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From: Forbes
By: Yola Robert
FORBESWOMEN

Last year changed the way consumers shopped, prepared, and consumed food. Consumers are taking fewer 73% trips to the grocery store and instead are shopping more at food subscription services and online grocery stores, with 80% of U.S. consumers having shopped online for groceries since COVID-19 outbreak. read more

From: BevNET
By: Martín Caballero

While probiotic and prebiotic sodas are a relatively recent trend, Los Angeles-based branding and design agency Here Studio is aiming to introduce U.S. consumers to a similar drink with a few hundred years more of a track record. This month, the company is set to debut De La Calle (“from the street”), a line of traditional Mexican tepache fermented drinks in 12 oz. cans. read more

From: NOSH
By: Carol Ortenberg

As it prepares to enter its next phase of growth, snack brand Spudsy announced last month the close of a $2 million round of funding. It’s necessary capital, founder and CEO Ashley Boeckle said, to get the brand to profitability and support increased distribution.

The round was led by KarpReilly, with Stage One Fund also taking part. Spudsy previously raised $1.4 million over the course of 2019 from Stage One, as well as from the company’s co-packer and several private investors. Boeckle said she appreciated that KarpReilly firm doesn’t “micromanage” and “trusts” the Spudsy team to execute on its plans. read more