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

Plant-based rice alternative RightRice is giving back as it continues to grow. Keith Belling, the CEO of the three month old company, announced this week that he has donated 1% of the company’s equity to non-profit No Kid Hungry. At the same time, the brand also announced it has expanded into Kroger.

Erin Asaad is the founder and CEO of Culina, a company with a mission to make delicious plant-based foods. The brand’s first product is a coconut yogurt made with clean ingredients that comes in a sustainable terracotta pot.

Cannabis curious CPG professionals will be in New York City tomorrow for Cannabis Forum Summer 2019. If you can’t join them, and you’re also curious, tune into the free livestream on Friday, June 14th, which features all main stage presentations. Set a reminder for 9AM ET tomorrow and open up the livestream page to check out the conversations.

Earlier this week NOSH Live Summer 2019 kicked off in NYC with a “boot camp” for food businesses. Attendees absorbed tips and strategies from a team of business experts, ranging from navigating e-commerce and branding to understanding how to build teams.

The importance of effective leadership and strong communication within a team and with consumers were strong themes carried throughout day two of NOSH Live Summer 2019 in New York City.

Lactose-free premium ice cream brand Beckon won the NOSH Live Summer 2019 Pitch Slam, giving its founders support to spread the joy of ice cream even further.

In this episode, we’re joined by Popchips and RightRice founder Keith Belling, who discussed the origins of both brands and how lessons learned from building the former are being applied to the latter.

From using Pinterest to guide brand development to the growing pains of starting a business, growth was the key theme throughout day one of NOSH Live Summer 2019, held today in New York City.

We have a cure for your FOMO. For those of you who can’t make it to NOSH Live Summer 2019 this week in New York City, we will be livestreaming the main stage presentations and Livestream Studio interviews this Monday, June 10th and Tuesday, June 11th. Bookmark the livestream page and keep up with NOSH… Read more »

Beyond Meat’s Q1 financials, NACS and FARE aim to improve c-stores for allergy sufferers and more in this week’s Checkout.

We’re excited to sample the new, hot and trendy products created by the NOSH Live attendees next week. To get you excited too, we’re revealing the companies participating in this summer’s Sampling Experience + Expo. The tasty two-hour mini-event is on the first day of NOSH Live Summer 2019 Monday, June 10th, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

Alexander Komarov is the co-founder of Extraordinary Foods, the maker of Pimp My Salad speciality toppings. The brand’s mission is to make healthy eating exciting and accessible, and to “pimp every salad in America.” Its products include dairy-free cashew and hemp parmesan, coconut bacon and sprouted seeds.

If there’s one place that online shopping has lagged grocery in the instant gratification department, it’s at point-of-purchase. But in a presentation at Sweets and Snacks in Chicago, experts from Mars Wrigley and Meijer unwrapped strategies for manufacturers and retailers to make confectionery seem even sweeter as part of a digital shopping journey.

For a natural remedy meant to ease anxiety, the CBD market has become a place of confusion — not calm. On Friday, the FDA held its first hearing on cannabis products, including CBD food and drink products.