Mars to bring Maltesers to the US & Canada
Mars will launch chocolate snacking brand Maltesers in North America for the first time.
Archives for March 13, 2017
PRE Brands CEO: ‘We’re a consumer-based platform focused on perishables’
The Chicago-based brand may have eight varieties of packaged grass-fed beef products, but CEO Lenny Lebovich asserts his company is not a meat company. “We don’t view ourselves as a meat company, we view ourselves as a consumer product company that...
Plant Meat Matters: Unilever, Givaudan and Ingredion invest in vegetarian steak
Plant-based steak, with a taste and texture to rival the real thing, is one step closer to the market as Unilever, Givaudan and Ingredion join Wageningen researchers in the Plant Meat Matters consortium.
Natural Products Expo West
KIND Snacks wants to ‘change the script’ in the fruit snacks segment with new Fruit Bites
KIND Snacks expands into the children’s food segment for the first time with a riff on fruit snacks that directly tackles many parents’ complaints about the category.
Sparkling ICE appoints CFO Marcus Smith as CEO as Kevin Klock makes surprise exit
As industry leaders gathered in Anaheim for the Expo West show, Talking Rain (Sparkling ICE) CEO and president Kevin Klock made a sudden, surprise, exit from the business he helped turn into one of the biggest success stories in the beverage aisle over...
Christopher White named CEO of Canadian Meat Council
The Canadian Meat Council (CMC), a national association of meat packers and processors, has named Christopher White as the organisation’s new president and CEO.
GMA: Scott Gottlieb will be able to hit the ground running at FDA
Dr Scott Gottlieb – President Trump’s nominee for the role of commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – will be able to “quickly step into this important role” if confirmed, says the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), which described...