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From high-tech fats to ‘non-animal’ dairy: Swedish foodtech brand Nick’s raises $30m, hires ex-siggi’s exec to drive US expansion

Swedish brand Nick’s – which entered the US in late 2019 with a range of light ice creams and generated revenues of $10m in its first full year on the market (2020) – has hired dairy industry veteran Carlos Altschul to head up its US business after raising $30m to fuel its expansion plans.

Dollar General raises bar for employee welfare by paying workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19

Most grocery retailers are strongly encouraging employees to vaccinate against the coronavirus as more states expand access to the vaccine to frontline essential workers, but few are mandating it and even fewer are paying their employees to take the preventive...

Aker seeks ‘important protein player’ status with new ingredient derived from krill

Krill oil specialist Aker BioMarine is taking the next step in deriving value from its raw material by launching a soluble protein that the company says has the complete amino acid profile and formulation flexibility to make it an important player in...

Plenty expands leadership team with Impossible Foods hire

Hydroponic vertical farming company Plenty has hired Impossible Foods VP of sales, Dana Worth, as its SVP of sales to lead the company's next phase of commercial growth.

Survey: Americans committed to maintaining cooking habits in post-pandemic world

Now more than nine months into the pandemic consumer marketing communications firm HUNTER has uncovered that while some behaviors are moderating back to pre-COVID times, others have intensified and represent a long-lasting shift in the way Americans eat.

Beyond Meat to open new global HQ in the fall

Beyond Meat will move into a new global HQ at 888 N. Douglas Street in its home town El Segundo, California this fall.

ZICO founder re-acquires brand from Coca-Cola via PE firm: ‘The cycle has swung back’

Speaking at Expo West in 2015 two years after selling his coconut water brand to Coca-Cola, ZICO founder Mark Rampolla observed that his nine years running the business had been “absolutely brutal.” Six years later, he’s back at the helm, after buying...

Chobani enters RTD coffee category: ‘It’s a logical adjacency,’ says president Peter McGuinness

Chobani is moving into new territory with the launch of a Chobani Coffee, a line of multi-serve ready-to-drink coffees made with single origin cold brew and the company’s new oatmilks and dairy creamers, which might seem like a leap into the unknown,...