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In the latest episode of Elevator Talk, we feature leaders from You Again, Sunday Supper, DATEFIX, Yaza and Heraclea. Watch founders and CEOs introduce their brands and provide a recap of recent news and updates. This week’s special co-host is Jackie Dunklau, a founder and partner of consumer growth equity firm Aria, who shared her thoughts, questions and feedback with the participants.

Seaweed aquaculture company Atlantic Sea Farms (ASF) has unveiled a fresh new look across its retail and wholesale products, seeking to forge a stronger connection between its partner farmers and consumers.

Cibo Vita, the parent company of Nature’s Garden, has sold a majority stake of its better-for-you snack business to Citation Capital, a private equity firm focused on founder and family-led companies.

In the current environment, an omnichannel strategy is merely table stakes and consumer demand for climate-related attributes is climbing. Against that backdrop, Anna Hammond, founder and CEO of Matriark Foods, has cooked up a sales and supply chain strategy to cultivate a larger impact than simply turning a profit.

Oh my gourd, it’s fall! To celebrate the season, a multitude of brands are releasing new pumpkin spice-flavored products designed to transport customers straight to the pumpkin patch. Check out the gallery below for new releases from Laird, Lesser Evil and Tiesta Tea, among others. 

In this week’s notable new products roundup, Chicken of the Sea expands its on-the-go offerings with its new tuna and salmon pouches, Newman’s Own revamps its line of pasta sauces and Cheerie Lane seeks to reinvent the way consumers make popcorn.

This week in distribution news, Yumi brings its functional kids’ snacks to Whole Foods, Undercover Snacks expands its partnership with Costco and egglife grows its retailer network with a deal at Food Lion.

This week on NOSH Podcast, Nuts.com CEO PJ Oleksak and chairman Jeffrey Braverman discuss how the nut empire was built and evolving the DTC business as online shopping has changed.

United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) will part ways with its president Chris Testa on October 13 as part of an ongoing effort to streamline operations and increase shareholder value, according to an announcement this week.

Impact Capital, the family office for longtime CPG entrepreneur Mike Repole, has acquired a majority stake in snack bar brand JUNKLESS Foods, according to an announcement today.