With business booming during the pandemic, Thrive Market’s CEO/co-founder Nick Green says the company is “barely scratching the surface.”
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With business booming during the pandemic, Thrive Market’s CEO/co-founder Nick Green says the company is “barely scratching the surface.”
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According to the USDA’s Organic Survey released last week, sales of organic commodities grew 31% since 2016, but total organic acreage remains stubbornly stuck at less than 1% of overall farmland.
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One person’s take on the impact of months and months of cooking fresh meals at home.
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Stakeholders fear organic food exports will be banned if mutual recognition is not agreed upon between the UK and EU by December 31, 2020.
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Animal proteins will become less of a center-of-the-plate staple for many consumers, according to Mintel, which attributes the shift to the ability to meet protein needs from a wider variety of sources.
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According to a report from Brick Meets Click, contact-less shopping method is becoming more integral for a broader consumer base.
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After years of steady decline, sales of cereal have rebounded dramatically during the coronavirus pandemic as consumers sheltering in place — who once skipped breakfast in the face of long commutes — now have time to eat at home.
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Brandjectory is a new online platform that aims to help foster relationships between early-stage CPG brands and investors.
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Miyoko’s claims that state ag officials are violating the company’s First Amendment rights by insisting the offending term be removed from its labels.
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Matt McLean has purchased his brand back from Dean Foods and put together a very experienced investor group, including Once Upon a Farm’s John Foraker and Stonyfield’s Gary Hirshberg.
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Due to food shortages, the USDA is making it easier for low-income participants in the Women, Infant and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program to fill their grocery carts.
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Venture capitalist Mark Rampolla discusses a very different environment that is ahead of us.
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Brightfield Group predicts that one key segment of the CBD market will drive sales in the months ahead.
Read Article “A member who used to order every three weeks and did about 1/3rd of their grocery shopping on Thrive Market, now might shop every week and be doing 80-100% of their shopping with us,” said Nick Green, the company’s CEO and co-founder.
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In a report from NCSolutions, consumers are entering a new stage of shopping behavior characterized by higher sales of non-essential food items such as cookies, chocolate and ice cream.
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Over the past year, sales of avocado oil grew by an eye-popping 24%.
Read Article Hard-hit e-commerce players saw a slight reprieve in orders last week, but an expected resurgence in sales in the coming weeks will require brands to rethink their online strategy once again.
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Still feeling the sting of Expo West being canceled, many natural and organic brands have no choice but to emphasize direct-to-consumer strategies.
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A very positive development — The USDA now has 180 days to reconsider its justification in withdrawing the Organic Animal Welfare Standards.
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Even though women drive 70-80% of all consumer purchasing, very few companies include women on their boards – a mismatch that hurts brands’ ability to connect effectively with their core consumer.
Read Article Miyoko’s has gone on the offensive in a dispute with the State of California, who demanded that ‘butter’ be removed from the company’s labels, along with terms such as ‘lactose-free’ and ‘hormone-free.’
Read Article The Consumer Brands Association (formerly known as the Grocery Manufacturers Association) has launched an advisory board to provide “thought leadership and strategic oversight for the industry as it moves forward in seeking appropriate regulation of CBD.”
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A new and very risky narrative is emerging that gene-edited food will be required for indoor vertical farms.
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According to a report from the Organic Produce Network, the top 10 categories drive 61% of dollars and 69% of volume.
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