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09/02/2026

Now that your September calendar’s open, allow us to direct your attention to the 17th.

And our next Get-Together in Garden Grove, California. It’s your next opportunity to connect—in person—with other F&B community members to learn more about regulations, technology, and the latest advancements in traceability. (With some help from our partners at iFoodDS.)

There’s still time to register: https://shorturl.at/yHiaF

08/29/2026

Before you settle on one AI tool for your team—or let everyone choose their own.

Consider how the tool(s) stand to drive value across:

1️⃣ Productivity and speed
2️⃣ Decision-making intelligence
3️⃣Supply chain optimization
4️⃣Risk & compliance management
5️⃣Innovation support
6️⃣Data security
7️⃣Operational integration

Get the full guide to help you decide.

Discover the best AI tools for food, beverage & CPG and learn what to look for in AI-led solutions for innovation, sourcing and compliance.

08/25/2026

It wouldn’t be fair to just talk about AI Formulation, when we could show you instead.

Power your NPD program with AI that connects formulation, sourcing, compliance, and nutrition.

08/20/2026

AI is moving fast—no one knows that better than our Senior Director of Product Management.

But we know enough about F&B to understand that food product development will continue to rely on human expertise. Our goal has never been to replace humans, especially not food scientists. Instead, we’re working to develop decision-support tools that help them evaluate options more quickly.

08/18/2026

We kept the news to ourselves for a whole week! It’s some kind of record, right?

But our regulatory standards manager contributed to this insightful piece on alternative proteins from Food Engineering Magazine.

08/14/2026

It’s Friday afternoon, so we’ll get straight to the point.

Hidden supplier costs are eating away at your profit margins. Here’s where to find them: https://shorturl.at/Dk2aH

08/13/2026

Day two and already a lot of people are looking at the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) the wrong way.

Yes, it's a packaging regulation—but the bigger challenge is everything happening behind the packaging.

To get ready for compliance, companies need to think beyond new materials. They need connected packaging data, trusted supplier information, digital labeling that's actually manageable, and R&D teams ready to reformulate products.

That's a much bigger transformation than swapping out a package.

08/11/2026

Stressed on the beach? Not like this.

If you can’t go on vacation without your phone, laptop, and commitment to check your email daily, then maybe you need a more efficient system. One that allows other people on the team to access crucial data—securely—while you’re offline.

08/06/2026

Call it risk, call it mistakes, but there are already so many points throughout the product lifecycle where information can become outdated or otherwise incorrect—quickly.

So, things like manual handoffs and disconnected systems become more of an issue as you look at the end-to-end process holistically.

Maybe it’s time to build an integration-first technology strategy.

08/04/2026

This can be a hard truth to swallow for some teams.

Leaders don’t want to be seen as out of touch. And those actually managing the day-to-day workload may not have time to research, coordinate, and implement new solutions.

So, what’s the next step here? Well, we don’t have all the answers. But we did talk to a group of F&B leaders who had a lot of insights on what’s not working, and how they’d like to better support innovation moving forward.