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01 、 Dive Brief: Ancient Nutrition, a manufacturer of chicken-based bone broth protein supplement products, announced it has sold a $103-million minority stake to VMG Partners, Hillhouse Capital, CONIQ Capital, and more than 100 members of a co-investor network. The company said it plans to use its first outside investment to accelerate growth through social media outreach, more in-store demos and continued support for direct-to-consumer e-commerce. Ancient Nutrition achieved a 266% compound annual growth rate from 2013-2017 and contributed $10 million — or more than 40% — to total category growth, the company said. Its GMO- and gluten-free lineup of 80 products contains no dairy, soy, grains or nuts and are sold at Whole Foods Market, Sprouts, specialty retailers nationwide and online. The company was co-founded in 2016 by Jordan Rubin, who also founded Garden of Life and Beyond Organic, and Dr. Josh Axe, a natural medici...

There is a new retail revolution underway, and it’s going to affect the food industry across the globe over the next five years in ways  we have never seen before. We’re talking about the development of private-label products and the new challenges that this will  present for brands and manufacturers across the globe, as retailers develop and market their own products rather multinational name  brands to meet changing consumer needs. Nielsen information across more than 60 countries shows that private- label products continue to gain share across all major geographies. The relentless store expansion by retailers over the past decade has given shoppers more access to private label and to brands. In recent years, e-commerce has given brands another way to reach the consumer. However, private-label growth is also being driven by the wider choice that the digital economy offers to consumers and the globalization of shopping trends (media, technology, e-...