Consumer Brands Association marks first anniversary with growth, renewed industry trust, on point agenda A sharp increase in the Consumer Brands Association’s membership in 2020 underscores how the trade group’s “pro-consumer, pro-growth agenda” is helping it regain the trust and support of the CPG industry, including some companies that left the organization while it was under different leadership as the Grocery Manufacturers Association.
In the year since the Consumer Brands Association rebranded from the Grocery Manufacturers Association, 18 CPG companies have returned to the fold or joined for the first time – representing a 30% increase in membership that includes both large established players and emerging brands.
Featuring the strapline, ‘
Because how we eat today feeds tomorrow,” the Dear Alice slot features a young woman (Alice) hosting an outdoor feast (with strategically placed Chobani products) on farmland that borders a futuristic utopian cityscape with flying wind turbines and robots that pick oranges, and then cuts to the interior of her house where we see a letter from her grandmother passing on the baton (family farm?) and reminding her that ‘
A business is only as good as its people, so treat them well.’
‘We’re more than a Greek yogurt company’
The message Chobani wants viewers to come away with is that
LIVEKINDLY Collective launches LikeMeat and Fry Family Food Co. at Sprouts Formed last year, LIVEKINDLY Collective had made its US retail debut at Sprouts Farmers Market locations nationwide where it has launched several products from its plant-based foods portfolio, including Like Chick n from LikeMeat and The Fry Family Food Co. s frozen meat alternatives.
LIVEKINDLY Collective acquired LikeMeat and
The Fry Family Food Co. in 2020 as part of its expanding portfolio of plant-based food brands, which also includes Swedish brand Oumph! and UK-based No Meat.
Founded by Blue Horizon Group, LIVEKINDLY is on a global mission to change the food landscape and promote the consumption of plant-based foods with a focus on making plant-based chicken the most affordable protein in the world, LIVEKINDLY chairman and CEO Kees Krufythoff
In Australia, the practice of introducing peanuts into an infant’s diet early on (before 12 months of age) has increased more than 3x in 2019 compared to 2007-2011 data, according to research led by the Murdoch Children s Research Institute (MCRI) in Australia and presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Virtual Annual Meeting.
Australian infant feeding guidelines were updated in 2016 to recommend introducing peanuts before 12 months for all infants. In its recent study MCRI set out to analyze what impact the guideline changes have had on peanut allergies.
The US recently published its early allergen introduction guidelines as part of the
Starbucks is adding Oatly oat milk to menus across the US “at a time when customers are seeking more plant-based choices to incorporate into their daily routines.
Starting tomorrow (March 2), Starbucks customers across the US will be offered Oatly oatmilk alongside the coffee giant s new spring menu.
The move follows regional roll-outs of Oatly oatmilk across the Mid-West and California, said Starbucks, which started offering soymilk in 1997, followed by coconutmilk in 2015 and almondmilk in 2016.
Its new beverage menu also features two new non-dairy beverages: Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso; and Iced Chocolate Almondmilk Shaken Espresso.
Also new to the permanent menu is the Chickpea Bites & Avocado Protein Box, a plant-based portable box offering 15g protein, featuring chickpea bites, snap peas, mini carrots, dried cranberry and nut mix, and avocado spread.