Archives for April 6, 2018

Here closes $4m funding round aiming to expand marketing and production

Here, an Illinois-based company creating clean label food and beverages in the refrigerated CPG space, has closed a $4m Series A funding round led by food-focused venture fund Listen Co.

Albertsons to roll out Plated meal kits to hundreds of stores

Albertsons will roll out Plated meal kits to hundreds of its stores this year as the retail market for meal kits – originally developed as a home delivery option for time-starved consumers – starts to heat up.

‘Devastating’: US soy industry reacts to Chinese trade tariffs

China’s proposed 25% tariff on imported US soybeans could devastate the US soybean industry, and the White House should reconsider the tariffs that led to the retaliatory action, says the American Soybean Association.

US China trade battle

US beef sector unsettled by threat of Chinese duties

US beef industry representatives are voicing consternation over the Chinese Government’s announcement that the country is preparing retaliatory sanctions against beef exports as part of its escalating trade war with the USA.