PECKISH, a brand created by California-based Sonoma Brands, has entered an exclusive distribution agreement with specialty natural foods retailer, Erewhon, hitting shelves at its four store locations in the Los Angeles area.
Cargill has unveiled its new 188,000-square-foot North American protein headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, designed to foster employee collaboration and drive innovation in the protein category.
Stevia specialist PureCircle announced that it will launch a line of stevia-derived proteins, soluble fibers, and antioxidants in the second half of 2019.
Better-for-you frozen food maker Luvo is ready to graduate from startup to an emerging company as it approaches a break-even cash flow and pursues the promise of profitability in the New Year thanks in part to one last infusion of capital from Dugout...
All too often new food and beverage companies and brands are launched by “idea people” who are passionate and have identified a real consumer need, but they don’t know to sell their product or structure their company for growth – increasing the chance...
Giant Food, a regional grocery chain in the Washington D.C. area, has invested $175m to remodel 24 of its existing stores and open a new store location over the next two years.
Kroger and Walgreens have launched an exploratory pilot – Kroger Express – that combines the two retailers’ products and services into a centralized one-stop shopping experience for customers.
Consumer interest in “getting back to basics” will heavily influence how they approach food and beverages in 2019 – pushing them towards options that are both “real” in the sense offering natural benefits with minimal processing, and realistically depicted...
FreshDirect, an online fresh food retailer based in the Northeast, along with its in-house trendspotting experts have shared its top 10 major trends consumers can expect to see more of in 2019.
Synthetic biology specialist Amyris has embarked on a mission to capture 30% of the global stevia sweeteners market by 2022 with a Reb M sweetener produced from cane sugar by a modified yeast strain, that it claims gives it a clear competitive advantage...
Seattle Food Tech – a start-up seeking to carve a distinct niche in the burgeoning plant-based meat market by targeting schools, hospitals, universities, and the military with plant-based chicken nuggets – has raised $1m and hired a VP of business development.
Check out FoodNavigator-USA’s latest gallery of new products hitting US shelves, where healthy fats, high protein claims and pre- and probiotics feature heavily as we head into 2019…
It has been ten years since the last recession first shook Americans’ confidence and caused them to pull their purse strings tighter, but according to industry insiders, consumers finally are feeling more comfortable spending again – which is good news...
Kraft Heinz has struck a deal to acquire Primal Kitchen, maker of better-for-you (with an emphasis on healthy fats and high-quality proteins) sauces, condiments, and dressings including mayonnaise and avocado oil, for $200m.
