Beyond Meat Bets on Taco Bell While Alt-Protein Crowdfunds Its Future
The Beyond Meat Taco Bell partnership signals fast-food's renewed alt-protein appetite, as crowdfunding campaigns reveal where early capital is actually flowing.
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Schnucks Quietly Kills Another Small-Format Bet
Schnucks Fresh in Jasper, Indiana closes mid-May, adding to a growing list of small-format grocery store casualties across the Midwest.
Albertsons Is Reading Your Cart Before You Check Out
Grocery CFOs are now using AI and so-called synthetic audiences to interpret buying behavior and act on it instantly. TLDR CFOs, not CMOs, are now driving AI adoption inside grocery. Synthetic audiences simulate consumer segments without real survey data. Albertsons…
Buldak Meets Boxed Mac: Samyang Goes Mainstream
Samyang spicy macaroni cheese brings the buldak heat profile to a category dominated by Kraft. Watch this space.
Maple Leaf Foods Bets on a Brand It Once Walked Away From
Yves Veggie Cuisine plant proteins are returning to Canadian shelves after Maple Leaf Foods acquired the brand it helped discontinue just a year ago.
Musk vs. Altman: What the OpenAI Trial Means for AI in Food
The OpenAI Musk Altman trial opened in Oakland. Food operators betting on AI infrastructure should watch every ruling closely.
Musk vs. Altman: What the AI Trial Means for Food Tech
The Musk Altman AI trial opened in Oakland. The outcome could reshape who controls the AI tools rewriting food manufacturing.
PepsiCo Locks In a Decade of European Green Power
The PepsiCo renewable energy deal with Statkraft targets 32,000 metric tons of annual CO2 reductions across Europe for ten years.
AI Enters the Hospital Kitchen. Who’s Watching?
AI solutions for health care are multiplying fast. Food and nutrition operators inside clinical settings need to understand what's coming, and what's at stake.
RFK’s Dye Win Contingent Upon Big Snack and Soda
Kennedy claims victory on food dye phase-out, but CSPI data shows only 4 of 12 committed companies will fully comply by end of 2026.