With the goal of reducing food waste and helping farmers, avocados using an organic coating from Apeel Sciences are now being sold at Costco.
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With the goal of reducing food waste and helping farmers, avocados using an organic coating from Apeel Sciences are now being sold at Costco.
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Bare Foods, a manufacturer of organic and Non-GMO fruit and vegetable snacks, has just agreed to be purchased by Pepsi for nearly $200M.
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Super-hot brand REBBL has just raised $20M to fund its growth. This also means that the company’s social mission of fighting against human slavery and exploitation, via the Not for Sale organization, will have more resources to help continue this very important work. Fantastic news!
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At a Whole Foods store in Texas, banners offering 10% discounts to Prime Members were displayed for less than 24 hours, prompting rumors that this could be coming full-time very soon.
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On March 19th, vendors and suppliers will be meeting in Austin to express their serious discontent with the proposed merchandising policy changes.
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On CNBC, Hain Celestial CEO Irwin Simon said that despite the price cuts, his company’s sales to Whole Foods are increasing dramatically.
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In its quest to expand its organic and natural portfolio, Nestle took a controlling stake in Ecuador’s Terrafertil.
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Acre Venture Partners, the venture capital arm of Campbell’s Soup, led a $13m round in Pilotworks — a WeWork for the food industry.
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It has been reported that Nestle is one of several suitors who may make a bid for natural & organic food company Hain Celestial.
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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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A number of Whole Foods’ leases are preventing Amazon from executing specific strategic initiatives, such as installing Amazon lockers.
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As Whole Foods centralizes buying, Kroger is making a bigger play for local brands with its new We Are Local initiative. Smart.
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Chuck Templeton, the founder of OpenTable, has closed on a $180 million fund to invest in food start-ups.
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If the thought of having a pharmacy within a Whole Foods turns your stomach, prepare yourself. It has been reported that Amazon is looking to break into the $400 billion pharmacy market.
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer nailed it. This acquisition will result in price deflation for food, and it is something that the Federal Reserve needs to acknowledge.
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With an experienced management team, innovative products and a celebrity co-founder, Foodstirs is making real waves in the organic baking category. And it was just named to the CNBC Inaugural Upstart 25 list, the only organic food company to make the cut.
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