| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.07.2025 | Guest Post: Plant-Powered Playmakers and How These Elite Athletes Are Fueling the Plant-Based Business Boom | Michael Misetic is a Chicago-based publicist and founder of OVERTIME PR, specializing in helping athletes, artists, and creatives build lasting visibility across the sports and entertainment communities.
In this guest post, Michael discusse... |
| 10.07.2025 | They Started a Side Hustle Producing an 'Obvious' Food Item. It Hit $300,000 Monthly Revenue Fast — On Track for Over $20 Million in 2025. When Jason Rosenbaum and Hailey Swartz couldn't find the prod... | This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Jason Rosenbaum and Hailey Swartz, co-founders, with Alex Swartz, of veggie burger brand Actual Veggies. Responses have been edited for length and clarity.
Image Credit: Courtesy of Actual Veggies... |
| 10.06.2025 | Tom Brady enters the snacking game with vegan gummies | Listen to the article 2 min
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Football legend Tom Brady is partnering with Gopuff on an organic, vegan gummy snack.
The brand, called Goat Gummies, contains no... |
| 01.05.2025 | Eat Just Launches One-Ingredient Mung Bean Protein Powder at Whole Foods | Eat Just, Inc., the company behind the plant-based Just Egg, has launched its new protein powder, Just One, which is now available at Whole Foods Market locations across the United States. This product is distinct for being made with just o... |
| 31.03.2025 | Ecovative's MyBacon: A Game-Changer in Plant-Based Protein | In a world where plant-based diets are gaining traction, Ecovative is carving a niche with its innovative mycelium-based product, MyBacon. The New York-based company recently secured $11 million in funding to ramp up production and expand i... |
| 31.03.2025 | MyForest Foods Secures $11M to Scale Mycelium-Based Bacon as Sales Outpace Competitors | New York-based biotechnology firm Ecovative has raised $11 million in funding to expand its mycelium-based product portfolio, with a primary focus on its spinout company MyForest Foods and its flagship product, MyBacon. The funding round in... |
| 28.03.2025 | Ecovative Raises $11M After Outselling Meat Alternatives with Mycelium-Based MyBacon | 5 Mins Read New York firm Ecovative has secured $11M to supercharge the expansion of its mycelium-based MyBacon, which it claims is the fastest-selling plant-based breakfast item in the natural channel.
Mycelium innovator Ecovative has rais... |
| 02.03.2025 | The Evolving Landscape of Wealth Management in Central and Eastern Europe | Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is experiencing a seismic shift in wealth management. High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs) are no longer just guardians of family fortunes. They are becoming architects of their financial futures. With nearly ... |
| 24.02.2025 | How Food Delivery is Shaping the Plant-Based Industry | The food delivery boom is changing how consumers engage with food, and plant-based brands must adapt. With global delivery revenues estimated to reach USD 1.40 trillion by the end of 2025, convenience is now a key driver of food choices. Th... |
| 16.01.2025 | Tofu Brand Hodo Announces Retail Expansion Into Meijer, Harris Teeter, and Giant Martin’s | US tofu brand Hodo has announced an expansion into leading grocery retailers Meijer, Harris Teeter, and Giant Martin’s, as consumer demand for minimally processed plant-based proteins continues to rise.
Hodo’s tofu is made with non-GMO soyb... |
| 02.02.2024 | Fable Foods: “Reimagining Mushrooms by Improving Their Texture and Elevating Their Natural Umami Flavours” | Fable Food Co, based in Australia, creates sustainable meat alternatives with a focus on the shiitake mushroom to mimic the texture and umami flavours of meat.
Fable’s product portfolio includes items like plant-based braised beef, designed... |
| 22.06.2023 | Hooray Foods’ Plant-Based Bacon Now Available on Hungryroot and Purple Carrot | Hooray Foods announces its award-winning plant-based bacon is now available via Hungryroot and Purple Carrot, two US meal kit and grocery services. By expanding its online footprint, Hooray says its bacon can now be accessed by more consume... |
| 10.03.2021 | RightRice Risotto takes rice from side dish to convenient, plant-based meal solution | Keith Belling, founder of RightRice, says the high-level goal for the brand has always been to reimagine the rice aisle and bring to market nutritious plant-based main meal solutions that deliver on taste and convenience for consumers.
“A... |
| 01.12.2020 | Franklin Farms Announces New Partnership with Purple Carrot | We are thrilled to partner with Purple Carrot and excited our customers will have a new and very convenient way to enjoy great-tasting meatless meals in the comfort of their own home.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (PRWEB) December 01, 2020
Franklin Farm... |
| 25.11.2019 | Purple Carrot Enters Into Venture Capital With The Garden Incubator | Vegan meal kit provider Purple Carrot has announced the formation of a plantbased incubator in order to assist early-stage plant-based companies in scaling their operations. The Garden Incubator will serve as an investor, an incubator and a... |
| 10.01.2019 | Purple Carrot Launches New Plant-Based 5-Minute Meal Options | Purple Carrot is a 100% plant-based ready meal retailer from the USA which already offers a wide range of vegan menu options. The company has announced a new range of breakfast and lunch options for 2019 to help subscribers and customers ac... |
| 15.10.2018 | Boston Startup Names You Can Eat | Spoiler alert: This post can make you hangry.
Carrot, a Cambridge-based startup, came out of stealth today. That got us thinking at BostInno - “What are other startups with names you can eat?” We do, after all, make a living covering startu... |
| 03.10.2018 | Purple Carrot CEO: 'I’m still very bullish about the subscription-based meal kit market' | Andy Levitt - who founded Purple Carrot in Needham, Massachusetts, in October 2014 and now fulfills nationwide orders from distribution centers in Las Vegas, Ohio and New Jersey – said he understood why the new owner of Chef’d (which rece... |
| 09.08.2018 | Purple Carrot Introduces New Vegan Ready Meals | The American company Purple Carrot recently announced the introduction of a new range of plant-based meals. The vegan ready-meal supplier divides the new range of meals into “Quick & Easy”, “High Protein” and “Chef’s Choice”. With this ... |
| 17.05.2018 | USA: Del Monte Invests $4 Million in Purple Carrot | Purple Carrot, the American company specializing in plant-based ready meals, recently received $4 million in additional investment capital from the large US retail group Fresh Del Monte. Fresh Del Monte is now counting on the sustained grow... |
| 07.05.2018 | Fresh Del Monte Produce takes $4m stake in plant-based meal kit co Purple Carrot | CEO Andy Levitt – who founded Purple Carrot in October 2014 - said the investment was “a huge validation of our business model,” adding: “This… will improve our core product, and open up a world of possibilities for brand expansion.”
Bas... |
| 07.05.2018 | Purple Carrot Secures $4M in Funding | Purple Carrot, a Needham, Mass.-based plant-based meal kit company, raised $4m in equity funding.
Fresh Del Monte Produce made the investment.
The company intends to use the funds to optimize supply chain efficiency, gain access to the deve... |
| 07.05.2018 | Vegan meal kit startup Purple Carrot raises $4M from Fresh Del Monte | Purple Carrot announced this morning that it has raised $4 million in strategic funding from Fresh Del Monte Produce.
The company, which delivers completely plant-based (vegan) meal kits to subscribers, was founded in 2014. It has, in part,... |
| 07.05.2018 | Purple Carrot Raises $4 Million Investment From Fresh Del Monte Produce | Purple Carrot, the first and only 100% plant-based meal kit company, today announced that Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. has made a $4 million equity investment in the company. For Purple Carrot, the strategic investment brings an infusion of... |
| 26.09.2017 | Purple Carrot CEO on the Amazon/Whole Foods effect: ‘Brands are seeking out their dance partner before the music stops…’ | Speaking to FoodNavigator-USA after the plated deal was announced, Andy Levitt said: “The Amazon Whole Foods deal created a real sense of urgency among strategics, it’s as if the consolidation everyone was saying was inevitable was sudden... |
| 16.04.2017 | The winner of the meal kit market won’t be a meal kit company at all | When they started operating in the U.S. about five years ago, meal kit companies looked big, disruptor-sized, poised to transform the way people eat entirely. They were even seen as a potential thorn in the side of the massive U.S. grocery ... |
| 13.12.2016 | Munchery tries to win over commuters with a pop-up shop in San Francisco | Food delivery startup Munchery is trying its hand at brick-and-mortar sales, opening a pop-up shop in San Francisco that we spotted this week.
In the competitive and cluttered market for online food delivery, Munchery is distinct in that it... |
| 10.05.2016 | Purple Carrot Secures $5M in Debt Financing | Purple Carrot, a Boston, MA-based plant-based meal kit delivery service, secured $5m in debt financing.
WindSail Capital, a Boston-based investment firm focused on energy innovation and sustainability, provided the funds.
The company, which... |
