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Fresh off a $24 million investment from VMG Partners, collagen protein bar brand Stars + Honey is making its brick-and-mortar debut with a nationwide Target launch.

Target stores and Target.com will carry four flavors – Dark Chocolate Coconut, Cacao Salt Caramel Peanut, Cherry Chocolate Waffle Cone and Espresso Vanilla Cinnamon – in single bars ($2.89) and five-packs ($11.49).

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Ocean Spray has appointed Abigail Buckwalter, a former executive at Nestlé Health Sciences, as president and CEO.

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Cameron Smith was slinging whole-food, protein-forward products before terms like “protein-maxxing” and concerns over nutrition for GLP-1 users came into existence. 

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

1. Algae Cooking Club Nabs $11.6M

2. Day Out Snacks Secures First Permanent National Retail Placement with Target

3. New Products: Yasso Founders Launch Better-For-You Snack Brand, Righteous Felon Debuts Lil’ Rebels

4. Why Walmart Moved ALOHA From the Nutrition Aisle to Grocery

5. Consumers Want Groceries Now. Retailers Are Racing to Keep Up

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

🌺 ALOHA’s plant-based protein bars are moving from the supplement aisle into the main grocery set at roughly 2,000 Walmart stores nationwide. Get all the details

🔵 Blue Zones Kitchen is expanding into Target and Albertsons, bringing its total retail footprint to 7,000 doors. Read the full story

🎯 Day Out Snacks is gearing up to launch in 2,000 Target stores nationwide, marking the brand’s first permanent national retail placement. Learn more on Nosh

🥔 Snackish launched its protein-powered potato chips at Target stores nationwide. Read all about it

🍆 Mezete is bringing its Middle Eastern dips and sauces to Giant Eagle, Albertson’s, Meijer, Shoprite, and all Whole Foods Market locations nationwide. Read the full release

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