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

On the podcast, the CPG Week team talks about Danone’s repeated attempts to acquire Lifeway Foods and a pending Ben & Jerry’s lawsuit against Unilever.

In this distribution roundup: Immi makes a break for the military channel, Maazah locks in Whole Foods, Mikuna rolls out to Sprout’s ‘New for You’ set and more.

Vertical farming operation Oishii has officially closed its Series B funding round at $150 million. The first tranche was announced in February at $134 million with an additional $16 million coming in over the past nine months

The latest episode of Elevator Talk features leaders from Bake Me Healthy, My Better Batch, Pistakio, House of Kajaana and Fava Joy. Watch founders and CEOs introduce their brands and provide a recap of recent news and updates. Our special co-host is Allison Ball, the founder & CEO of Food Biz Wiz, who shared her thoughts, questions and feedback with the participants.

Just months after the debut of its kids pouch line, MUSH is bringing its core overnight oats product into another on-the-go format: protein bars, launching exclusively at Whole Foods Market stores nationwide.

Keychain is garnering the adoration of a wide range of investors. Today, the B2B tech company announced it has raised an additional $15 million in a funding round led by early-stage tech investor BoxGroup.

BellRing Brands finished its 2024 fiscal year on a high, with strong volume growth for its Premier Protein brand driving net sales to the high end of expectations in its Q4 and full year earnings report.

The nominees for Nosh’s “Best Of 2024” Awards showcase the profound talent that can be found within the packaged food industry.

Nosh talked to new snack brand Little Latke about launching a culturally significant food into a recognizable category and how learning is the most important part of the process.

This weekend, Union Kitchen opened up the kitchen doors and invited in hundreds of attendees while offering a chance to chat with, sample and shop nearly 150 brands during its Meet the Makers event. Here’s some highlights from what we saw.

While the regenerative agriculture movement may enjoy a surplus of enthusiasm, the tools to turn its economic and environmental potential to reality have thus far been in deficit.

TerraMar Capital-backed Lolli & Pops announced today it has acquired fellow Denver, Colo.-based candy producer Hammond’s Candies for an undisclosed sum. According to the announcement, the transaction marks a significant milestone in Lolli & Pops’ growth strategy that has been underway since it was purchased by TerraMar in 2020.

In this week’s notable new products roundup, Burlap & Barrel partners with Martha Stewart to launch a new spice blend, Dippin’ Dots ventures into the grocery space for the first time and Little Sesame introduces a new hummus product designed for kids.

Tensions are rising between Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company, Unilever. The mission-driven ice cream maker filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit claiming it has repeatedly blocked the brand’s attempts to take a public stance on the war in Gaza.