The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

Fresh Express expands its value-added produce portfolio with Roasted Poblano Caesar and Fire-Roasted Queso Crunch Chopped Salad Kits, rolling out across US retail.

Nestlé Toll House introduces its first 12-day advent calendar, combining refrigerated doughs and baking morsels across three scheduled direct-to-consumer drops.

Pasta Rummo expands its US portfolio for National Pasta Month, launching Potato Gnocchi, Fusilli Corti Bucati, and Stelline across Whole Foods Market and nationwide retail.

The Marzetti Company expands its New York Bakery brand, entering the frozen snack category with Baked Bites alongside new Cheesy Focaccia and Garlic Bread loaves.

Fuel Meals announces a brand refresh positioning as a performance nutrition system, reporting 550% growth over 24 months and 10 million meals sold.

Hormel Foods enters a definitive agreement to acquire value-added chicken producer Brakebush Brothers for $1.055 billion, expanding its commercial foodservice scale.

HelloFresh partners with culinary media brand Bon Appétit to launch BA Picks, an exclusive 12-week curated meal kit collection across the US.

LALA U.S. expands its Hispanic cheese portfolio from three to 14 SKUs, tapping into a $1.1bn retail category growing at an 11% compound annual rate.