Big Food and direct-to-consumer
Grupo Bimbo’s US arm launches direct-to-consumer channel
Grupo Bimbo, the Mexico-headquartered bakery giant, has launched a direct-to-consumer service in the US through its subsidiary Bimbo Bakeries USA.…
Premier Foods trials D2C platform with Plantastic range
Premier Foods plans to follow other food manufacturers down the direct-to-consumer route to complement the UK company's sales through e-commerce,…
Barilla takes majority stake in D2C business Pasta Evangelists
Barilla, the family-owned Italian food group, has acquired a majority stake in UK-based Pasta Evangelists, primarily a direct-to-consumer business. Parma-based Barilla, which…
Nestle makes Mindful Chef latest D2C acquisition
Nestlé has again used M&A to add to its direct-to-consumer services, moving to buy a majority stake in UK recipe-box…
Data may trump D2C debate as Nestle swoops for Freshly
Nestle has paid a healthy multiple for a firm that, while growing rapidly, may remain a leader in a niche.…
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Nestle strikes deal to buy US e-commerce meals firm Freshly
Nestlé has acquired Freshly, the US e-commerce meal-delivery firm in which the Swiss giant invested in 2017. After holding a 16% stake…
How India’s Covid-19 lockdown has fuelled FMCG interest in e-commerce
Domestic giants and foreign multinationals have invested in e-commerce services amid India's Covid-19 lockdowns, just-food's Raghavendra Verma reports from New Delhi.…
Beyond Covid-19 – can meal kits deliver long-term growth?
Andy Coyne looks at the success enjoyed by meal-kit firms during the lockdown period and assesses their future prospects. It…
Italy’s Parmalat launches D2C offering after Covid-19 boom
Italian dairy company Parmalat, owned by French peer Lactalis, is to launch an e-commerce offering after what its describes as the…
Covid-19’s snacking consumers spark D2C flurry
How consumers shop for food has changed in some very noticeable ways over the last three months or so –…