Oreo-owner Mondelez is taking a majority stake in Perfect Bar-parent Perfect Snacks, which is doing roughly $70M in sales.
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Oreo-owner Mondelez is taking a majority stake in Perfect Bar-parent Perfect Snacks, which is doing roughly $70M in sales.
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Thrive Market has temporarily halted sales of hemp-derived CBD products after its merchant processor demanded it cease selling them amid uncertainty over their legal status.
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Maple Hill Creamery CEO Tim Joseph makes the case that multiple farming systems will co-exist in the future.
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In an announcement made yesterday, California-based organic juice bars Project Juice and Beaming have merged.
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Impossible Foods, which uses glyphosate-sprayed, GMO-soy in its Impossible Burgers, sees “regenerative grazers as one of the worst environmental options” — even though studies have completely disproven this.
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FoodShot Global’s Victor Friedberg has created a unique collaborative capital investment platform that offers a “capital continuum” to support long-term transformations to the food system.
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RE Botanicals has become the first USDA certified organic CBD brand to achieve Glyphosate Residue Free certification.
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North America’s leading organic cereal brand has just become a founding partner in Loop, a new global shipping platform aimed at eliminating waste by disrupting the world’s reliance on single-use packaging.
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Happy Family Organics has become the first organic baby food brand in the U.S. to pledge to make its packaging fully reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.
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Organic, plant-based meal delivery service Sakara Life has named Mike Bagale, who was the executive chef at Alinea — the country’s #1 rated restaurant — as its first “artist in residence”.
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Cusa Tea, which claims to be “the world’s first organic instant tea company,” closed on a $2.5M investment round.
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Panorama Meats, the nation’s largest producer of 100% grass-fed and grass-finished certified organic beef, has been purchased by Perdue Premium Meat Company.
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Traffic metrics show an increase in Whole Foods, largely due to visits from Amazon Prime members.
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With many direct-to-consumer organic tampon brands having already launched, Procter & Gamble has introduced Tampax PURE, its new organic tampon option.
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Nature’s Path has become the first organic food brand to partner with Loop, a new global shopping platform aimed at eliminating waste by disrupting the world’s reliance on single-use packaging.
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Along with eliminating disposable plastic straws from its stores, Whole Foods said it also has reduced the size of its plastic produce bags.
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Organic and natural meal kit service Sun Basket has raised $30M to accelerate its plan to offer AI-powered meal personalization and meal plans.
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Organic and natural distributor KeHE has announced a strategic investment from TowerBrook, the first mainstream private equity firm to earn its B Corporation certification.
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Miyoko’s Kitchen had been facing a lawsuit for using the term “butter” on its plant-based products, but that legal challenge has now been dismissed.
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Under its cereal brand for children, Nestle will launch three new organic products in India’s organic food market.
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The Impossible Burger tested positive for glyphosate, a chemical that is known to the State of California to cause cancer. The company also said it would start using genetically-modified soy in its burgers.
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Whole Foods, once Instacart’s largest partner, now accounts for less than five percent of total Instacart revenue.
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Kroger has teamed up with private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg (no relation) to create PearlRock Partners, a new platform that will identify and invest in promising new CPG brands utilizing insights from its consumer data platform 84.51°.
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In 125 of its stores in the Los Angeles area, 7-Eleven is launching a new wave of food and beverages, including products from numerous organic brands.
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