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Plant-based snack brand Oddball launched its clean-label, fruit-based jelly treats into Sprouts with a mission to change how U.S. consumers buy sweets.

In this People Moves: Campbell’s makes two key growth-area promotions, Thrive adds muscle to merchandising team, Baldor name new president and more.

Watermelon rinds, apple cores and other overlooked plant parts add fiber to a new line of snack bars created by the founder of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams. Earlier this year, Jeni Britton mounted her second entrepreneurial act with the launch of Floura, a brand focused on gut health.

Is the food and beverage funding freeze finally thawing? FABID’s Q1 2025 Report reveals a surprising rebound in deal size and investor appetite—just not where you might expect.

With President Trump pushing to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, even more cracks in the limited, existing systems supporting minority and BIPOC-owned CPG businesses have begun to show.

It’s with great sadness that we’re writing to note the passing of Jack Craven, the Chairman of BevNET, father of our CEO and founder, John Craven, and father-in-law to our COO, Carolyn Craven.

In this week’s roundup, JELL-O ventures into the plant-based dessert space, Sprinkles Chocolate takes inspiration from a classic campfire treat, and Pringles partners with Miller Lite.

In this reviews roundup, we nosh on Niramaya Foods’ new naan-based pretzels, Daily Harvest’s superfood bites, Hormbles Chormbles high-protein chocolate bars, and a chutney-salsa mashup aptly named Chalsa.

The CPG Week podcast team discusses a pair of funding rounds recently announced by functional beverage brands and the struggles of vertical farming businesses.

Entrepreneurs navigate internal crises everyday. But with the economic climate continuing to mount external pressures and political sucker punches flowing from Washington, D.C., identifying obstacles early and understanding the full context has become an essential element for keeping any upstart business alive.