AG1 Joins Open Chain as Mission Ally

Cocoa is a notoriously challenging supply chain, and it's a key nutrition and flavor ingredient for some of our products. We have the highest quality and supply chain standards, and Tony's Open Chain is an incredible program that further strengthens our sourcing and quality efforts for cocoa. Kudos to the AG1 team who has worked so hard to bring this to life, and thank you to the Tony's Chocolonely team for the incredible work they do on this front. We are proud to partner as a Mission Ally with Tony's Open Chain to have high quality, ethical cocoa in our products and support this initiative and movement. If you have cocoa in your products -- join this chain!

“Hot is probably an understatement” – Wholebake Limited CEO John McMullen on the surge in snack bar enquiries The CEO of the UK-based business chats with Just Food on the balancing act between manufacturing for other brands, while promoting growth in its own lines such as Bounce - McMullen also says "price elasticity is a watching brief right now". https://lnkd.in/eZmhqXeg

Beverage recycling and disposal is part of our DNA, through our advanced depackaging sites and our acquisitions of E-Z Recycling (MN) and Complete Beverage Destruction (FL). In our recent newsletter, we shared an article from Ollie on what the new federal hemp-THC rules could mean for brewers and beverage producers. The short version: a 0.4mg THC/container cap and a one-year compliance window could mean that existing inventory may need to be reformulated or pulled from shelves entirely. If your portfolio is about to change, reach out to our team. Link to the article in comments. 👇

Every day around 400 tonnes of döner meat are produced across Europe. Not on holidays or peak weekends, but daily, all year round. This is industrial-scale production spread across hundreds of plants, and the hard part is not volume, it is consistency. A distributor supplying dozens of venues cannot afford one delivery that tastes different from the last, because the end customer notices immediately. One cone that renders differently on the spit and a restaurant starts questioning the whole relationship. Holding a single recipe and a single quality level batch after batch is what separates a real producer from a trader who simply resells whatever is available. That discipline is invisible on the invoice, but it is the entire foundation of a long partnership. At scale, what is harder to hold in your experience: consistency of quality or on-time delivery?

With the labor shortage, what was once a value-added service has become a necessity for fresh produce customers of the TruSource Foods collective. We're changing the game! Freshway Foods Forestwood, LLC Nickey Gregory Company

Fresh-cut, repack, and ready-to-use products were once what set companies apart. Now, customers expect these as standard value-added services from produce suppliers. This shift highlights the importance of the collective model. By bringing Freshway Foods, Forestwood, and Nickey Gregory together with shared standards, TruSource gives customers access to broader expertise, deeper resources, and more consistent support across the collective. For our customers, this means fewer vendors to keep track of and more reliable programs to support their operations. To learn more about our capabilities, visit: https://lnkd.in/eKWaaJcg Local roots. Collective strength.

Sometimes, a great taste starts with the right choice… 🌏🍕 Behind every food product that reaches the consumer, there is a story of quality, precision, and the right choice. In food trading, we are not simply looking to buy and sell; we look for products whose quality and value we can truly stand behind. From food industry raw materials to a wide range of food products, every choice brings us to one question: “Is this the quality we want our name to stand behind?” To get to know more about what we do, we’re sharing a glimpse of this journey with you on our page. 🌱 #MohajerInternationalTrading #FoodExport #FoodTrading #FoodExporter #FoodSupplier #FoodImportExport #InternationalTrade #GlobalTrade #ExportBusiness #B2BTrade

One thing that’s becoming increasingly important in green coffee sourcing is flexibility. Relying too heavily on one origin can create a real challenge when harvests, pricing, or availability shift. Having access to multiple origins gives manufacturers, and the brands we support, more options when the unexpected happens. It may not be the most exciting part of coffee to talk about, but it’s a big part of what keeps production moving and products on the shelf. In this industry, having options matters. ☕ #GreenCoffee #CoffeeIndustry #SupplyChain #PrivateLabel

Ever wondered what goes into making a food ingredient? It’s much more than raw materials and a production line. Behind every batch are: → Careful raw-material selection → Hygienic production → Standardized processes → Quality checks → Consistent packaging → Reliable dispatch Most of this work happens before the ingredient ever reaches your production floor. And that’s the point. Consistency doesn’t happen by chance. It’s built behind the scenes. At RPG Industries, we believe the effort behind every batch is what helps food businesses produce with confidence. Because behind every ingredient, there’s a process you can’t always see. #FoodIngredients #FoodManufacturing #Quality #BakeryIndustry #FoodIndustry

The longer I’m in coffee, the less I believe quality is the biggest challenge. The farmers who are most excited about quality are rarely talking about cupping scores. They’re talking about whether the cost-benefit makes sense and if they’ll be able to do it again next year. We can't keep asking farmers to produce more, better and cheaper. The future of specialty coffee isn’t finding better coffees. Maybe it’s building a market where farmers can afford to keep producing them.