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Post Holdings buys rest of Ronzoni pasta maker for $880M

2 days ago | fooddive.com | Christopher Doering

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Post Holdings is spending $880 million to buy out the remainder of 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, which owns the Ronzoni pasta brand and makes a variety of dried goods such as granola and nuts. 8th Avenue was formed in 2018 when Post transferred its private label business to a new entity. Post sold a 39.5% stake in that entity to private equity firm THL, which it is now buying back.
How inflation and tariffs are impacting innovation at Hershey

2 days ago | fooddive.com | Christopher Doering

As consumer tastes shift and buying habits change due to inflation and growing economic uncertainty, Hershey is placing a larger importance on innovation. The maker of Kisses, Reese’s and Dot’s, which posted $11.2 billion in net sales last year, is tightening its approach to product innovation and becoming more selective around which consumer trends receive the most attention and investment.
Mondelēz invests in compostable packaging, regenerative agriculture

3 days ago | fooddive.com | Sarah Zimmerman

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Oreo maker Mondelēz International announced investments in companies working on scaling compostable packaging and regenerative agriculture through its sustainability-focused venture arm.
Campbell’s says cash-strapped consumers pushing at-home cooking to highest levels since COVID-19

4 days ago | fooddive.com | Christopher Doering

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Campbell’s Company said consumers are preparing meals at home at thehighest level since early 2020 when COVID-19 forced many consumers to forgo visiting restaurants and other establishments. The food manufacturer said consumers are favoring ingredients that stretch their tighter food budgets. This is providing a tailwind for Campbell’s condensed cooking soups, broths and Italian sauces.
Candy makers worry timeline to remove artificial dyes too ‘aggressive’

4 days ago | fooddive.com | Christopher Doering

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. INDIANAPOLIS — Some of the largest candy and snacking firms are concerned a Trump administration push to phase outpetroleum-based synthetic dyes in the U.S. food supply by the end of 2026 is too aggressive, especially as companies struggle to receive regulatory guidance on the proposal.
JBS USA to build $135M sausage plant in Iowa

4 days ago | fooddive.com | Sarah Zimmerman

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. JBS USA said it would spend $135 million to build a sausage plant in Perry, Iowa, as rising pork demand fuels sales at the world’s largest meat company. The facility, which is expected to start operations in late 2026, plans to produce 130 million pounds of sausage each year. The plant will create 500 jobs. Brazil-based JBS is expanding its U.S. presence as it prepares to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
Nestlé, Mondelēz leave the US Plastics Pact

4 days ago | fooddive.com | Maria Rachal

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Several major brands and retailers recently exited the U.S. Plastics Pact, a group created to unite organizations across the plastics value chain around a set of shared 2025 packaging sustainability targets. Walmart, the largest retailer in the U.S., is no longer participating with the U.S. Plastics Pact.
Dolly Parton launches frozen meals | Thomas’ packs protein into bagels

1 week ago | fooddive.com | Sarah Zimmerman

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. 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. Country music star Dolly Parton is launching a line of Southern-inspired frozen meals in partnership with Conagra Brands.
MAHA report puts target on ultraprocessed foods

1 week ago | fooddive.com | Sarah Zimmerman

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A Trump administration report points to chemicals in ultraprocessed ingredients and the environment as among primary causes for a rise in chronic diseases, potentially signaling a shift in how certain foods are regulated.
Mondelēz sues Aldi over private label packaging that ‘blatantly copies’ Oreo and Chips Ahoy!

1 week ago | fooddive.com | Christopher Doering

Mondelēz International is demanding that Aldi change the packaging for several of its private label snacks, alleging in a lawsuit that the grocer’s offerings copy the packaging of Oreos, Chips Ahoy! and five other of the snack giant’s brands. The lawsuit, filed on May 27 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, claims Aldi’s packaging is “likely to deceive and confuse consumers” who may associate a connection between the retailer and snack maker.