NEW YORK — The Specialty Food Association is launching its first Maker Prep Course at the 2024 Summer Fancy Food Show. The course is a six-month-long collaborative in-person and online program that will teach newer manufacturers how to run a…
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Whole Foods Market, a subsidiary of Amazon, is welcoming applicants for its 2024 Local and Emerging Accelerator Program (LEAP). The program, which launched in 2022, seeks 10 food and beverage brands that are not yet sold in…
SAN FRANCISCO — At times attendees of the Future Food Tech conference held March 21-22 in San Francisco may have been skeptical about the futuristic discussions taking place during the program and on the exhibit floor. At other times, it…
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Culture Pop Soda, a functional, probiotic soda brand, has raised $21 million in a Series B funding round led by Enlighten Hospitality with additional investments from former Starbucks chief executive officer, Howard Schultz. The four-year-old soda brand…
Home » Morning spike, afternoon slide for wheat Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for March 25 Winter wheat futures spiked Monday morning after a weekend of continued attacks by Russia on Ukrainian infrastructure that generated concerns about reduced exports from…
AMSTERDAM, NY. — Beech-Nut Nutrition Co. is adding several new products to its lineup of foods for babies and toddlers. The brand is launching two lines of prebiotic-focused offerings: Organic Fruit & Yogurt Jars with Prebiotics for babies six months…
WESTMINSTER, COLO. — New product development spending among food and beverage manufacturers is expected to increase this year, according to survey data from TraceGains. The findings come from the company’s 2024 R&D and Product Innovation report, which utilizes responses from 261…
Home » Myriad factors push wheat complex higher Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for March 23 Wheat complex futures advanced to close the week in short-covering moves with support from rising EU wheat prices, ideas of lower Russian wheat acreage,…
LEBANON, TENN. — Bridgetown Natural Foods, a Portland, Ore.-based co-manufacturer of natural, organic and gluten-free snack brands, is investing $78.3 million to open a manufacturing and distribution facility in Lebanon, according to Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Department of…
LONDON — Fifty percent of respondents in a GlobalData survey of 500 consumers published in March said they were extremely concerned or quite concerned about their mental well-being. Millennials and Generation Y, both at 58%, were the most concerned. “The…
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