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PepsiCo also announced all core Lay’s products in the U.S. will be made without artificial flavors or colors from artificial sources by the end of the 2025. Lay’s white dips will follow in early 2026.

Rob Dongoski, global lead, agriculture and food, for management consulting firm Kearney, discusses major drivers for change in the U.S. food system, including generational purchasing patterns, growing interest in health and sustainability, and implementing technology to harness consumer insights and improve efficiency.

Finlays will integrate Leahy-IFP and its global extract business – Finlays Solutions – creating a natural beverages platform from which to serve brand owners, retailers and foodservice operators worldwide.

The company acquired the facility in 2017 when it purchased the assets of Comfort Foods, which became a 100% wholly owned subsidiary.

Alpha has grown from a regional foodservice distributor into a producer of frozen pizzas and pizza components for national accounts.

Walmart says the change, which includes its U.S. food private brands such as Great Value, Marketside, Freshness Guaranteed and bettergoods, is in line with evolving customer preferences.

This investment is part of Anheuser-Busch's ongoing Brewing Futures initiative, through which the company is investing more than $300 million in its U.S. facilities to create and sustain U.S. manufacturing jobs.

The move, which rolls manufacturing into the company’s facilities in Fairfield, California and Senatobia, Mississippi, allows Calbee to keep up with consumer demand while strengthening its domestic presence and capabilities.

Heineken says this transaction builds on a long-standing partnership that began in 1986 and was strengthened in 2002 with the acquisition of a 25% stake in FIFCO's beverages business in Costa Rica, Distribuidora La Florida.

The salty snack manufacturer says 80% of its product portfolio does not contain FD&C colors and several brands are free of them.