Big Food and direct-to-consumer
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 –…