The Pub Talk Blog
Dive Brief: PepsiCo vice chairman and chief financial officer Hugh Johnston is leaving the company at the end of the month to become CFO at The Walt Disney Company. Johnston leaves PepsiCo after 34 years at the snacking and beverage giant. Company veteran James (Jamie) Caulfield will take over the top financial post at the New […]
MEXICO CITY — Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV has acquired Mile Hi Bakery, Denver. The transaction, which had been the subject of industry speculation for a few months, was announced Oct. 26 by Bimbo in connection with its third-quarter financial results. Mile Hi Bakery is a supplier of buns and English muffins for the quick-service […]
The Good Food Institute India (GFI India) marked the conclusion of the 3rd edition of its flagship programme, The India Smart Protein Innovation Challenge (ISPIC) and launched the State of Industry Report for Smart Protein in India. “In the report, you will discover how India’s innovative smart protein industry, with 113 pioneering startups, is set […]
Leftovers is our look at a few of the product ideas popping up everywhere. Some are intriguing, some sound amazing and some are the kinds of ideas we would never dream of. We can’t write about everything that we get pitched, so here are some leftovers pulled from our inboxes. Bagel bomb from Philadelphia and […]
CHICAGO — The 2023 Marcum Food & Beverage Summit took place Sept. 7 at the Convene Conference Center in Midtown Manhattan. The annual event brings together Marcum’s accountants and advisers, along with investors and entrepreneurs, to explore the evolving food and beverage marketplace and identify opportunities for all participating parties. An emphasis this year was […]
The Assam Government and Quality Council of India (QCI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve the food safety ecosystem in the state. According to reports, the MoU aims to create quality infrastructure through conformity assessment framework based on training and capacity building of stakeholders. According to the state officials, the MoU marks […]
Dive Brief: Olam Food Ingredients (Ofi) have developed a set of trending flavor pairings for its deZaan line of cocoa products using artificial intelligence. These include Asian-inspired tastes like lychee, miso, matcha, yuzu, mochi, and spicy chili. In an interview with Food Dive, Ofi pastry chef Andrew Pingul said the pairings will allow the company to bring […]
ELMA, NY. — Elmhurst 1925, a plant-based beverage producer, is introducing a limited-time offering to its seasonal product lineup. Elmhurst’s apple pie spice blend is formulated from six ingredients, including an oat-cashew base and the company’s lavender vanilla botanical blend, to deliver baked apple and buttery piecrust flavor notes. The product was developed as a […]
ICAR-IIHR (Indian Institute of Horticulture Research) arm Business Entrepreneurship and Start-up Support through Technology in Horticulture (BESST-HORT) sees promising prospects of wood apple and bael processing. The fruit which is native to India is abundant in antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre. They are looking at preservation of wood apple, which is a highly perishable […]
Dive Brief: Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown told analysts on Monday that there is a “considerable gap between the strong health credentials of our products and a broader color narrative that is now a foot, and this gap appears to have widened,” as the brand saw revenues plummet by almost a third in second quarter […]