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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.
Additional Content
NOSH Live 2023 Replay: What’s On The Minds Of Next Gen Investors
Speaking at NOSH Live 2023, Elizabeth Brown, an investor at Vanterra Ventures, Patrick Schwarzenegger, a CPG investor and co-founder and CEO of MOSH, and Mel Li, investor at Offline Ventures discussed how they assess potential investment opportunities and the people behind those businesses.
The Question Of Open-Source Research In Lab Grown Coffee
The recent publication of a recipe for lab grown coffee using plant cell lines opens up a conversation about the balancing act of open-source research and intellectual property in food tech.
Planting Hope Plots Argo Cafe Revival Via Crowdfunding Campaign
Three months after its acquisition of Argo Tea, The Planting Hope Company has spun off the asset as its own subsidiary.
Outfoxing The Competition: Foxtrot and Dom’s Kitchen Plan Merger
Two Chicago-based retailers Foxtrot and natural grocery chain Dom’s Kitchen & Market announced an all-stock merger that will create a new entity called Outfox Hospitality.
Buttered Up: 4th & Heart Gets $10M To Scale Ghee Stick Production
Ghee butter company 4th & Heart has secured a $10 million investment led by existing investor Cambridge Companies SPG to help the brand build out more production in its ghee stick product line which is seeing rapid growth in the premium butter category.
TRUFF Secures Investment From Kim K’s PE Firm SKKY Partners
TRUFF, the premium, truffle-enhanced condiment brand that has counted global super- brands including Taco Bell, The Super Mario Brothers Movie and Hidden Valley Ranch as partners, now has an icon to call its own.
Fody Foods Lands New Investment, Chairperson
Low-FODMAP condiment and sauce maker Fody Foods closed a series B equity investment round last week and appointed a Joel Warady as its new board chairperson.
How Rev Energy Gum Is Eating Up Ground In Functional Gum
Rev Energy Gum believes the fuel that drove the brand to over 20,000 retail locations in under five years was a perfectly timed combination of product-market fit and a format that flexes for a range of consumer need states.
FreshDirect Acquired By Getir
Ahold Delhaize is offloading its online New York City grocery delivery business FreshDirect to Turkish startup Getir, the company announced this morning.
Dirty Hands Acquires Sales Consultancy Firm Burgess Strategic Advisors
Dirty Hands is expanding its range of client services in brokerage, merchandising and sales support with the acquisition of CPG sales consultancy firm Burgess Strategic Advisors.