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FUNDAY Natural Sweets Built Big Down Under. Now It’s Taking on the U.S.
Building a $100 million candy brand in a country of roughly 27 million people forced FUNDAY Natural Sweets to think beyond the better-for-you niche. Now, the Australian brand is seeking to translate that mass-market appeal to the U.S.
Sach Foods’ Paneer Bet Hits Seven Figures, 350% YoY Growth
Sach Foods’ mission to popularize paneer in the U.S. with an authentic, clean label, organic approach is opening opportunities for innovation beyond traditional categories.
Chomps Lands Starbucks as Retail Footprint Tops 65,000 Doors
Chomps is taking its meat sticks into one of the country’s biggest coffee chains as it pushes beyond traditional grocery and mass retail and into more on-the-go eating occasions.
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Daily Briefing (Insiders Only): How Omnichannel Sales Are Shaping Snacks
First it was snacking as a love language. Now, snack category savant Shauna Golden is diving back in to examine the relationship between the category and an omnichannel strategy.
Santatera Sticks To U.S. CPG Thesis Despite Trade War
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.
‘Category Is On Fire’: Meat Snack Makers Go Deeper In Sticks
Meat snack makers are leaning deeper into sticks as better-for-you brands grow distribution out of natural and into other retail channels.
Dress It Up Launches Two SKUs, Backed By New Funding
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.
DTC Meal Kit Brands Find Second Act in Retail Expansion
A decade ago, direct-to-consumer meal kit subscription services like Blue Apron and HelloFresh had blanketed the market with a strong pitch to consumers centering on convenience, wellness and quality ready-to-cook food they could have shipped to their doorsteps. During the pandemic, many of these brands saw big lifts and even bigger valuations as consumers stuck at home decided to try their hand at home cooking.
Daily Briefing (Insiders Only): Gearing Up For Slow-Growing Grocery
The grocery industry is gearing up for a slow year as retailers across all channels – including natural, discount, mass, conventional and even third-parties like Instacart – project a deceleration in sales throughout the course of 2025.
Instacart Shares Fall As Investors Shy Away From Slow-Growing Grocery
Instacart’s strong Q4 and full-year performance was not enough to soothe investor and analyst fears about the slow growth set to capture the grocery industry in 2025 as shares were down 9.66% to $44.04 per share today in mid-morning trading.
Olyra Embraces Publix Disco, Recharts Nationally In Natural
Olyra turned its discontinuation from Publix into an insight engine, enabling the brand to rechart growth in the natural channel while better aligning its retail aspirations.
Flowers Foods: Volumes Down, Income Up In ‘Mixed’ Q4 Results
Amid the impending acquisition of Simple Mills, Flowers Foods reported “mixed” Q4 and FY2024 earnings as it goes deeper in better-for-you baked goods.
Kids Pouch Brands Adjust To Calif. Packaging Legislation
California’s Assembly Bill 899 requires baby food companies to test for heavy metals and disclose the results to consumers, bringing more transparency to the presence of potentially harmful elements.