The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

Quaker’s FIFA World Cup 2026 partnership serves as a launchpad for its functional protein products, utilising global sports IP to drive 22g protein innovations into mainstream rituals.

Ardent Mills has appointed Cargill veteran Erik Wibholm as EVP of Trading & Risk Management. His 25 years of global wheat expertise will drive strategic commodity risk solutions for customers navigating an increasingly dynamic and volatile operating environment.

Chef Robotics has launched a secondary packaging application utilising physical AI to automate the kitting of deformable items like sachets and cutlery.

U.S. Sugar’s deploying an autonomous John Deere fleet, using ASI’s robotic kits to enable 24/7 precision farming across 255,000 acres while transitioning labour into high-skilled oversight roles.

IFF’s new Madagascar hub enables "innovation at origin," merging lab analysis and extraction with local expertise to secure a resilient, high-quality global vanilla supply chain.

365 Retail Markets’ acquisition of Cantaloupe merges telemetry and payments with smart-store software, scaling its infrastructure for 40,000+ new customers in the $86B vending and micro market sector.

Nutrabolt has appointed Andrew Archambault as President and COO to scale its C4 Energy and Bloom platforms. His 30 years of CPG expertise at Hershey and Keurig Dr Pepper will drive operational discipline and commercial focus across the high-growth energy and active nutrition sectors.

The launch of Midera marks Middleby’s strategic shift to a pure-play model, consolidating 30+ brands into a technology-driven company ready for standalone growth and total-line innovation.