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

From Whole Foods leadership shifts to the newest in snack investments, here are the most-read stories on Project NOSH in 2016.

This week’s Press Clips examines the spotlight on healthy food — one that’s shining from places like the White House and prominent medical journals, all the way to the National Football League and late night television shows.

This week, the Internet-based grocery delivery service Instacart gave the industry a look into the cloud-based carts of shoppers with information about the top products sold in 2016 and predictions for 2017. The list gives an insightful look into the trends dominating stores right now. The service compared user behaviors year-over-year and looked at changes… Read more »

Honey producer Natural American Foods announced last week that it had acquired rival honey and peanut butter producer Sweet Harvest Foods Company for an undisclosed price. Sweet Harvest, a Minneapolis-based, family-owned company that opened in 1923, sells honey products under the MEL-O brand and peanut butter products under the PB Crave brand, as well as… Read more »

Although a solid performance from natural brands like Annie’s couldn’t save General Mills from a disappointing quarter, the company is looking forward.

While the winter holidays are usually a cheery time for retailers, a spate of publicized woes might be giving natural grocery chain Whole Foods Market the grumps.

Millennium Products, Inc., the parent company of GT’s Kombucha, has acquired Tula’s CocoKefir, the maker of coconut-based kefirs and yogurts that are fermented with vegan probiotic cultures. The transaction took place earlier this year, according to Millennium Products founder GT Dave, who told BevNET, Project NOSH’s sister publication, that he has long had a fondness for Tula’s products.

The Hershey Company announced today that current EVP and COO Michele Buck will succeed John Bilbrey as the next President and CEO of the company. Other brands including Sonoma Brands, Hip Chick Farms and Yesway also added new talent to their teams.

Evoke Healthy Foods is officially launching a new line of single-serve muesli packs on January 2, according to founder Ian Szalinski.

In an effort to reduce food waste nationwide, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a new recommendation to food and beverage companies to use the term “best if used by” in their date coding. But how will this shift change consumer and retailer habits?

Over the past two months, several retail and consumer data providers have announced programs and partnerships to help manufacturers with decision-making.

At a time when even the most routine of ingredients is required to have a “clean” aura, a leading ingredient company has glommed up some clean-label gums.

It’s been two months since celebrity-backed baking mix brand Foodstirs announced that CPG veteran Greg Fleishman would be joining the team as COO and stepping back from a full time role at Purely Righteous Brands, the management consultancy and marketing firm he co-founded with longtime friend Andrew Aussie in 2013. But even with Fleishman working as the COO at Foodstirs, he will still be involved in client projects, he and Aussie told NOSH during a recent interview.

It’s like playing Russian Roulette. With food. At least, that’s the opinion of one scientist.