Of all the changes announced in the past few weeks by the Campbell Soup Co., the most revealing one is this: the company has hired…
HOT HOT HOT
Americans are divided about almost everything—except hot sauce
Beyoncé sings about it, Hillary Clinton talks about it, and people are increasingly scooping it off US grocery-store shelves. Hot sauce is enjoying an uninterrupted…
THE VEGAN MACHINE
If there ever were a time for vegan vending machines, it is now
A new company is looking to plant vegan vending machines in strategic locations across the US, and it’s got more than $2.2 million in seed…
SEEDS OF CHANGE
China’s population is terrified of GM crops—but they’re getting more anyway
The Chinese are not fans of genetically modified (GM) food. In 2010, for instance, when a scientist granted permission to work on GM research was…
BOXED & BURIED
Amazon already has its Blue Apron-killing meal kits on the market
Blue Apron is having a rotten summer. The New York-based company on June 28 became the first US meal-kit service to go public. Such an…
BURRITO VELOCITY
Chipotle’s stomach bug is back
It has become a recurring nightmare for Chipotle Mexican Grill. A stomach bug that just won’t go away. The company this week (July 18) closed…
GRAM IT
A shrewd London restaurant is handing out Instagram kits with its trendy meals
Dirty Bones has restaurants along Kensington, Carnaby Street, and Shoreditch in London—but its newest location in Soho stands out with a crafty marketing strategy designed…
MASS EGGSODUS
The board of Silicon Valley’s biggest food tech company has basically called it quits
There are a lot of surprising things to know about the Silicon Valley food startup Hampton Creek—for instance, that it’s valued at more than $1…
COOL
Starbucks wants to sell a lot more cold brew. This is why it can’t do so fast enough.
Cold brew—which is steeped for 20 hours and infused with nitrogen, then poured from a spigot into a glass—has a smooth feel and Guinness-like bubbles.…
ROUNDUP EVIDENCE
Trump’s EPA has to decide whether it thinks Monsanto’s top weed killer causes cancer
Spraying chemicals on crops to provide protection from weeds and pests has become an essential tool for American farmers growing the world’s food. In the…
BY THE SLICE
LeBron James loves a new pizza chain so much he walked away from a $15 million deal with McDonald’s
LeBron James loves pizza. In fact, the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball star loves it so much he was willing to walk away from a $15 million…
SNIFF
A US senator is worried that “snortable chocolate” is basically “cocaine on training wheels”
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has written to the US Food and Drug Administration asking it to look into Coco Loko, a caffeine-laced inhalable food…
