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

Starday Foods uses a proprietary artificial intelligence platform to find where there is pent-up demand in packaged food and quickly launch new products to meet emerging trends.

J.M. Smucker is continuing to cull its portfolio, announcing on Friday it has agreed to sell its Cloverhill and Big Texas value-positioned brands, as well as certain private label products, to JTM Foods, LLC in a deal valued at approximately $40 million.

As businesses entered the weekend, there was a strong sense of realization: it’s happening. Tariffs on a wide variety of goods are effective as of Tuesday, Feb. 4; retaliatory tariffs are almost sure to follow. So, we asked the experts what to expect.

In this week’s notable new products roundup, Fishwife teams up with Bixby to create dark chocolate sardines, FULFIL Nutrition unveils its biggest protein bar yet, and Bumpin’ Blends joins forces with lifestyle influencer Caitlin Covington.

After 28 years on grocery store shelves, and ahead of expanding its product line later this year, BELA this week unveiled its first-ever brand refresh along with a revamped website that enables consumers to order directly from the company.

Top producers in the specialty egg space are consolidating at a time when the supply chain is increasingly strained and prices for consumers are on the rise.

Supporters of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement are calling for a boycott of Ben & Jerry’s after the ice cream brand reaffirmed its commitment to advocating for equality. Here’s the scoop.

The CPG Week podcast team discusses why eggs have become a quintessential example of why grocery prices remain high despite moderating inflation.

The line between natural and conventional shoppers has virtually disappeared while the gap that defined those respective channels has narrowed. This week, the line blurred even more.

After making a name for itself with lower-sugar gummy worms and ‘90s gross-out culture-inspired branding over the past 15 months, Rotten is expanding its portfolio with the launch of Gummy Cruncheez, a better-for-you take on the wildly popular (and successful) Nerds Gummy Clusters. The new innovation, a gummy ring covered in tart candy pieces, is… Read more »

Consumer sentiment is finally improving, and the economy is solidly on the rise. View the full report in partnership with SPINS.

The A2 dairy milk market didn’t exist in the U.S. two decades ago, but consumer interest is on the way up even as the overall dairy space faces declines.

Global confectionery giant Ferrero Group is venturing deeper into the better-for-you sector with the proposed acquisition of U.S.-based protein snack purveyor Power Crunch from Bio-Nutritional Research Group, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Frozen sandwich maker Chubby Snacks appears to be ceasing operations after four years in business, following financial and legal challenges. In a December 10 email viewed by Nosh, Chubby Snacks notified its suppliers of the decision to wind down, citing a spate of challenges including “increased competition, rising overhead costs, limited capital and inflationary pressures.”