Food & Drink

Nestle Health Science acquires collagen brand Vital Proteins. Vital Proteins Nestlé Health Science (NHSc), a global leader in the field of nutritional science, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Vital Proteins, America’s top-selling collagen brand. This is the first major acquisition of a collagen-based wellness company to date. Vital Proteins was founded in

Michael Gulotta, chef at Maypop and MoPho in New Orleans, is juggling expenses as he prepares to … [+] reopen his dining room. Denny Culbert As a diner, you may have waited all through shutdown to make a restaurant reservation. You were delighted when your state’s governor says they could begin patio or dining room

The United States Department of Agriculture will be providing farmers with record funding for 2020. Getty Thanks to a perfect storm of negative factors this year, farmers are having to rely on greater numbers of government payouts. However, despite the $32.8 billion in direct aide, farm income is still going to drop by 3% for

WASHINGTON, DC – Half Smokes and hot dogs on the grill at Ben’s Chili Bowl photographed in … [+] Washington, DC. (Photo by Deb Lindsey For The Washington Post via Getty Images). The Washington Post via Getty Images Finding the perfect gift for a father often proves far more challenging than it should. But when

Farmer Laura Vaxelaire presents cheese made with milk from purebred cows from the Vosges region in … [+] Saulxures-sur-Moselotte, eastern France. AFP via Getty Images A French cheese making family has created a new kind of cheese after accidentally leaving some rinds in the fridge during lockdown. The Vaxelaire family breed a herd of 25

Vinovest allows users to invest in a portfolio of wines. Vinovest It’s a cellar’s market. For ages, savvy oenophiles have made huge sums off smart investments of collector bottles. A new platform, Vinovest, is looking to woo greener drinkers by guiding users through investing in managed portfolios of investment-grade fine wines. Fine wine is generally

The Stumptown Coffee in Portland Or. has reopened on June 1, as have eight of theirother cafes, … [+] though three have closed. Courtesy of Stumptown Coffee Because so many people are staying home and not going out, Stumptown Coffee’s online coffee bean sales have risen 200%. And it’s now selling five-pound bags to meet

Capitol Hill Food Hall at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was the most recent opening for SSP … [+] in February. The concept brings together ten restaurants and sales kiosks. SSP The North American operations of travel food and beverage retailer SSP stood out across the company’s global business as the sole driver of growth over the

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – JUNE 22: Beef Biltongs hang on a rack, ready to be cut into bite-size … [+] pieces and sold, at the R & M Meat store in Butchery, South Africa, on June 22, 2006. Biltong – usually made with beef and sometimes made with exotic game – is a popular food

Maya French has been reflecting lately on the early days of starting Koia, the best-selling vegan protein drink now sold at 8,500 stores, when she stepped back as her white male cofounder took the lead in front of investors.  “There are people who have not wanted me, like I was dead weight and they really

Wine tasting begins again at Château Montrose in Saint-Estephe near Bordeaux on June 4, 2020 as … [+] France eases lockdown measures. AFP via Getty Images French alcohol producers have had a bad year. With restaurants and bars closed for two months during the pandemic, the industry has suffered from low sales across the board.

Just a few months ago, you could drive to central Oʻahu and emerge from your car to the smells of fresh grass and wood-burning smoke to sip rum on a sugar cane farm.  Kokoleka agricole rum made with local chocolate and honey Ari Espay and Liza Poletti Kō Hana Distillers, makers of premium Hawaiian agricole

The vineyards of the Southern Rhône Valley are in the region of Provence. This is the western part of Provence where you find towns such as of Avignon, Orange and Nîmes. Names filled with the history of Popes and Romans. A landscape dotted with lavender fields, quaint villages and olive groves. It is a lovely

At Jordan Dorsch’s Papa John’s franchises, such as this one located in Apollo Beach, Florida, he’s … [+] hiring delivery drivers, pizza makers and managers. (Photo is courtesy of Papa John’s) Courtesy of Papa John’s The restaurant industry lost 5.5 million jobs in the U.S. in April based on recent reports. Scores of restaurants have

Tuna sandwiches. Getty Meat alternatives are growing in popularity as consumers demand more options. Now, plant-based fish is set to be the next vegan trend, and companies are responding with new products that mimic seafood. Startups and large corporations are showing an interest in plant-based fish. Atlantic Natural Foods started offering TUNO, a fishless tuna

A glass with white wine puts on sofa with laptop computer with colorful bokeh light from city. Getty According to Nielsen CGA measured channels, the year-over-year growth rate for total off-premise beverage alcohol dollar sales are up 24.8%. In addition, Nielsen’s E-commerce measurement powered by Rakuten Intelligence claims online off-premise beverage alcohol sales were up

A customer browses the dairy section of a Whole Foods store. Photographer: Patrick T. … [+] Fallon/Bloomberg © 2015 Bloomberg Finance LP A report from Euromonitor International reveals that the food and nonalcoholic beverage industry may be the only category to show growth this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. The crisis forced restaurants and

The owners standing in front of Lunch Nightly, which managed to open in a pandemic in Kingston, New … [+] York Courtesy of Lunch Nightly Why would Lunch Nightly, a new butcher shop, deli, restaurant and dive bar, located in Kingston, New York, a town of 23,000 people situated 90 miles north of New York

Pernod Ricard is working with EdApp to launch the Bar World of Tomorrow, a platform that provides … [+] free sustainable and responsible bartending training online. EdApp Pernod Ricard is joining the education sphere, launching a free online learning platform for the spirits industry in collaboration with the United Nations’ Educate All platform. Titled the

Dave’s Hot Chicken looks like a sure bet for franchising success, if the pandemic doesn’t get in the … [+] way. Courtesy of Dave’s Hot Chicken Dave’s Hot Chicken, which started out in a mobile van in Los Angeles, and led to an investment by the group who runs Blaze Pizza, was primed to become