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Ozempic, Wegovy and other popular new drugs help people lose weight by eating less. Some food makers have spotted an opportunity. From startups to industry stalwarts, food companies are pitching their products as natural alternatives to the drugs or developing companion products for patients.
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America’s Food Giants Confront the Ozempic Era
  + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Jesse Newman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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Why the Twinkie Is Now Worth Billions
  + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Jesse Newman | Ben Cohen | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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J.M. Smucker Nears Deal to Buy Hostess
  + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Lauren Thomas | Jesse Newman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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Kraft Heinz Sees a $25 Billion Opportunity—in Schools
  + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Jesse Newman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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The Supermarket Aisle Where Prices Are Still Soaring
  + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Jesse Newman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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Campbell’s U.S. Soup Sales Cool Off
  + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Jesse Newman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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America’s Snacking Binge Shows No Sign of Slowing
  + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Jesse Newman | Jaewon Kang | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
U.S. consumers are gorging on snacks, fueling boom times for cookie and candy giants while other packaged-food companies vie for bigger shares of the snack aisle. Nearly half of U.S. consumers are eating three or more snacks a day, up 8% in the past two years, according to Circana Group, a market-research firm. U.S. snack sales rose to $181 billion last year, up 11% from the year prior, the firm said.
U.S. consumers are gorging on snacks, fueling boom times for cookie and candy giants while other packaged-food companies vie for bigger shares of the snack aisle. Nearly half of U.S. consumers are eating three or more snacks a day, up 8% in the past two years, according to Circana Group, a market-research firm. U.S. snack sales rose to $181 billion last year, up 11% from the year prior, the firm said.
Oat milk took the dairy aisle by storm after Swedish brand Oatly overhauled its marketing. But the company has struggled to keep up with production as demand grows, leaving room for rivals to take market share. Illustration: Reshad MalekzaiOatly Group is shaking up leadership of the oat-milk company, naming a successor to Chief Executive Toni Petersson as it continues to post quarterly losses. Oatly said Jean-Christophe Flatin , the company’s global president, will become CEO effective June 1.
Prospects for lab-grown meat to land on American dinner plates got a boost last fall when the Food and Drug Administration for the first time declared cultivated chicken, grown by Upside Foods, safe to eat. “It’s nearly time to eat cultivated meat,” Eric Schulze, Upside’s vice president of global scientific and regulatory affairs, said on Twitter as the company toasted the milestone with Champagne emojis. “Our Upside chicken is coming to consumers very soon.”
From Twinkies to Doritos, Snacks Get Tiny
  + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Jesse Newman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Big food is going small. Sometimes too small. Within the span of a few months last fall, General Mills Inc., Hostess Brands Inc. and PepsiCo Inc.’s Frito-Lay unveiled mini versions of their iconic snacks and cereals, including pee-wee Trix, Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Doritos. The diminutive treats kept coming this year, with the debut of mini wafers from Hostess’s Voortman and McCain Foods USA’s bite-size mashed-potato puffs for restaurants.
McDonald’s says its brand is strong, but its business has grown increasingly complex in recent years . McDonald ’s Corp.’s restructuring this week is reaching company wide, resulting in hundreds of layoffs and for some employees reductions in their compensation packages, according to people familiar with the matter. Job cuts and changes at the burger chain have affected employees in the U.S. and abroad, at McDonald’s Chicago headquarters and in its field offices, and across departments including marketing and operations, the people said.
Kellogg Co. is christening its global snacking business Kellanova, following a long tradition of companies borrowing from Latin as they rebrand themselves. By combining the “Kell,” from Kellogg, with “anova,” which incorporates the Latin word “nova,” meaning new, the name reflects the company’s past and its future, according to Kellogg.
Food Companies to Ex-Employees: Come Back, Please
  + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Jesse Newman | Jaewon Kang | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Kroger has been reaching out to some ex-employees via text and email, helping lift the company’s staffing to near its prepandemic level. The U.S. food industry is tapping a new pool of workers to staff plants and grocery warehouses: their former employees. Kroger Co., the biggest U.S. supermarket operator by sales, is staying in touch with ex-employees and bringing some back. Cereal maker General Mills Inc. has persuaded some retirees to return to plant jobs, and other food-company recruiters have combed social media for former workers who might be open to coming back.
Kraft Heinz, maker of Kool-Aid and other products, raised prices 15.2% last year. Kraft Heinz Co. said it doesn’t plan further price increases this year, after executives said most of the food giant’s hikes for 2023 already have been put in place. The maker of sliced cheese and ketchup reported a fourth-quarter profit Wednesday after lifting prices in 2022 to offset what the company said were inflationary pressures. Kraft Heinz executives said that they expect consumers to increasingly push back against higher prices this year, while the company’s own costs continue to rise.
Beyond Meat Inc. is revamping its retail sales strategy to center on five major grocers and hiring a new marketing executive as part of an effort to reinvigorate the plant-based food maker’s business. The California-based company is orienting its retail business around Kroger Co., Walmart Inc., Publix Super Markets Inc., Costco Wholesale Corp. and Whole Foods Market, according to internal company presentations and documents. Beyond is working to streamline its operations and reverse declining sales.
FDA Proposes Limits for Lead in Baby Food
  + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Kristina Peterson | Jesse Newman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Food and Drug Administration’s new proposals for baby food could cut lead exposure by roughly 24% to 27% from the foods, the agency’s commissioner said. WASHINGTON—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took new steps Tuesday aimed at reducing young children’s exposure to lead in baby food. The FDA issued a draft proposal limiting how much lead should be present in some processed baby foods typically eaten by children under 2 years old. Consumer groups and a congressional committee had raised concerns over the level of heavy metals found in some baby foods, alarming parents worried about the possible health effects.
The Justice Department is investigating conduct at the Abbott Laboratories infant-formula plant in Sturgis, Mich., that led to its shutdown last year and worsened a nationwide formula shortage, people familiar with the matter said. Attorneys with the Justice Department’s consumer-protection branch are conducting the criminal investigation, the people said.
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