The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

Olo has named Linked Eats as a strategic partner to enhance third-party delivery profitability, integrating AI-powered reconciliation and revenue recapture tools across more than 40,000 restaurant storefronts.

NAVER D2SF has made a follow-on investment in Nuvilab, an AI-powered nutrition analytics startup, following a 98% accuracy milestone and an exclusive partnership with a global catering giant to automate US hospital food safety.

Cargill has completed a multi-million-dollar expansion of its Port Klang, Malaysia, facility, introducing an advanced speciality fats production line to support chocolate, bakery, and dairy manufacturers across the Asia-Pacific and EMEA regions.

Archer Foodservice Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the foodservice business of Sterno from Compass Diversified, a strategic "carve-out" that adds portable food-warming and tabletop solutions to its growing industrial portfolio.

Heineken has unveiled "The Clinker," a wearable smart band designed to facilitate social connections at Coachella 2026 by syncing fan streaming data with physical interactions through a web-based application.

KFC Spain enters the kebab segment through a high-impact marketing and engineering campaign that transforms iconic restaurant totems into functional rotating rotisseries.

Subway has initiated a month-long "Buy One Get One" (BOGO) promotion for its Sub Club members, leveraging the "FLBOGO" code to drive mobile app adoption and increase transaction frequency amid rising consumer costs.

The Coca-Cola system has committed $1.94 million to restore the Ruvu Basin in Tanzania, utilising nature-based solutions to secure water for Dar es Salaam as part of a wider $25 million African regional strategy.