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

After nearly 22 years at Whole Foods Market, Holly Long is entering a new chapter as Director of Community Engagement at SFA.

While investment in food manufacturing appears to be growing, conflicting data and industry analysis reflect a more complex story.

The clock is ticking on a potential acquisition by Danone of kefir category leader Lifeway, as the French dairy giant is pressuring company leadership to again discuss a deal that has already been attempted twice in the past year.

Prelude Growth Partners closed its third fund with $600 million in total commitments, bringing its total assets under management to $1.3 billion.

Premier Protein’s stronger-than-expected ecommerce performance helped drive growth at BellRing Brands in Q2, as net sales increased 6% to over $540 million, according to an earnings statement from the company released Tuesday morning.

The individuals featured on this year’s Nosh Notables list transcend empty popularity: They are the trailblazers, tastemakers and truth-tellers transforming how America eats.

Wholesale distributor UNFI announced that it will begin charging suppliers a new fee for planogram and shelf execution in fiscal year 2026.

Schuman Cheese and GOOD PLANeT Foods have entered into a joint venture, GPV Foods, to scale their respective plant-based cheese businesses.

Another B&G Foods brand has left the stable. The New Jersey-based conglomerate announced the sale of the Le Sueur brand of premium canned sweet peas, green beans and carrots to McCall Farms, Inc. as part of its ongoing portfolio restructuring.

Doughlicious has raised a $5 million round to begin manufacturing its Frozen Cookie Dough and Gelato Bites in the U.S.

In this week’s notable new products roundup, Like Air introduces its first-ever product collaboration, Mott’s ventures deeper into the snack pouch set, and Deep Indian Kitchen expands its Kati Street Wrap line.

This week, Sprouts posted a Q2 net sales gain of 17% YoY this week as comparable store sales growth clocked in at 10.2%.

TreeHouse Foods posted a net sales increase of 1.2% to $798 million in the second quarter as operational improvements helped lift margins.

Whole Foods Market and nonprofit Mad Agriculture are working with CPGs on a new biodiversity highway initiative that aims to reconstruct native ecosystems across American farmland.