Ka-Pop! Snacks and Bubba’s Fine Foods are merging to form Awakened Foods and develop a private label and co-manufacturing arm focusing on healthy snacks, cereal and granola.
The Charlotte-based packaged private brand foods provider has appointed Peter Laport to its top post; he has a wealth of experience in supply chain management.
In three flavors and carton counts, Smile Beverage Werks has launched sustainable coffee pods for retail store brands that are carbon neutral, compostable and replace single-serve plastic options.
The prepared foods service, acquired by Nestlé last year, has hired Anna Fabrega to be its chief commercialization officer; she helped lead the Amazon Kitchen own brand.
Imported from Italy and created exclusively for 7-Eleven, the chain has introduced Serafina, a mineral water brand that joins its recent Icelandic water Skýra.
The company, which offers expertise and services from hemp genetics to custom product formulations and white and private labeling, has tapped Matt Storey to lead its sales and business development.
