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Whole Foods Evolves As Natural Merges Into Mass
Amazon is planning to absorb all 100,000 Whole Foods employees, including frontline staff, into its core business structure, per a report this week from Business Insider.
BranchOut Food Gets $2.5M To Expand Production
BranchOut Food received $2.5 million in funding through a common stock sale as it moves to expand its production facility.
Smash Foods Closes Seven-Figure Round To Fuel Further Growth
Smash Foods has closed a seven-figure funding round to expand availability of its superfood spreads and snacks, according to co-founder and chief operating officer Steve Ford. The round was led by Eclair Partners with participation from Label Capital and The Family Fund, alongside a strategic supply chain partner.
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Sunnie Secures $1M From Santatera
Sunnie is on a hot streak. The clean label snack brand announced it has secured $1 million in funding from Santatera Capital, just weeks after hiring its first full-time employee.
Monster Energy Execs Scoop Up Rite Aid’s Thrifty Ice Cream Brand
Amidst bankruptcy proceedings, Rite Aid has found a buyer for its Thrifty Payless subsidiary, which houses the Thrifty Ice Cream brand, as part of a $19.2 million transaction that also includes KPH Healthcare Services.
Blue Sky Sells Hemp Division To Manitoba For Cannabis Arm Scale-Up
Blue Sky Hemp Ventures has exited the food business. The company has sold its hemp ingredients division to Fresh Hemp Foods, the parent company of legacy grower Manitoba Harvest, which is owned by Tilray Wellness, for an undisclosed sum.
Kervan USA Breaks Ground on $20M Candy Production Facility
Turkish-owned confections manufacturer Kervan USA is charging up its American production capabilities, investing $20 million into a new facility in Lehigh Valley, Pa.
Del Monte Foods Seeking Buyer After Filing for Bankruptcy
Del Monte Foods, one of the country’s largest producers and distributors of branded food products, announced late Tuesday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections and is seeking a buyer.
Shore Capital Partners Closes $450 Million Food & Beverage Fund III
Shore Capital Partners announced today the close of its third food and beverage fund with over $450 million in capital commitments.
Marubeni Corporation Enters U.S. Ice Cream Manufacturing With Bubbies Acquisition
Japanese trading and investment company Marubeni Corporation has acquired Phoenix, Ariz.-based Bubbies Ice Cream, marking its entrance into the U.S. ice cream market. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. As part of the transaction, Bubbies will join Marubeni American Corporation, based in New York City, while continuing operations out of Phoenix, per a press… Read more »
Bearded Brothers to Expand Multi-Brand Bar Platform with SANS Acquisition
Organic foods brand Bearded Brothers has acquired fellow bar maker SANS Meal Bar, SANS founder and CEO Nathan Gordon announced on LinkedIn Friday.
Loma Linda Parent Up For Auction After Failed SPAC
Atlantic Natural Foods has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Century Pacific North America Enterprise, Inc., to restructure its supply chain after terminating a three-year relationship with Above Foods Ingredients, Inc.
Why ‘Plant-Based’ Might Disappear, And the Products That Will Thrive Without It
The plant-based meat market has garnered billions in venture funding, but many of those heavily-capitalized entities, failed to build loyal, repeat consumers and are now faltering. However, the market is still alive, it just looks a bit different now.