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

With approximately 30,000 new brands introduced in the U.S. food and beverage market every year, raising brand awareness and capturing the attention of large retailers can prove a challenging feat for startups. Meanwhile, retailers are increasingly pressed to find new and innovative items to draw in consumers.

In this week’s new products roundup, S’NOODS transforms a holiday favorite into a snackable chip, Pitaya unveils a new line of smoothie pops, and Lexington Bakes rolls out a seasonal lineup of four new product collaborations.

Lindsay Hancock, the former SVP of sales at KIND, has launched My Better Batch, a line of premium baking mixes crafted to deliver homemade-tasting cookies.

On CPG Week, the podcast team talks about a number of lawsuits across food and beverage including another chapter in the PB&J wars and a couple deceptive labeling complaints for growing brands.

Troubling patterns have emerged in the always-evolving and hyper-frenetic world of food marketing, where the quest for the next big trend often eclipses the pursuit of genuine value.

Shawn Bushouse is an industry triple threat, having worn the hats of investor, operator and acquirer during his dynamic career. Attendees of Nosh Live Winter 2024 in Marina del Rey, Calif., will learn how to view their goals and the overall market for investment through these three distinctly different lenses.

Oasis Date (formerly Oasis Date Gardens) announced it is now the largest date producer and processor in North America with over 5,000 farmed acres of organic Medjool dates including the world’s first Regenerative Organic Certified farm.

Against a backdrop of ongoing cost inflation and weakened consumer demand, Conagra Brands posted a 3.8% sales decline and a 3.5% drop in organic net sales during Q1 2025 in its quarterly earnings report released this morning.

DeeBee’s has made a name for itself selling its core Freezie Pops product line, and now it’s looking to parlay its commitment to clean label, low-sugar treats into the snack set with the launch of Dip’ems.

Mondelez International’s SnackFutures Ventures announced this week it has taken a minority stake in air-fried, low-sugar donut brand Urban Legend. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

With a majority of its nearly year-long reorganization efforts now complete, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is ushering in a new era.

The number of serious illnesses caused by a Listeria outbreak linked to contaminated deli meat continues to climb, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which last week reported a total of 59 hospitalizations and 10 deaths across 19 states since its investigation began in July.

United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) posted a 10% year-over-year increase in net sales to $8.2 billion during Q4 2024 amid the Health and specialty food distributor’s ongoing transformation efforts, according to an earnings report released this morning.

Once Again announced today it has acquired California-based, organic almond manufacturer Big Tree Organic Farms as it seeks to increase efficiencies and reduce its environmental impact for its West Coast industrial customers.