News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Pepperidge Farm – the latest food company to find itself in legal hot water over allegedly misclassifying employees as independent contractors – says it will vigorously defend itself after being hit with a class action lawsuit filed by its sales...
With the launch of two new Wish-Bone lines, Pinnacle Foods hopes to reinvigorate the salad dressing aisle in the struggling center-store by enticing back consumers who left to make their own dressing or to buy refrigerated options they perceive as fresher.
Litigation spanning 10 states accusing Whole Foods of significantly understating the sugar content in its 365 Everyday Value plain Greek yogurt has been dismissed on the grounds that the plaintiffs relied on tests that didn’t meet FDA-approved standards.
Campbell Soup Co. is hopping on the venture capital bandwagon "to more fully participate in growth opportunities" that could give it a competitive edge meeting consumers’ fast-evolving demands for healthy and fresh foods.