MELT Organic to launch butter alternative in stick form
While most butter alternatives come in spreadable form in plastic containers, MELT Organic’s 'Buttery Sticks' will resemble conventional, paper-wrapped sticks of butter.
Archives for February 26, 2016
Ex Boulder Brands boss Steve Hughes partners with PE firm to create food incubator
Boulder Brands co-founder Steve Hughes - who resigned from the firm last summer - has teamed up with private equity firm Trilantic North America to form Sunrise Strategic Partners, which will provide growth capital and expertise to emerging brands in the...
Sprouts private label sales grew 30%+ in 2015 and now account for more than 9% of sales
Private label sales now account for almost one in every ten dollars spent at Sprouts stores, the Phoenix-based retailer revealed this week after posting better-than-expected Q4 results.
Dr Mercola to headline educational program at upcoming Healthy & Natural Show
Internationally renowned physician and New York Times Best Selling Author Dr. Joseph Mercola featured as keynote speaker at the Healthy & Natural Show, May 5-7, at Chicago’s Navy Pier.
King Arthur increases transparency, traceability with Identity-Preserved Flour from certified seeds
Responding to consumers’ desire to know more about where their food comes from and how it is made, King Arthur Flour is launching a flour made from certified seeds that makes it easier to trace from farm to table.
Andronico’s notches up $1m in InstaCart sales, says CEO: ‘95% of the revenue has been incremental’
Bricks & mortar retailers that don’t embrace online food delivery services such as InstaCart risk being left behind in the new on demand economy, says the CEO of San Francisco-based specialty food retailer Andronico’s.
“The future of snacking is portion control,” says Think Jerky founder
Think Jerky is bringing the 100-calorie pack to the hugely popular jerky category as a way to make the snack even more portable and to help consumers better reflect on what and how much they eat.
For Frutarom, small is beautiful when looking at acquisition targets
In US basketball lingo they call it playing small ball. Frutarom, which supplies flavors, fragrances and dietary supplement ingredients, has grown to one of the world’s largest companies in the category by acquiring many of the smallest firms.