Plus, Jalapa Jar, Hain earnings, Lunchables snacks, Cerebelly expands͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
 
 
May 11, 2026
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📰 First Up In Food

Inside Once Upon a Farm’s Post-IPO Momentum

Inside Once Upon a Farm’s Post-IPO Momentum
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Fresh off its public debut, Once Upon a Farm is showing its platform strategy can grow deep roots.

The celebrity-backed refrigerated organic and baby and kids nutrition brand delivered a strong first quarter driven by retail expansion, repeat purchase gains and growing productivity from its branded baby cooler program.

We caught up with CEO John Foraker and CMO Katie Marston to learn more. 

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✨ The News You Need ✨

🍋‍🟩 Behind Jalapa Jar’s 10-Year Journey In Fresh Salsa

There’s an abundance of shelf-stable salsas, but one Brooklyn-based company has spent over 10 years to take over the refrigerated set. 

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🧀 Lunchables Leans Into Snacking

Kraft Heinz today introduced a snackable spin on Lunchables, leaning into the growing consumer appetite for bite-sized, shareable snacking experiences.

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📰 Trending Headlines

Here’s a look at leading headlines from around the food industry. Go beyond the headlines with Insiders access.

  1. Hain Celestial’s Snack Sale Advances Turnaround Strategy In Q3

  2. Food Tech’s IP Dilemma: Protect the Science or Grow the Category?

  3. Report: Food Deals Surge as Trends Reshape M&A 

  4. Beyond: Margins Improve, Net Revenue Falls Amid Beverage Rollout

  5. Bel Group Snaps Up Ingenuity Foods’ Brainiac

 

🔀 Monday Moves

Retail Rollouts

Here’s a taste of the products moving around the industry to start off your week. 

🐮 New Primal landed its 12-count Rotisserie Seasoned Chicken Meat Sticks at Costco warehouses across Texas. Read more here

🫎 Mooski has taken its flagship chilled oat bars into bites as it makes its big-box debut at Target stores. Check out the details

🥩 Chunk Foods secured shelf space in the freezers of Northeast region Whole Foods with a nationwide expansion set to follow next month. Get all the info

🥒 Yaza is leaning on its newly launched tzatziki SKU has it makes a break for conventional retail. Read more on Nosh

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