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Top news and merchandising and marketing trends unfolding with grocery consumer brands in beverages, natural and organic, snacks, condiments and more.

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Kraft Food Ingredients Rebrands As Kraft Heinz Ingredients

 By Natalie Taylor on Jun. 09, 2017

Two ingredient portfolios are brought together with company launch.

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Packaged Facts: Natural and Organic Retail Foods and Beverage Market Hits $69 Billion

 By Rebekah Marcarelli on Oct. 07, 2016

Packaged Facts estimates that total U.S. retail sales of natural and organic foods and beverages through all retail channels will reach $69 billion by the end of 2016—an 11 percent gain over 2015 sales of almost $63 billion and 32 percent higher than sales five years earlier.

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Consumer Packaged Goods Hit $10 Billion in Online Sales

By Natalie Taylor on Mar. 02, 2017

Sales are up 36 percent from 2015, as health supplements, pet care and cosmetics dominated in 2016.

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B&G Foods Lifting Frozen Vegetables To Higher Heights: Packaged Facts

By Rebekah Marcarelli on Apr. 06, 2017

Recent product development and positioning in frozen foods reflect current overall food trends like clean labels and international and regional flavors.

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Hershey Acquires Amplify; Campbell's Buys Snyder's-Lance

By Steve Holtz and Abbey Lewis on Dec. 18, 2017

Two significant year-end acquisitions in the snack category will further alter the CPG landscape with another round of consolidations.

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Food Company Finds Success in Allergen-Free

By Phil Lempert on Jan. 18, 2018

The Lempert Report: Between 1997 and 2011, the prevalence of food allergies in children increased by 50%.

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Food as Fashion: The Next Foray for Private Brands

By Nicole Peranick on Feb. 09, 2018

While not a new concept, the intersection between the two has sparked the interest of mainstream food retailers.

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Kraft Heinz Launches Incubator for 'Disruptive' Food Brands

By Jon Springer on Mar. 07, 2018

Acknowledging that size matters less than it used to, the CPG giant is searching for new “challenger” foods.

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Packaged Facts: Premium Chocolate Satisfying Consumer Indulgence and Marketer Innovation

By Rebekah Marcarelli on Sep. 15, 2016

According to leading market research firm Packaged Facts in the brand new report Chocolate Candy Market in the U.S., 11th Edition, the premium chocolate segment has an important influence on innovation in the overall candy market.

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JUST water Unveils Six-Pack of Responsibly Sourced and Packaged Spring Water

By Lindsey Wojcik on Nov. 30, 2016

Stop & Shop is the first to debut the JUST water six-pack. The six-packs will be rolling out to other retailers from now through March 2017.

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