Butler, who moved back to California’s Silicon Valley earlier this month to lead the startup’s human resources department, reports directly to CEO and Founder Dr. Patrick O. Brown and serves on the company’s senior leadership team.

Based on a combination of future trends analysis, consumer insights, and a modernized cross-category development process, the programs guide the company’s research and development efforts to ensure an innovation pipeline that addresses evolving consumer needs and desires.

Troni is experienced at delivering top and bottom-line growth in highly competitive CPG businesses at different stages of maturity, bringing a record of success in delivering holistic revenue management, orchestrating business turnarounds and nurturing emerging enterprises.  

Cooke carries on the business of finfish aquaculture globally through its wholly-owned subsidiary Cooke Aquaculture Inc.

The Package of the Year Award is presented by ADS to increase the awareness of packaging and to celebrate the accomplishments of the packaging industry for dressing, sauce and condiment-related packages.

The Sauce of the Year Award was given to Litehouse’s Mango Habanero, which won in a blind taste test of industry experts where products were judged on innovative flavor and taste performance.  

Complementing the Group’s acquisition of Wellmune® acquired in late 2015, the acquired Ganeden® technologies will be extended into wider applications across Kerry’s global developed and developing markets.

To qualify for consideration, each company was required to use dairy as a primary ingredient in their products.

Blount Fine Foods, a leading manufacturer of premium, handcrafted soups, entrées, and side dishes for retail and foodservice, and the market leader in fresh retail soups, announced it has added Mike Maher as Culinary Business Development Specialist, and named Michael Palmer its Foodservice Business Development Representative for the Midwest.  

RXBAR will continue to operate independently as a standalone business, and will be able to leverage Kellogg's scale and resources to continue driving its growth.