FI News Review (April 11, 2025): Top Food and Beverage Stories

In this week’s FI News Review, we look at global reactions to President Trump's new tariff policies, bold acquisition moves in beverage, upticks in Easter spending, and why one country could be actually happy about ...

FI News Review (April 4, 2025): Top Food and Beverage Stories

In this week's FI News Review, we learn about the details of the Trump administration's new tariff plan, how changing immigration policy will impact up to 7% of the restaurant labor force, and which bargain ...

FI News Review (March 28, 2025): Top Food and Beverage Stories

In this week’s FI News Review, we look at record lows in consumer confidence, push back on new food traceability laws, and how Americans really feel about meat. We also look into Tesla’s new Drive-In ...

FI News Review (February 28, 2025): Top Food and Beverage Stories

In this week’s FI News Review, we look at dampening consumer confidence, more CEO change-ups, billion dollars buyout deals, surprising statistics on food delivery pay, and the massive explosion on culinary tourism. Watch on to ...

FI News Review (February 14, 2025): The Top Food and Beverage Stories

This week on FI News Review, we examine how CPI numbers are impacting food costs across different categories, focusing on food at home versus food away from home. Learn why bread sales are down and ...

FI News Review (February 7, 2025): Expert Exposes Reasons for Leadership Changes in the Food Industry

This week's FI News Review edition discusses recent leadership changes in the food industry. Fransmart Founder & CEO, Dan Rowe, delves into reasons for these CEO shake-ups and what to expect in 2025. Produced By ...

FI News Review (January 31, 2025): Top News in Food and Beverage Industry

This week on FI's News Roundup, we learn about one company's decision to roll back on DEI initiatives while another company doubles down to keep its DEI policies in place. Egg prices are up, a ...

FI News Review (January 24, 2025): The Top Stories in Food and Beverage Right Now

In this week's FI News Roundup, we cover the 2025 World Economic Outlook that is estimated to grow by 2.7% in the U.S., we look into the Bird Flu and its impact on trade, one-fifth ...

FI News Review (January 17, 2025): Top Stories in Food and Beverage Right Now

In this week's FI News Roundup, we cover the FDA’s proposal to display nutritional information on the front of product labels, major leadership changes at Hormel and Hershey as their CEOs step down, an agreement ...

FI News Review (December 20, 2024) – The Top Food and Beverage Industry News Right Now

This week on FI News Review, a major retailer is considering using bodycams to protect their employees and deter customer conflict. Baristas of coffee giant Starbucks are prepared to strike, threatening to shut down hundreds ...

FI News Review (December 13, 2024) – Behind the Kroger/Albertsons Merger Fallout

It was slated to be the largest grocery merger in U.S. history - until it fell apart. Now the two supermarket giants are going head to head against each other. What went wrong? Why is ...

FI News Review (December 6, 2024) – The Top Stories in Food and Beverage Right Now

In this week's FI News Roundup, we cover Shopify's 11.5 billion in sales over the Black Friday-Cyber Monday weekend and Unilever's CEO expressing interest in selling several of its brands. Additionally, Cargill announced plans to ...

FI News Review (November 15, 2024) – Takeout Buyout: Wonder Acquires Grubhub

In a surprising move, Food Startup Wonder bought Food Delivery Service Grubhub for $650 million dollars. What does this mean for Wonder, Grubhub, and the entire food delivery service category? Check out the latest episode ...

News Roundup (November 8, 2024): The Hottest Topics in the Food Industry Right Now

Check out the latest episode of FI News Review, where we cover the demise of a beloved restaurant chain, a new security technology coming out of Walmart, and General Mills's hand at nostalgia by bringing ...