While venture capital is a popular choice to fund food and beverage brands, other options – such as revenue-based financing* – can provide entrepreneurs with capital necessary to grow without diluting their equity, according to the founder and CEO of...
As a specialty, responsibly-sourced national coffee brand, Peet's is launching four blended, shelf-stable RTD coffee products intended for unabashed indulgence, said Peet's senior director of marketing & innovation, Gretchen Koch.
As food retail competition rises with the entrance of more nontraditional formats, omni-channel players, pure play eCommerce and stepped-up conventional supermarkets, some retailers are leveraging product differentiation and services to gain a competitive...
Large food and beverage suppliers and manufacturers are aggressively reducing their use of plastic in response to rising concerns about the material’s negative environmental impact by consumers who increasingly shop based on their values.
As widely predicted, the plaintiff’s bar has turned its attention to the burgeoning CBD category with a series of lawsuits alleging that products contain “significantly lower levels of CBD than advertised.”
GT’s Living Foods is going after the non-kombucha drinker with its newly-launched aqua kefir line, a variety of fermented beverages with a less acidic taste profile than kombucha.
One of 15 companies selected to pitch at Rabobank’s FoodBytes! competition in Chicago last month, Yolélé Foods is on a mission to introduce Americans to a nutrient-packed, gluten-free ancient African grain called fonio. But is this a niche opportunity...
Investing in food never used to be cool. But with retail buyers increasingly tripping over investors as they walk the floor at food trade shows, and trending diets and ingredients catching fire – and then fizzling out – just as quickly, how do investors...
After almost five years of rescuing so-called ‘ugly’ produce from being wasted and instead selling it at a steep discount to consumers in a conveniently delivered subscription box, Imperfect Produce is ready to level up and sell a wider variety of food...
A strong economy and technological advances often are good for business, but a recent study conducted by the Food Marketing Institute suggests that these factors also can have negative repercussions on food retailers’ bottom line and as an extension the...
Once the stuff of science fiction or far-flung futuristic dreams, the ability to eat juicy sausages, fish fillets or a sizzling steak without having to first slaughter an animal is rapidly becoming a reality as the cultured-meat and -seafood industries...
With a new logo and vision that will serve as a ‘rallying cry,’ the Specialty Food Association wants everyone to know that it is more than the host of the widely popular semi-annual Fancy Food Show, but also a platform for connecting key players and nurturing...
The vast majority (87%) of hemp grown in the US is expected to be used for CBD processing in 2019, according to a new report from cannabis researcher Brightfield Group, which estimates that 285,000 acres of industrial hemp were planted in the US in 2019,...
Joining forces with Hershey will help protein bar maker ONE Brands reach new audiences in club, foodservice and international markets; help support moves into new product categories; and crank up marketing; says ONE Brands president and CEO Peter Burns.
Exclusively breastfeeding children for the first six months of their lives has long been recognized as a gold standard for improving infant health, but new research suggests it also could dramatically benefit the health of the planet as well – reinforcing...
