The LA-based private equity firm has taken a stake in the vitamin and supplement brand MaryRuth Organics.
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The LA-based private equity firm has taken a stake in the vitamin and supplement brand MaryRuth Organics.
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Plant-based dairy brand Miyoko’s Creamery has raised $52m in a Series C round led by PowerPlant Partners.
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It appears that organic brands such as Pukka and Tazo will soon be divested from Unilever, either through an IPO, partnership or sale.
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Great story about how these two organic companies are making a very significant impact in Ethiopia.
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Mexican baking giant Grupo Bimbo has acquired Emmy’s Organics, a producer of ultra-premium organic cookies.
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In a victory for consumers, advocates, and the environment, Monsanto-Bayer today announced it will end the sales of its glyphosate-based herbicides — including its flagship product, Roundup — in the U.S. residential lawn and garden market in 2023.
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California-based Urban Remedy will use the funds to fuel one particular new fresh food platform: dinner, which will be launching in Q4 2021 with three to five different ready-to-eat noodle and grain-based bowls.
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The chain of upscale, delivery-focused corner stores and cafés, which currently operates 12 stores, will soon be coming to New York City, Austin, Boston, Miami, Los Angeles and Houston.
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The organic direct-to-consumer baby & toddler food brand has raised $44m in a Series B round led by Valor Equity Partners, with participation from long-standing partner Kairos HQ.
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Rumors of Thrive Market’s long-awaited IPO seem to be coming closer to fruition.
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The Minnesota-based supply chain solutions company focused on organic, non-GMO and regenerative food and feed has filed for Chapter 11, which is causing a headache for growers of organic grain.
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Huge congrats to CEO Bob DeBorde — who has taken the brand to unprecedented heights — and to founders Jeff Church, James Brennan and Eric Ethans on the sale of the company to Paine Schwartz Partners. What Suja Organic accomplished is incredibly impressive. Not only did it play a leading role in taking cold-pressed organic juice to the masses, but it thrived in an extremely competitive category. An amazing run so far and much more to come.
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New data from Placer.ai tracking foot traffic at America’s leading food retailers shows that traffic at Whole Foods – while rebounding – remains lower than it was in 2019, while many rival grocers have staged a stronger recovery.
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Zevia says it was the top-selling carbonated soft drink brand on Amazon in 2020.
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Huge congrats to founders Justin Guilbert and Douglas Riboud, and to current CEO Ben Mand, who is doing a masterful job. Justin and Douglas have another hit on their hands with Goodfish.
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The NYC-based organic baby food company closed on a round from Springdale Ventures, InvestEco, Silas Capital, Gary Vaynerchuk and others.
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The organic and Non-GMO baby and toddler food brand raised $7M from CircleUp Growth Partners, Wild Ventures, Thrive Market’s Nick Green and Gunnar Lovelace, and other individuals.
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In a very smart acquisition, Once Upon a Farm has purchased direct-to-consumer frozen organic baby and toddler brand Raised Real for an undisclosed sum.
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Hungryroot, an online grocer that uses artificial intelligence to build shopping carts for customers, has raised $40 million in a round led by L Catterton.
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The 9-year-old wine club announced the purchase of Natural Merchants, a top importer of organic and vegan wines from Europe and South America.
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New Barn Organics has sold its assets to egg producer NestFresh in a move that will allow the two companies to offer retailers — and consumers — a larger suite of fresh items.
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Canada-based Above Food has acquired Farmer Direct Organic, which offers legume proteins and grains that are certified organic.
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Sambazon has just secured a $45 million investment from Nextworld Evergreen LP, the consumer-focused growth equity fund of San Francisco-based Nextworld LLC.
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In a letter to team members the other day, Whole Foods said that it is merging its global and regional merchandising teams into a single team that will support purchasing across the entire company.
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