What are the prospects for direct-to-consumer?
Why direct-to-consumer will become imperative for food companies
just-food's US columnist Victor Martino sets out why food companies should be looking to build a direct-to-consumer business. Store-centric consumer…
Dairy giant Arla launches direct-to-consumer business in UK
Arla Foods, the European dairy giant, has started selling directly to consumers in the UK. The private-label and branded dairy…
US own label start-up Brandless raises $240m in funding round
Brandless, the San Francisco-based start-up aiming to take on major brands with a direct-to-consumer online offering based on non-branded products,…
Should food majors develop subscription services?
From meal-kits to wine, sex toys to beauty products and razor blades to coffee: the subscription-based economy may still be in…
Direct-to-consumer in the UK – analysing the problems and potential
The continued rapid growth of grocery e-commerce in the UK, combined with the tough trading conditions in serving traditional, bricks-and-mortar…
Online, own-label start-up Brandless takes on food brands in US
A San Francisco start-up is aiming to take on major food brands with an online offering based around non-branded products…
Ben & Jerry’s heads down the e-commerce route
Unilever-owned ice cream brand Ben & Jerry has entered the fledgling direct-to-consumer channel in the US. The Vermont-based company is…
Nestle invests in US meal-kit firm Freshly
Nestle has acquired a minority stake in US online meal-kit service Freshly, the latest investment a packaged food major has…
Direct-to-consumer to play minor role in US grocery e-commerce – column
With the e-commerce channel growing in the US but still in its early stages, food manufacturers are weighing up various…
Campbell invests in US online meal-kit firm Chef’d
Campbell Soup Co. has become a shareholder in Chef'd, the US online meal-kit business. The soup-to-biscuits group today (24 May) announced…