B&G Foods has agreed to acquire Del Monte Foods’ broth and stock business, including the College Inn and Kitchen Basics brands, for about $110 million in cash following a competitive bankruptcy auction. The transaction emerged from Del Monte Foods Corporation II’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, where B&G Foods prevailed as the winning bidder for the […]
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NIQ, Kodiak Expand Partnership With Retail Measurement Agreement
NIQ, a global measurement and data analytics company, and Kodiak Cakes, a maker of whole grain and high-protein foods, have begun a new retail measurement agreement designed to help drive growth in the breakfast category by leveraging insights into consumer behavior and retail performance trends. The partnership builds on both companies’ commitment to supporting category […]
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Patriot Pickle Completes Acquisition Of Cosmo’s Food Products
Patriot Pickle has acquired Cosmo’s Food Products, a West Haven, Connecticut-based manufacturer of premium pepper products and antipasto specialties. The acquisition brings together two family-rooted businesses and expands Patriot’s product portfolio. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1944 by the Laudano family, Cosmo’s is a supplier to grocers, restaurants and foodservice distributors. […]
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McCormick Names Black Currant As 2026 Flavor Of The Year
McCormick and Co. has proclaimed the 2026 Flavor of the Year as black currant, a berry it said has a balanced flavor profile that blends sweet, tart and rich taste notes. The announcement came alongside McCormick’s 2026 Flavor Forecast, an annual trend report that identifies emerging culinary flavors expected to shape how people prepare and […]
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Kraft Heinz Names Cahillane CEO
Steve Cahillane has been named CEO of The Kraft Heinz Co., effective Jan. 1., where he also will join the company’s board of directors and serve as CEO of Global Taste Elevation Co. following Kraft’s separation into two companies. To ensure a transition, Carlos Abrams-Rivera will step down Jan. 1 and serve as an advisor […]
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Albertsons Media Collective Introduces Inaugural Alby Awards
Albertsons Media Collective, the retail media arm of Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons Cos., has introduced the Alby Awards to recognize advertising partners that delivered the strongest return on ad spend (ROAS) via the network’s platform in 2025. Winners were evaluated using a standardized framework that measured aggregated ROAS performance across each advertiser’s brands throughout the year. […]
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Barilla Opens Innovation Center In Parma, Italy
Barilla Group has opened the Barilla Innovation & Technology Experience (BITE) in Parma, Italy, designed as a global hub to foster development across the company’s portfolio of pasta, sauces and bakery products The company said the 150,000-square-f00t center represents a more than $25 million investment, with an additional $2.3 million per year dedicated to equipment […]
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True Salt Expands Private Label Offerings To Meet Growing Demand
True Salt, a provider of all-natural sea salt products, has expanded its private label program in response to increasing demand from grocery chains and foodservice distributors for premium, store-brand sea salt products. The Phoenix-based company manufactures private label salt products for five of the 10 largest foodservice distributors in the U.S. True Salt is scaling […]