The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

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J.Q. Dickinson Salt-Works is expanding into Asian markets through a partnership with Coupang, leveraging a Fortune 150 logistics platform to reach millions of new international customers.

Dutch Bros Inc. has agreed to acquire the 29-shop Phoenix East Valley franchise, transitioning the locations to a company-operated model and bolstering its strategic growth footprint in Arizona following the retirement of a 20-year veteran franchisee.

SUANNUTRA USA has secured the North American distribution rights for TetraSOD, a patented microalgae ingredient from Fitoplancton Marino boasting 30,000 µ/g of SOD activity, targeting metabolic health and GLP-1 support.

Foodtastic has secured an exclusive master franchising agreement with Inspire Brands to develop hundreds of Dunkin' locations across Canada, leveraging its 1,200-store operational footprint to re-enter the highly competitive Canadian coffee and bakery market starting in late 2026.

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.

The opening of Sucro Can's $135M Hamilton refinery establishes a new B2B infrastructure benchmark, utilising a PPP model to deliver 1M tonnes of capacity for the North American food cluster.

Del Monte Foods designating Pittsburgh as its central hub strategically consolidates R&D, Supply Chain, and Finance, creating an agile, centralised structure for the global produce market.