Nexus Capital Management is acquiring the R.W. Knudsen and TruRoots businesses from the J.M. Smucker Co., as well as entering into a licensing agreement for Santa Cruz Organic beverages.
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Nexus Capital Management is acquiring the R.W. Knudsen and TruRoots businesses from the J.M. Smucker Co., as well as entering into a licensing agreement for Santa Cruz Organic beverages.
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Danone has agreed to give more time to the 89 small organic farmers whose contracts were recently cut.
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The producer of organic and non-GMO kids’ beverages has been sold from one private equity group to another.
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Grupo Bimbo, the world’s largest baking company, led the investment round and will partner with LiveKuna on joint product launches with traceable ingredients
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Sober-curious drinkers, dual-purpose brands and functionality collaborations head the list.
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The California organic dairy brand will use the funds to launch new products and expand its Bay Area distribution nationwide.
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In a round led by Eat Well Investment Group, the company will use the funds to expand from e-commerce to traditional retail.
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Priscilla Zee, business unit director for General Mills’ Natural & Organic portfolio, said that Annie’s is experiencing explosive growth, particularly among Latinx consumers.
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The complaint to B Lab, which oversees the B Corporation certification, outlines the violations Danone has made against the B Corp Declaration of Interdependence.
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In a Series D led by Lone Pine Capital, Daily Harvest is now valued at north of $1 billion and will use the funds for regenerative agriculture partnerships and to open The Tasting Room, a physical location in Chicago.
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Organic clothing brands YesAnd and SEED TO STYLE will offer customers end-to-end traceability through a scannable QR code on their apparel.
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Thrive Market now has more than a million paying members and generates 1/3rd of its sales from 700+ private label products.
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Some of the top trends include healthspan, sensible indulgences, functional flavors and saying goodbye to burnout.
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The Series D funding came from S2G Ventures, Loft Growth Partners, Fenwick Brands and Echo Capital, and it will be used to accelerate product innovation and for new distribution growth.
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Utz Brands has purchased the maker of organic tortilla chips, crackers and corn chips for about 10x trailing EBITDA.
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Led by former Goldman Sachs banker Aarti Kapoor. VMG Consumer Acquisition is focused on consumer packaged goods, brick-and-mortar, digital and tech-enabled brands across a range of verticals.
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Farmland LP, the largest manager focused on converting conventional farmland to organic in the U.S., announced that its second fund has surpassed $100 million in equity commitments.
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Redefining what convenience stores can be and how Foxtrot is now a place for Bumble dates.
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1-800-Flowers.com Inc. has acquired Vital Choice Wild Seafood and Organics, a processor of seafood, shellfish, organic food and supplements.
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Established in 1997, Anita’s Organic Mill has become one of Canada’s most respected millers and manufacturers of organic whole grain flours.
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The company, formerly known as Shenandoah Growers, will have a total of 15 soil-based indoor farms, supporting its plans to shift 90% of production to indoor.
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Smallhold has raised a $25 million Series A to bring its organic mushrooms to the West Coast.
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Functional beverages made with prebiotics and botanicals, buzz-less spirits, yuzu and Reducetarianism are among the food influences expected to rise in popularity in the next year.
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The company’s fraudulent organic labeling scandal in June appears to have been a fatal blow. A tragedy in every sense.
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