation announce investment partnership; General Mills invests $3 Million into Eco Harvest; Foster Farms sells to Atlas Holdings and names new CEO; Campbell’s reports Q3 earnings; and SCiFi Foods raises $22 million.

We have a cure for your FOMO. For those of you who can’t make it to NOSH Live Summer 2022 this week in New York City, we will be livestreaming the main stage presentations and Taste Radio Studio interviews this Monday, June 13 and Tuesday, June 14.

After buying out its former investment partner L2M Brands and reorganizing the company under a new name earlier this week, Oregon-based frozen foods brand Crispy Filled Inc. (formerly Rösti) is now preparing to expand its footprint across North America, according to co-founder and CEO Stephen Caldwell. Speaking to NOSH earlier this week, Caldwell said the… Read more »

This week’s new food launches saw brands collaborating with everyone’s favorite baby tree, Groot, launching better-for-you iterations of classic breakfast treats and spicing up the rice category with jalapeño rice cups.

Whether you’ve raised millions of dollars, been in the market for over a decade, have a cult following or just recently launched, renaming can be an amplifier to success, not a deterrent. Reframing a name and brand change is an opportunity for greatness rather than an admission of failure.

After two years on the market, breakfast bar maker Over Easy is looking beyond its core category with the goal of becoming a convenience-oriented brand “for the masses,” according to Kyle Maggard, founder and CEO.

Consumers are searching for new forms of convenience, whether as clever packaging or new products, and prioritizing exciting and unfamiliar flavors at mealtime, according to market research firm IRI’s annual New Product Pacesetters report, released yesterday.

A new report by the Specialty Food Association shows that growth in the specialty food market has changed as the pandemic’s evolution over the last two years has brought dramatic price increases and a shift in consumer shopping and eating priorities. The category grew by 7.4% in 2021 as compared to 5.8% in 2020, reaching $175 billion in sales.

Fermented foods company Cleveland Kitchen announced today it has raised an additional $19 million, as well as completed the acquisition of Sonoma Brinery. The deals will allow the company to more aggressively pursue expansion into new products and manufacturing capabilities.

Beyond Meat, which has been in a legal dispute with former manufacturing partner Don Lee Farms for almost five years, has now been hit with a case by consumers claiming they’ve been misled and lied to about the comparability of Beyond’s protein to animal products.