The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

Unilever and McCormick & Company have entered a definitive agreement to combine Unilever’s Foods business with McCormick in a $44.8 billion transaction, creating a global flavour leader with $20 billion in combined revenues while transitioning Unilever into a pureplay health and personal care entity.

NCA President & CEO John Downs has announced a series of senior executive promotions, including naming Brian McKeon and Christopher Gindlesperger as Executive Vice Presidents, to drive a strategic transformation of the organisation’s advocacy and public policy functions.

7 Brew has announced its first on-campus location at the University of Arkansas, marking a strategic pivot to a "walk-thru" operational model designed to capture high-density student traffic and foster social engagement.

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.