Direct-to-consumer marketing offers startups a unique opportunity to engage directly with shoppers and learn who is purchasing their products and what they like and don’t like at a more granular level than is feasible in brick-and-mortar, but driving...
The new CEO of Sprouts Farmers Market said he is confident in the natural product retailer’s future growth potential, despite lackluster comparable store sales and a dip in both net income and diluted earnings per share during the company’s second quarter...
The US Dietary Guidelines, which are updated every five years, were created more than 40 years ago as a way to help all Americans eat healthier based on current scientific data, but since its inception a large and vulnerable group has been left out –...
Ingredion is expanding its partnership with Verdient Foods in Vanscoy, Saskatchewan, to produce protein concentrates and flours from lentils and fava beans as well as peas, as it increases investment in plant-based proteins from $140m to $185m by the...
Better-for-you brands and policy makers who want to redirect mainstream Americans to healthier food and beverage choices likely will be more successful if they meet the consumer first where they are and then guide them through change incrementally, according...
Startups selected to pitch at Rabobank’s FoodBytes! competition in Chicago this September include a cell-cultured meat company, a business helping companies develop next generation blended products combining meat and plant-based proteins, and a firm on...
Overnight success stories often are attributed to being in the right place at the right time, but according to the founder of the startup Uplift Food that doesn’t mean the circumstances were serendipitous or that entrepreneurs should wait for an opportunity...
Checkout who is moving onwards and upwards in FoodNavigator-USA's latest new hires gallery, featuring Dean Foods, Sprouts Farmers Market, Fresh Thyme, Stop & Shop, Ithaca Hummus, Revolution Foods, PepsiCo, Campbell Soup, Weller, Caliva and more...
Check out FoodNavigator-USA’s latest gallery of new products hitting US shelves, from Kellogg’s limited edition Baby Shark cereal, to new oatmilk based yogurts from So Delicious, high-protein, ultra-filtered milk from Organic Valley, and CBD… everywhere.
With a sweeping new product line-up and refreshed branding, the grain-free frozen food brand Cappello’s wants to set a “new standard of accessibility” for consumers struggling with diet-related inflammation who – until now – have had to forgo many go-to...
With the addition of two executives to the Grocery Manufacturers Association’s leadership team, the once-beleaguered trade group continues to rebuild and reinvent itself under the leadership of new CEO Geoff Freeman, who took the helm last August after...
An infusion of $3.5 million in seed funding will help the trio of co-founders behind the startup Verb Energy meet the rapidly growing demand not just for its caffeinated oat- and nut butter-based bars, but also for the human touch the company offers consumers...
PepsiCo has selected five finalists from more than 400 applicants in its inaugural Stacy’s Rise Project, which celebrates female entrepreneurs in the food and beverage space.
Given that only 2% of food and beverage sales currently are generated online and that shipping perishable, fragile and heavy CPGs can take a substantial bite out of already tight margins, it may be tempting to skip ecommerce.
As temperatures rise around the US, flavor and spice giant McCormick & Company is predicting that more people will reach for icy mocktails made with “bold, concentrated flavors,” creamy frozen drinks heralding from subtropical regions and “nourishing...
