Plus, BUFFS cash, Conagra earnings, Posana pre-seed, Nombase podcast ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
 
 
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Gheelish Bets On Clarified Butter As It Builds Seed Oil-Free Snack Platform

Gheelish Bets On Clarified Butter As It Builds Seed Oil-Free Snack Platform
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Seed-oil-free enthusiasts are seeking snacks, too. 

While there are several “clean fat” sources to choose from, Gheelish is placing its bet behind a platform of clarified, grass-fed, butter-based treats as it lays the foundation for a snack portfolio built upon clean-labels, sans seed-derived fats.

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🐄 Meat Snack Startup BUFFS Preps Launch

BUFFS, which produces a variety of flavored “beef puffs,” has closed a $1.1 million pre-seed round as it prepares to launch next month.

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◀️ Conagra Brands Resets Strategy

Conagra Brands' new chief executive is wasting little time signaling a change in direction.

John Brase outlined a sweeping turnaround strategy today in his first earnings call since taking the helm.

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  5. Big Food’s Big Bets: Welch’s Takes on Uncrustables, Campbell’s Pushes Protein

 

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🍝 Monte’s Fine Foods is launching an exclusive PASTA BEACH capsule collection of limited-edition, hand-printed apparel and lifestyle accessories alongside three new custom pasta shapes: Stella, Bozzolo, and Conchiglia. Get all of the details

🍫 Bakeful is inviting consumers to create viral moments in the middle of Target aisles with the launch of the #MilkAndMinis Challenge. Learn more here

☕ RJ Naturals has rebranded to COZY as the snack brand begins a new chapter that will bring expanded distribution, including a planned national launch in the next two years. Check out the full scoop

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🎙️ Nombase: This Economy Is Splitting the Aisle.

Here's the Pricing Model to Win Either Side.

Here's the Pricing Model to Win Either Side.

Today's grocery aisle is split between shoppers looking for the best deal and those who are happy to pay more for brands they believe are worth it.

In this episode, Scott Sanders, Business Intelligence Lead at Carbone, and Jeff Lovering, Chief Data Scientist at Customer Marketing Group, talk through what that shift means for CPG brands. 

They share practical ways to think about pricing, promotions, and growth—and how to figure out whether your biggest opportunity is pricing, awareness, positioning, distribution, or something else entirely.

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