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Hu Kitchen CEO Rita Hudetz shares her failures and lessons learned as she grows Hu Products.
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BrewDog, a Scottish beer company, is launching a subscription video service for $4.99 a month.
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Campbell Soup is launching V8+Hydrate, a new line of hydration beverages using sweet potatoes. The product will be sold online through Amazon, Walmart and Peapod before going into retail outlets in November.
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As Canada prepares to fully legalize cannabis and more US states follow, many believe products made with cannabinoids could be a pot of gold — if the segment can survive its hurdles.
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How a husband-and-wife team took McConnell's Fine Ice Creams beyond California.
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Counterfeit manuka honey is being pulled from the shelves of major retailers.
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Its first offering is a fruit drink that can be made in minutes using just a sachet, water and its mixer bottle. It uses freeze-drying to turn fruit and vegetable mixes into powder without compromising on health.
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The store has opened in Seattle and will feature a range of ready-to-eat breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack options, as well as Amazon's Meal Kits.
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Zippin has beat Amazon Go to become the first cashierless store in the city.
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Sanders will introduce legislation that would require large employers such as Amazon, Walmart and McDonald's to fully cover the cost of food stamps, public housing, Medicaid and other federal assistance received by their employees.
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Sales at Sprouts Farmers Market, Natural Grocers and hundreds of other health-food retailers are up both in terms of dollar and unit sales a year after Amazon's $13.7b takeover of Whole Foods.
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The wholesale disruption of the grocery industry has yet to happen as traditional grocers like Walmart more than manage to hold their own.
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Technology helps automate operations from food safety to online grocery delivery.
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Daniel Patterson and Roy Choi have closed all stores due to financial barriers, and will focus on catering.
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Congruent Ventures led the round, with participation from FusionX Ventures, Tandem Capital, New Ground Ventures, Hardware Club, XN Ventures and SolarCity founders. The company has begun selling its zero-emissions commercial roaster and online coffee bean marketplace to cafes and grocers.
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IHOP, Five Guys, Jamba Juice and Church's Chicken have joined Panera Bread, Sonic, Applebee's and Little Caesars to drop these clauses from their corporate contracts. Combined, these restaurants have more than 15k locations nationwide.
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Three years ago, the influential New York restaurateur abolished tipping at his restaurants in what he knew would be a serious test of his leadership.
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Memphis Meats and the North American Meat Institute asked Trump to move forward with a plan that would have the USDA and FDA share joint oversight over cultured meat products.
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Backed by agrochemical companies, the current administration and Congress are moving to curb the role of human health studies in regulation.
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VC-backed startups are commodifying need and undermining food banks and CSAs while they're at it. It's a market solution disguised as activism.
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The number has spiked as the German drugmaker braces for years of legal wrangling over alleged cancer risks of glyphosate-based weedkillers.
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From suggestions for members of a science committee to emails sent "on the sly" and thoughts for the secretary's speeches, new internal emails from the USDA show big food industry lobbyists are working hand-in-glove with agency staffers.
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The new company specializes in seeds that make cultural connections to immigrants, adventurous eaters and anyone interested in preserving biodiversity and culinary history.
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