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

In an increasingly competitive food landscape, being first to emerging trends and reaching influential category managers can define a brand’s next phase of growth. That’s why Nosh Live 2025 is expanding its structured 1:1 networking program to include conversations with investors and veteran operators, adding to the curated retailer and buyer meetings that have made Nosh Live a standout.

Amid weak market share performance in North America in its first quarter, General Mills is forecasting category growth below its long-term projections.

Heartland Food Products Group, manufacturer of Splenda brand low-calorie sweetener and drink mixes, has acquired SlimFast’s U.S. operations from nutrition supplement maker Glanbia. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Khloud named former Poppi president and chief growth officer Jeff Rubenstein as its CEO, just five months after launch and amid a slate of distribution gains.

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield has quit the ice cream brand amid an ongoing public dispute with Unilever over the war in Gaza, among other social justice issues.

Natural peanut butter brand One Trick Pony is venturing outside of the jar and into the salty snack category with the introduction of Caramel Crunch Peanut Butter Popcorn as it continues to “see how far we can take peanut butter,” co-founder Lucy Dana told Nosh. “We had a slide in our original pitch deck that… Read more »

Grocery retailers are beefing up private label assortments with a focus on protein, global flavors and premium positioning, according to a new report from FMI – The Food Industry Association.

Apollo Global Management-owned Hispanic retail conglomerate Heritage Grocers Group has promoted Justin Besyk to interim VP of Grocery.

AI-powered financial planning and analysis platform Iris plans to accelerate growth after today announcing the closing of a $6.2 million funding round led by Glasswing Ventures.

As we approach the end of another dynamic year in food and CPG, Nosh is accepting nominations for the Best Of 2025 Awards, our annual celebration of the brands, leaders, and innovations that define what’s next in natural, organic, sustainable, and healthy packaged food.

Hain Celestial’s sales fell in its FY2025 as the company embarks on a “product renovation review” and a significant SKU rationalization program.

Brami believes it is well primed to drive increased consumption of its hero lupini bean ingredient as its protein pasta innovation gains traction “equally across all channels.”

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