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

General Mills’ Q1 2016 earnings call featured little talk of its legacy brands. Instead the company focused on its natural- and health-focused brands, and the call revealed much about its new product innovation pipeline, a revised focus for marketing and new attention to non-traditional grocery retailers.

Attendees at FBU Boston on September 30 will benefit from the opportunity of meeting many northeast regional FBU Industry Affiliates. These local incubators, shared kitchen spaces, and organized entrepreneurial communities will be presenting and networking at the conference.

NSF’s certification, which is part of its Consumer Values Verified Program, utilizes accepted practices from both the E.U. and Vermont’s GMO labeling requirements to create a more streamlined process.

Surprisingly, many entrepreneurs are actually highly solicitous of the large-scale shifts in the food system that can be enacted when strategic interests merge with conscious values; others are wary of greenwashing, incrementalism, and message blur.

Dollar store chains, including 99 Cents Only Stores, Dollar Tree and Dollar General, are changing their models and merchandising in order to capitalize on consumers’ desire for fresh, healthy foods that are also affordable.

Project NOSH Los Angeles (the first conference devoted to the strategic needs of emerging Natural, Organic, Sustainable and Healthy food companies) will take place on Nov. 5 as part of the comprehensive rollout of Project NOSH, the BevNET team’s new industry resource for Natural, Organic, Sustainable and Healthy food companies.

BevNET FBU (Food & Beverage University) released today the preliminary agenda for its September 30 event at WGBH Studios in Boston. The one-day educational event is designed to provide entrepreneurial food and beverage companies with the tools and industry knowledge they need to launch and position themselves for long-term growth and success.

Whether by innovating in some parts of its portfolio, acquiring for others, or just plain pointing out what it already does, spice company McCormick & Co., Inc. has spent much of the past year trying to show it’s keeping up with consumer desire for fresh, healthy and creative food options. Today the company announced the… Read more »

Giant hotel vendor Avendra, will feature AccelFoods portfolio companies in their network of more than 5,000 hospitality accounts.

With the announcement that veteran snack and beverage pro Paul Nardone has joined the PopCorners as CEO, and a change in ownership, the brand is preparing to extend its brand into new product varieties while also capitalizing on massive manufacturing capabilities that will be more fully integrated into the company.

Recent articles published by The Guardian and the Associated Press reported that members of the American Egg Board, a government-backed lobbying group, engaged in a long-running campaign intended to debilitate sales and distribution growth of Hampton Creek’s Just Mayo, a product that is formulated without eggs.

Taking its ongoing acquisition campaign into a new section of the store, B&G Foods announced today it had agreed to buy the venerable Green Giant and Le Suer vegetable brands from General Mills. The deal, valued at approximately $765 million in cash, allows B&G to quickly expand past its core competency, in the shelf stable space to the frozen aisle.

The BevNet team is excited to announce our newest media property, Project NOSH, which will cover the world of Natural, Organic, Sustainable and Healthy packaged food companies. This new platform will offer increased daily coverage of the trends, news, personalities and events that are affecting food brands as they launch and grow.

A recent Harris Poll examined how much the buzzwords handmade/handcrafted, artisan/artisanal, custom, craft, limited edition, and small batch matter to consumers and if they actually impacted purchasing.