Vital Proteins, the leading producer of collagen peptides, closed on a $19m round of financing from CAVU Venture Partners.
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Vital Proteins, the leading producer of collagen peptides, closed on a $19m round of financing from CAVU Venture Partners.
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After purchasing Pukka in the UK, Unilever has expanded its tea portfolio even further with the acquisition of Tazo in the U.S.
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In a study released by The Clean Label Project, it was found that baby foods, including organic brands such as Plum Organics and Sprout, had dangerously high levels of arsenic, lead, cadmium and acrylamide.
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In an attempt to grow its number of lower-priced grocery items, Amazon has cut its seller fees from 15% to 8%.
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On Amazon’s 3rd quarter conference call, CFO Brian Olsavsky said that the company will probably develop new store formats.
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The UK’s dominant organic supermarket chain has retained an investment bank and is putting itself up for sale.
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With facilities in New York City, Newark, Providence and Portland, Foodworks is providing a co-working space for food and beverage entrepreneurs.
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CircleUp Growth Partners is a new $125m fund that will make CPG investments using a machine-learning tool called Helio.
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On track towards a $20 million run-rate, the uber-successful REBBL wants to redefine the meaning of a functional beverage.
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Rodale, whose titles include Men’s Health, Prevention and Organic Life, has been sold to Hearst, ending the family’s 75-year control over a very influential health and wellness media property. Rodale Institute is a non-profit entity and has nothing to do with the sale of Rodale.
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Uniquely J, a private label of Jet.com, has released its first 50 products, including organic coffee, organic salsa, organic teriyaki sauce and other household items.
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Pipeline Foods has launched a Farm Profit Program, which will help farmers increase profitability through organic, regenerative production practices.
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A number of Whole Foods’ leases are preventing Amazon from executing specific strategic initiatives, such as installing Amazon lockers.
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Target is in the process of opening up a dozen smaller-format stores across the country, which have more than twice the sales productivity of the company’s average store.
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So far, Amazon’s takeover of Whole Foods has not disrupted grocery prices throughout the industry. However, it is very early.
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In what could be a sign of things to come – and what might have been dictated by Amazon – Whole Foods has closed its first location of its new 365 chain.
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Already available in 100,000 points of sale, Hippeas just raised $10 million, with the goal of doubling its 2017 revenues.
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With the release of the “Monsanto Papers,” we get a behind-the-scenes look at how Monsanto was able to get Professor Seralini’s study on glyphosate deleted from the archives of a scholarly journal for its lack of “conclusive evidence” – the first time this has ever happened.
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A look into the practices of online vendors Crowd Cow and Butcher Box, who may not be delivering good on their promises.
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Seeking to attract emerging brands while staying ahead of the innovation curve, Kroger held its first Natural Foods Innovation Summit, which it expects to host a few times per year.
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Things between the two companies must be really bad because at a speech Sunday at the American Production and Inventory Control Society’s annual conference, Whole Foods’ Co-Founder and CEO John Mackey described the culture clash as “challenging”.
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Seeking to fend off advances from Amazon-owned Whole Foods, Costco has introduced new delivery options for its members, with some products at lower prices than previously set on its website.
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Since its splashy entrance into the U.S. market a few months ago, German supermarket chain Lidl has seen a steady decline in traffic.
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Under pressure from having glyphosate discovered in its ice cream, Ben & Jerry will introduce an “organic dairy” line in 2018, which it expects to account for 6% of total U.S. sales.
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