Manufacturing

Early-stage CPG is a narrow margin, operationally complexity space. Add in the current, on-and-off trade war and any international investment firm would likely press pause on new ventures.

A slow and steady growth strategy is Dress It Up Dressing’s secret sauce as it works to capture the “sleepy” salad dressing category, said founder and CEO Sophia Maroon.

Back to Nature has reconstructed the basics of its operations while rebuilding its team and refining its approach to the better-for-you snack category two years after B&G Foods sold it to Barilla without a single team member.

Canadian chocolate bar brand Mid-Day Squares announced on social media it has begun buying cocoa from international suppliers using Bitcoin, with co-founder Nick Saltarelli stating that traders in many countries now “trust this method of payment more than fiat” currencies issued by governments.

How is General Mills bulking up its innovation pipeline? A new brand by the conglomerate – Lofty Eats – appeared to be gearing up to launch a full set of protein-enhanced foods made from a handful of natural-leaning ingredients.

The Hershey Company beat analyst revenue and earnings expectations at a time when chocolate makers in particular are facing a constrained supply chain and consumer spending environment.

Just about every packaged food maker has faced rising costs in recent years as supply chain challenges and volatile ingredient markets persist. Oat Haus is no different.

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.

Snack industry co-manufacturers Bar Bakers and TruFood Manufacturing have officially combined operations, today debuting under a new unified identity, Tandem Foods.

At Nosh Live, three CPG food manufacturing stakeholders discussed how operational decisions can either unlock fresh opportunities or bring new challenges.