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

In this week’s notable new products roundup, cheese maker Sartori enters the snacking category, Fancypants unveils two limited-edition spring flavors, and Hero Bread expands its Crafted Collection.

In this reviews roundup, we take a bite of a Hero Labs’ low-carb bagel, Bon Bee Honey energy bars, a super simple spin on plant-based frozen desserts, and adult-geared pouched snacks promoting gut health.

Against a backdrop of lagged shipments and “discrete” supply chain constraints, Conagra Brands posted net sales and gross profit declines during Q3, according to its quarterly earnings report released today.

Hershey is acquiring organic popcorn and healthy snack brand LesserEvil for reportedly $750 million, adding to the Pennsylvania food maker’s growing portfolio of salty snacks.

Top 2 subcategories are seeing positive unit sales vs. negative sales the prior year.

In this episode, the CPG Week team discusses industry and regulatory efforts to define and restrict ultraprocessed foods in the U.S. food supply. Spoiler alert: There’s a lot of gray area.

The Small Business Administration has effectively ended the Hardship Accommodation Plan (HAP) for COVID-19 related Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) as of March 19.

As consumers question seed oils, they’re not just talking about what to cut out—they’re also looking for better alternatives.

On the heels of its $7 million Series A round, chef-crafted veggie burger brand Actual Veggies has announced a partnership with Eurest, a leader in the non-commercial foodservice space for business and industry that serves the majority of Fortune 100 companies.

DayDayCook has partnered with prepared-meal producer Hewen Agricultural Technology Limited today to scale its ecommerce, foodservice and DTC business across mainland China.

If Expo West is our Super Bowl, then April Fools’ is our Oscars. Today marks the one day of the year where the food and beverage industry collectively comes together to compete on a scale that heavily favors weirdness as long as it comes with a healthy dose of creativity.

Simek’s is riding the clean protein, premium, convenient meal solutions wave. After more than 50 years in business, the frozen food brand rolled out nationally at Whole Foods in May and has since grown its footprint to over 6,500 stores across the U.S.

Utah has followed California, Virginia and West Virginia in banning certain food additives in public schools.

In this week’s notable new products roundup, Hippeas teams up with Grillo’s Pickles to craft its newest puff flavor, Daily Harvest seeks to meet consumer demand for high-protein, and Chick-fil-A expands its collection of at-home products.