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

Caveman Foods, a producer of paleo-inspired snacks, announced today that former Starbucks Coffee executive Jeff Hansberry has joined the company as president and CEO.

Nestlé S.A. has acquired the global rights to sell packaged retail products from coffee giant Starbucks Corporation for $7.15 billion plus additional royalties.

The confectionary giant announced today that it has agreed to buy crispy cookie maker Tate’s Bake Shop from private equity group The Riverside Company as well as other shareholders for approximately $500 million.

NOSH Live will conclude with a special final course: a wide-ranging discussion with three groundbreaking superstars of the natural food business: Shazi Visram, the founder of Happy Family Brands; Gary Hirshberg, Co-Founder of Stonyfield Farm and Bill Weiland, the CEO of Presence Marketing.

This week, everyone from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to jerky brands and wellness gurus were offering consumers new ways to drop the weight and learn what’s in their food.

Don’t worry; the NOSH team read the more than 100-page document so you don’t have to. Here are the main takeaways.

Front-of-pack “clean labels” have become one of the most important ways for brands to demonstrate their whole food characteristics. But it’s also becoming a source of legal tension.

Future Meat Technologies (FMT) announced today that it closed a $2.2 round of funding, co-lead by Tyson Ventures, the investment arm of CPG giant Tyson Foods.

It’s raining distribution deals this spring. From natural gum exclusives to protein muffin expansions, here’s your latest in natural food distribution news.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientists have detected glyphosate, a chemical in a weed killer linked to cancer, in an array of commonly consumed U.S. based food products, according to emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

RxBar went from launch to $600 million acquisition in less than five years. Co-founder/CEO Peter Rahal shares the secrets to the company’s speedy success; how PicoBrew is disrupting the business of beer, booze and beyond; does innovative snack brand Avolov have a patented path to growth?

The caffeinated, green tea-based snack brand announced today that it has rebranded, revised its product line from bars to bites and has further built out it’s ordering system.

Add another player to the plant-based fray. Pig Out, a line of plant-based, pork inspired chips launched this month.

From restaurant chains moving into retail to CPG giants expanding beyond their core offerings, here’s your latest in natural food news.