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Did you miss the big list? 

We unveiled the inaugural Nosh Impact 50 list last week, recognizing the individuals influencing the future of packaged food. 

Among those having an impact are the Disruptors: a group of founders are reshaping consumer expectations and challenging incumbents to respond. 

Some of the names to know:

• Justin Gill (Bachan's): Transformed a family barbecue sauce recipe into a $400 million exit while building a broader Japanese-American flavor brand. 

• Tara Bosch (Snackish): After selling SmartSweets, she's tackling potato chips with a vertically integrated manufacturing strategy and a national Target launch. 

• Greg Sewitz & Gabi Lewis (Magic Spoon): Among the earliest founders to bet on protein-forward nostalgia, helping define today's omnichannel food startup playbook. 

• Peter Rahal (David): The RXBAR co-founder is once again pushing the industry forward, this time around engineered nutrition, protein density and GLP-1-era eating. 

• Hema Reddy (Crafty Counter): Created one of the first widely distributed plant-based takes on hard-boiled eggs, demonstrating there's still room to reinvent staple foods. 

What do these entrepreneurs have in common? They aren’t just building brands. They're changing how shoppers think about categories that once seemed immune to disruption – from frozen fries and pasta sauce to functional gummies and protein-packed comfort foods. 

Check out the full Nosh Impact 50 list

New Jersey has become the third state to prohibit grocery retailers from using shoppers’ personal data to set individualized prices.

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No Meat Factory shuttered its U.S. base of operations just two years after the British Columbia-based plant-based meat maker opened the 200,000 sq. ft space.

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

1. Smash Foods Raises $18M With L Catterton Backing

2. McCormick Details Post-Merger Structure as $45B Unilever Deal Advances

3. Peppertux Raises $2.35M to Fuel Retail Expansion

4. Starco Brands Acquires Custom Bakehouse

5. Perfect Snacks Bets on New Formats, Ecommerce as Sales Surge

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

🍬 Häppy Candy is rolling out vegan gummies to select Whole Foods area stores after completing the retailer’s Local And Emerging Brands Accelerator Program (LEAP). Learn more on Nosh

🎯 PuraVida Foods is bringing its Cryo Crafted vegetable blends into the Kroger family of stores and Target. Check out the press release

🇮🇳 Gymkhana Fine Foods has hit the shelves of 481 Sprouts Farmers Market locations across 25 states. Read about it here

💪 Prima is expanding into nearly 500 Kroger stores nationwide, marking the ancestral-inspired protein bar brand’s largest conventional grocery rollout to date. Check out the news

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