From understanding when to exit to securing favorable agreements with co-manufacturers, food and beverage startups are facing a myriad of business challenges that are likely to persist throughout 2024 as private-equity capital continues to dry up, Christopher...
The capital crunch many food and beverage companies have faced in 2023 will remain a challenge into 2024 due to several macro-economic reasons, Jennifer Palmer, CEO and founder of lending company JPalmer Collective, told FoodNavigator-USA.
The lower barrier for entry to market for startups and emerging brands created by the surge in online grocery shopping early in the pandemic is creeping back up as consumers increasingly return to brick-and-mortar stores for the bulk of their shopping...
A team of esteemed data scientists and performance nutritionists have joined forces to create a personalised nutrition app which brings the newly discovered power of ‘carb coding’ from the world of elite sports, to the everyday active consumer.
A wildlife conservation expert has brought his passion for the environment to the sports nutrition industry with the UK’s first locally sourced cricket and plant-based sports nutrition brand Rebel Protein.
While iconic brands currently are losing the tug-of-war with niche startups for consumer engagement and spending, how they continue to play the game in the next ten years will dictate whether they regain ground or become obsolete, according to senior...
A personalised nutrition startup offering the holistic benefits of both DNA and microbiome tests has revealed a dieting app to work in tandem with microbiome tests in an aim to 'gamify' gut healthy dieting and create long term changes to health.
Mondelēz International announced the two winners of its first SnackFutures ‘Future of Snacking’ pitch competition at the Seeds & Chips annual Global Innovation Summit held in Milan, Italy, from May 6-9 2018.
Not only is Fairafric the first organic chocolate bar that is manufactured and packed in Ghana, it has begun making its cocoa farmers brand co-owners by buying them shares in the company.
German convenience wholesaler Mein Convenience Service (MSC) hopes to build “stronger cooperation” with start-up companies and their “innovative products”.
Food development agency TOP has opened a food lab so start-up customers can test products without investing in expensive machinery, helping them overcome what is known as 'the valley of death'.
Unilever has made fostering relationships with start-up companies “a strategic imperative” as it works to leverage collaborations in order to meet evolving consumer needs.
Breaking into the food and beverage market can be a challenge for many start-up companies, leading many businesses to either sink without a trace or opt for the franchise market rather than set up from scratch.
The difficult and rarely successful task of taking a food product all the way from idea-to-shelf, particularly in the current stagnant European market, is not deterring small start-ups or individual entrepreneurs from trying, claims an NDP expert at the...
Fresh air, agricultural expertise, research resources… and NZ$100m
(€48m) funding: BioPacificVentures is proposing an attractive
package to European and American functional food start-ups that are
prepared to relocate all or part...
