Amazon and Walmart Want to Beat Convenience Stores at Their Own Game
Amazon and Walmart are racing to offer 30-minute grocery delivery, directly threatening the proximity advantage convenience and neighborhood stores have long owned.
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Subway Goes Plant-Based Pork, India Mandates Vegan Labels
Subway's plant-based pork rollout, Slutty Vegan's franchise expansion, and India's new vegan labelling mandate signal a busy week for plant-based food labelling.
Consumer Reports Flags Popular Snacks for Additives and Contaminants
Consumer Reports tested popular snacks and found elevated levels of additives and contaminants, raising fresh pressure on manufacturers to clean up formulations.
Paris Hilton’s AI Deepfake Warning Has a Food Industry Echo
Paris Hilton's new TikTok docuseries on AI deepfake exploitation spotlights synthetic-media risks that food brands and their spokespeople cannot ignore.
Walmart’s AI Is Quietly Deciding What You Buy
Walmart's AI now shapes product visibility, purchase decisions, and delivery speed, and food suppliers had better pay attention.
Keurig Dr Pepper Bets the Split on Brewer Innovation
The Keurig Dr Pepper coffee spinoff targets early 2027; brewer hardware innovation is now the make-or-break variable for the standalone coffee entity.
PepsiCo Sends Doritos Down the Highway, Driverless
PepsiCo autonomous trucks are now moving snacks across the US, raising real questions about jobs, safety, and supply chain resilience.
Most Americans Think Chicken Lowers Cholesterol. It Doesn’t.
A new PCRM poll exposes deep cholesterol-reducing foods misconceptions among US adults, just as updated ACC/AHA guidelines raise the stakes.
Blue and White Are Natural Color’s Hardest Problem
Oterra is tackling natural color innovation's two most stubborn frontiers: stable blue and clean white, as synthetic dye pressure mounts.
GrubMarket’s AI Agent Rewires How Food Distributors Sell
GrubMarket's new food distributor sales AI agent automates prospecting and quote creation, targeting a notoriously manual corner of the supply chain.
Will AI Kill Restaurant Jobs? Chipotle and Starbucks Show Us
An opinion piece uses Starbucks and Chipotle as case studies to examine whether AI restaurant jobs will shrink, shift, or survive.
Monster’s Secret Weapon: Coke’s Bottling Army
Monster Energy global expansion is accelerating fast, using Coca-Cola's bottling infrastructure to push into Southeast Asia, India, China, and EMEA.