Highlights

How 3 Food Processors Meet Flavor Trends
Product Development

How 3 Food Processors Meet the New Year's Flavor Trends

Jan. 9, 2025
Flavor and trend predictions abound this time of year. Here’s how Daily Crunch, Gimme Seaweed and Rebellyous Foods are developing products for the new year.
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People on the Move

Talking Rain Adds VP of Convenience Channel

Feb. 11, 2025
Chelsea Sobran joins the maker of Sparkling Ice after stints at Keurig Dr Pepper and Nestlé Waters North America, looking to build convenience store growth for the company.
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Marketing

Super Bowl Sunday: The Ultimate Food & Bev Consumption Event

Feb. 7, 2025
Taking a look at some of the purchase and consumption data shared by food and beverage watchers and analysts around the biggest football day of the year in the U.S.
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Plant Operations and Engineering

Meeting Consumers’ Snack Fix Through Innovation

Feb. 7, 2025
Creating craveable snack foods requires investment in technology that drives processing plants, data systems that inform decision-makers and product development that introduces...
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Product Development

Take Food Processing's Annual R&D Survey

Feb. 6, 2025
Just 5 minutes of your time will help us paint a picture of the state of product development across the food & beverage industry.
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Mergers & Acquisitions

Legacy Bakehouse Acquires Classic Cookie

Feb. 6, 2025
Contract and private-label baker adds retail brand to its portfolio, and looks to apply its expertise to the cookie and brownie baker’s product capabilities.
Courtesy of Molson Coors Beverage Co.
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Beverage Products

Molson Coors Acquires U.S. Commercialization Rights for Fever-Tree Mixers

Feb. 4, 2025
The global beverage behemoth will acquire an 8.5% stake in the UK carbonated drinks and mixers brand as well, further building its “total beverage” portfolio.
Courtesy of Frazil
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Mergers & Acquisitions

Frazil Slushie Company Adds Trident Beverage to Its Portfolio

Feb. 4, 2025
Acquisition of fruit juice-based slush company gives Frazil enhanced presence in the K-12 schools channel.
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Mergers & Acquisitions

Smucker Divests Two Former Hostess Businesses for $40 Million

Feb. 3, 2025
Cloverhill, Big Texas brands, as well as some private-label business, will be purchased by JTM Foods, the latest move by Smucker to focus its sweet baked goods business directly...
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Business Strategies

Brown-Forman to Lay Off About 650 Worldwide Employees, Close Louisville, Kentucky, Cooperage

Jan. 15, 2025
Along with an executive leadership restructuring, the spirits maker hopes these strategic initiatives will set it on a course for future growth.
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Marketing

TruFood, Bar Bakers Unveil Post-Merger Brand Identity: Tandem Foods

Jan. 13, 2025
Following Spring 2024 merger, the two companies will work in tandem to grow the unified business under its new brand identity, with a new logo and marketing tools to help.
Courtesy of Grupo Jumex
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Beverage Products

Odwalla Juices, Smoothies Return Five Years After Being Discontinued

Jan. 10, 2025
Mexican beverage company Grupo Jumex will manufacture the six products and have them distributed in the U.S., five years after Coca-Cola (its previous owner) had shut down the...
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Fruits and Vegetables

Welch’s Names New Chief Research and Development Officer

Jan. 10, 2025
Company elevates Christine Kwiat to the post, rewarding her pivotal role in helping redefine innovation processes and grow the portfolio over the last four years.