The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

The Association of Convenience Stores has welcomed a £60 million grant package from Exchange for Change, designed to offset the costs for small independent retailers hosting reverse vending machines.

Flashfood has completed a division-wide expansion across more than 100 Kroger stores in the Mid-Atlantic, integrating its surplus food platform with Kroger Health to drive "Food as Medicine" initiatives and modern data-driven shrink management.

A €850,000 coalition led by UNIDO and World Coffee Research aims to stabilise the supply chain in Africa’s top coffee exporter by scaling disease-resistant seed systems and boosting smallholder productivity.

Athletic Brewing Company has launched the "Our Brews Give Back" campaign, featuring the "Two For The Trails Milestone Edition IPA" brewed with 100% regenerative malt, as the brand tracks toward a $10 million total contribution goal for environmental restoration by year-end 2026.

Aircapture and Almanac Beer Co. debut the first beer carbonated via onsite Direct Air Capture, signalling a shift toward decentralised CO2 supply chains in the beverage industry.

Barilla Group reports significant progress in resource management, including a 45 percent increase in water recycling and a 99.8 percent recyclable packaging rate across its global portfolio.

Beyond Meat, Inc. has achieved Clean Label Project Certification for over 20 products, becoming the first plant-based meat company to meet these rigorous third-party purity standards.

Nestlé Waters & Premium Beverages has become the first global food and beverage company to achieve 100 percent certification across its 39 bottling sites under the Alliance for Water Stewardship Standard.