Retail

In this roundup, Scott’s Protein Balls reach Target alongside Crave New World’s frozen clean label entrees. Kosterina take its balsamics nationwide with Walmart while Chickapea hits Costco and more.

JiMMYBAR! has seen early “massive” success of its Creatine Bars, representing an inflection point for the 12-year-old company.

The retail blueprints for packaged food brands often share a similar framework: build in conventional and/or natural grocery, add mass or club accounts when and where it makes sense and make sure to have an ecommerce presence. But there’s another piece of the puzzle that’s sometimes an afterthought or overlooked entirely, despite its power to… Read more »

Former Walmart executive Greg Foran was named CEO of The Kroger Co. and joined its board of directors. He succeeds Ron Sargent, who took over on an interim basis after Rodney McMullen’s departure last March.

SIMPLi rolled out its largest new product launch to-date, spanning 10 products across three categories and bringing the supply chain-oriented company’s mission to 13 countries total.

Polymarket – the online prediction market platform that allows consumers to play the odds on everything from sports games, to the likelihood of military interventions, to the day Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will get married – is opening a free public grocery store in New York City next week.

Private label had another banner year in 2025. U.S. store brand sales hit a record $282.8 billion, growing by more than $9 billion year-over-year and clocking in at nearly three times the growth rate of national brands, according to the Private Label Manufacturers Association.

Everything has protein in it these days, and while some of the new “innovations” may be a grab for relevance, some categories are benefiting from consumers’ heightened interest in clean label, muscle-bulking iterations of regular old pantry staples.

Odeko announced today it has acquired Washington, D.C.-based specialty food and beverage distributor District Distribution as it works to build an anchor in the Mid-Atlantic region to access local products and vendors.

Emerging frozen stuffed pasta player Ripi marked its largest retail rollout to date, expanding the brand to Whole Foods Market stores with a new exclusive flavor.