Beyond Meat to open new global HQ in the fall
Beyond Meat will move into a new global HQ at 888 N. Douglas Street in its home town El Segundo, California this fall.
Archives for January 15, 2021
Aker seeks ‘important protein player’ status with new ingredient derived from krill
Krill oil specialist Aker BioMarine is taking the next step in deriving value from its raw material by launching a soluble protein that the company says has the complete amino acid profile and formulation flexibility to make it an important player in the...
From high-tech fats to ‘non-animal’ dairy: Swedish foodtech brand Nick’s raises $30m, hires ex-siggi’s exec to drive US expansion
Swedish brand Nick’s – which entered the US in late 2019 with a range of light ice creams and generated revenues of $10m in its first full year on the market (2020) – has hired dairy industry veteran Carlos Altschul to head up its US business after...
Plenty expands leadership team with Impossible Foods hire
Hydroponic vertical farming company Plenty has hired Impossible Foods VP of sales, Dana Worth, as its SVP of sales to lead the company's next phase of commercial growth.
Survey: Americans committed to maintaining cooking habits in post-pandemic world
Now more than nine months into the pandemic consumer marketing communications firm HUNTER has uncovered that while some behaviors are moderating back to pre-COVID times, others have intensified and represent a long-lasting shift in the way Americans eat.
COVID: Smell, taste and the lessons for the food industry
Almost a year since the start of the pandemic in Europe, many of those infected who reported losing their sense of smell and consequently taste -- even without displaying other symptoms -- still haven’t recovered these senses. What implications could...
Dollar General raises bar for employee welfare by paying workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19
Most grocery retailers are strongly encouraging employees to vaccinate against the coronavirus as more states expand access to the vaccine to frontline essential workers, but few are mandating it and even fewer are paying their employees to take the...