The so called «natural food» as marketed by some of
the big food makers has been found to be anything but natural.
For
Big Food makers like Tyson, a minority stake is a way to see how a brand like Beyond Meat — which is already available in over 11,000 stores — develops without making too big of a financial commitment.
Big Food makers are snapping up startups in order to join the fray: Hershey (hsy) and Slim Jim maker ConAgra (cag) recently acquired Krave and Duke's Meat Snacks, respectively.
Big Food makers Kraft Heinz and Kellogg both said delayed tax returns partly hurt U.S. sales in the first quarter of 2017.
Mast Brothers declined to disclose the size, though it said no
Big Food makers participated.
Meanwhile Nestlé, the world's
biggest food maker and marketer, is poised to sell off its U.S. confectionery division, which markets bars such as Butterfinger and sugary treats such as SweeTarts.
Not exact matches
This year, the
food maker is planning a
big ad campaign to tout the Oscar Mayer recipe switch.
Big tech companies, global retailers, clean energy firms,
food makers, agriculture conglomerates, and a couple of utilities have all signed on.
Other
big U.S.
food makers making similar forays into the startup world include Campbell Soup Co (CPB.N), General Mills (GIS.N) and Kellog Co (K.N).
The flurry of deals for smaller
food makers with more clean - label appeal shows
bigger snack
makers are ready to pay for innovative upstarts.
Jeff Dworzanski, director of product innovation at Nothin» But, told NOSH that the rebrand is the
biggest change for the granola cookie bites and snack bars company since being acquired by natural frozen
food maker Dr. Praeger's in 2017.
The
biggest food and drink show in 2018 provides the opportunity to meet face - to - face with the right buyers and decision
makers, helping hundreds of companies showcase their wares.
MycoTechnology's
biggest claim is its ability to produce a version of stevia without the bitter and metallic aftertaste, which is something beverage
makers, and stevia
makers, have been struggling with since the FDA approved it as a
food additive in 2008.
Had the deal gone through, the combined company would have rivalled Nestle as the world's
biggest packaged
food maker in terms of sales.
A version of this article appears in print on April 21, 2016, on Page B4 of the New York edition with the headline: «Whole Foods Effect»: Small
Food Makers Get the Call to Go
Big.
Golden Temple and Willamette Valley Granola Company are members of the Bulk is Green Council (
BIG), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping consumers,
food makers and grocers learn about the many environmental and economic benefits of bulk
foods.
But the
makers of the revolutionary lunchtime
food — PJ Squares, of Glen Ellyn — are making a
big deal over who is a GOOD mommy and who is a BAD mommy in their radio commercials.
In our school district in Boulder, CO we are blessed to have Chef Ann Cooper, who is a
BIG advocate for healthy
foods and also a huge change
maker in school lunches with her Chef Ann Foundation.
Nation's largest
food makers» trade group, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, is donating
big money to oppose I - 522, but on whose behalf?
Selling junk
food (especially in the vending machines) is a
big money -
maker for schools.
As Congress proposes cuts to hungry families, my new report raises questions about how much
food makers, retailers, and
big banks profit from
food stamps.
Finance, health care, and education are
big job -
makers in this area, the Italian
food is some of the best anywhere, and you're close to virtually every other major city on the Eastern Seaboard.
VCA will operate as a separate business unit within Mars Petcare, the
biggest pet
food maker in the world.
The second, far
bigger issue is that Natura Pet Products (
makers of EVO, Innova, California Natural, HealthWise, and Karma Organic brands — all high quality natural dog
foods made with human - grade ingredients) has just been sold to Procter & Gamble.
Unfortunately, most vets are brainwashed by the
big pet
food makers to believe such bogus claims as «dry
food cleans the teeth» (it doesn't; click here to read more).
The
Food Tank proposes that a broader collection of farmers, policy - makers, and eaters need new, bigger resolutions for fixing the food sys
Food Tank proposes that a broader collection of farmers, policy -
makers, and eaters need new,
bigger resolutions for fixing the
food sys
food system.
«This new mega corporation would be the world's
biggest seed
maker and pesticide company, defying important antitrust protections, giving it unacceptable control over critical aspects of our
food supply — undermining consumer choice and the freedom and stability of farmers worldwide.»