La Farge, WI—Organic Valley announced that it experienced consolidated sales growth of 4.5% in 2020. The exact number? Recorded sales reached $1.2 billion. Compared to 2019, the nation’s largest organic farmer-owned cooperative improved consolidated net income by $48.4 million in 2020. Attributing it partially to the chaos in conventional dairy...
Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Senate has passed a bill containing language regarding country-of-origin labeling that FMI is calling “unworkable” for agricultural producers, food manufacturers, and grocery retailers. FMI is now advocating to prevent the language from passing in the U.S. House of Representatives. FMI and 14 other food industry associations wrote...
Seattle, WA—PCC Community Markets will be opening a Downtown Seattle location in early 2022, according to a press release. As PCC opens new locations, the press release states, each store partners with a local food bank to extend food access within the communities served. Last year, as PCC planned for...
The Specialty Food Association (SFA) has released its annual State of the Specialty Food Industry 2021-2022 edition, according to a press release. The research published in the report shows that total specialty food sales hit $170.4 billion in 2020, and that specialty food brick-and-mortar sales hit $83.4 billion between 2018-2020,...
Everyone made changes during COVID-19, many of which will fall away as it becomes safe to leave the house and interact again—but not all changes are on their way out. NielsenIQ has compiled a list of COVID-19 changes that are here to stay. The company examined millions of brick-and-mortar and...
Phoenix, AZ—Sprouts Farmers Market has opened a new produce distribution center in Orlando, according to a press release, marking its first distribution center in Florida and seventh across the country. The center will serve all 23 stores currently in the state, and the 10 locations that Sprouts plans to open...
London—Ecovia Intelligence has announced the finalists of the 2021 Sustainable Food Awards. Entries were made up of food & beverage brands, producers & processors, retailers & distributors, ingredient firms, and packaging & material suppliers. The virtual awards ceremony will take place on June 10, 2021. New Sustainable Product Finalists: Clif...
Naperville, IL—KeHE has announced the winners of its recent Trend Finder event. Over 100 suppliers were given the chance to join one-on-one pitch meetings with KeHE’s Category Management team, and a dozen were selected to be added to the distributor’s robust assortment. “Innovation is one of our core principles and...
Park City, UT—Private equity firm, L Catterton, announced that it has acquired Kodiak Cakes. Kodiak's existing shareholders, including Sunrise Strategic Partners, Trilantic North America, and the Company's founders and management team, will continue to own a significant minority stake in the Company going forward. "In identifying a partner for Kodiak's next...
Boulder, CO—Bobo’s has partnered with three artists from the LGBTQ+ community to design the limited-edition packaging for the brand’s third annual Pride Bar. Ludi Leiva, Shanee Benjamin, and Cheyne Gallarde's designs will be featured on Bobo’s Pride version of the its Lemon Poppyseed Oat Bar and will include a personal...
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