Eight out of 10 parents snack on their kids’ food while preparing school lunches; nine out of 10 have bought extra kids’ snacks for themselves; while 60% prefer kids’ snacks over adult snacks, according to consumer research from Nestlé USA, which has...
Retail ice cream sales surged in the early weeks of the pandemic as consumers turned to comfort foods during the lockdown, but the runaway success story in the category has been frozen novelties, which have emerged as a go-to portion-controlled snack...
Nestlé USA’s online sales grew more than 160% in 2020, with e-commerce sales accounting for 40% of its US growth, but there are still a ton of opportunities to reach more shoppers online, chief strategy officer Mel Cash tells FoodNavigator-USA as the...
Nestlé USA has acquired premium alkaline water brand, Essentia Water, for an undisclosed sum to expand its presence in the premium, high-growth functional water category.
Joining Nestlé - the world’s largest food company - will help prepared meal delivery service Freshly 'hit the gas pedal' and accelerate expansion plans as consumers becoming “a little exhausted” with cooking seek more convenient meal solutions,...
A lawsuit alleging that Nestlé USA is misleading shoppers with its ‘No GMO Ingredients’ seal has been allowed to proceed, although legal experts stress that this doesn’t mean that the plaintiffs will ultimately prevail.
When you think of a successful leader, who do you envision? Someone experienced? Someone with a wide support network? Someone whose mettle has been tested and proven?
Reimagining base brands, cultivating the M&A pipeline, and developing new innovation models
Will big food companies increasingly buy in innovation and serve simply as scale up platforms for smaller, more 'authentic' brands they didn’t create, or can they come up with their own cool stuff that will resonate with new generations of consumers?...