FROM EXPERIENCE I knew the Summer Fancy Food Show would be an overwhelming scene. The event filled nearly the entire Javits Center in Manhattan with...

CHOCOLATE INSPIRES PASSION among vast numbers of consumers and the companies that bring it to market. But fulfilling that passion at scale carries significant costs...

IN THE HIGH-STAKES WORLD of consumer packaged goods, the “Supply Chain Paradox” is nowhere more visible than in the pet food aisle. As of early...

A RECENT TRIP THROUGH THE AISLES at Wegmans underscored a broader shift reshaping center store and perimeter alike. A large Chobani display promoted an offering...

IN CPG AND RETAIL, procurement teams concentrate their energy on strategic categories: core ingredients, packaging, manufacturing, inventory, logistics, and the logistics and infrastructure that keeps...

SARGENTO FOODS doesn’t literally make much cheese, like in vats — but it does practically everything else with cheese. The $1.8-billion brand has sealed, sliced,...

IT IS POSSIBLE that no single individual wields more influence in American popular culture than Oprah Winfrey. In everything from books to politics to weight...