Food Industry Executive

Ahead of Super Bowl weekend, PepsiCo announced it is lowering suggested retail prices on many of its best-known U.S. snack brands by up to nearly 15%, including Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, and Tostitos. PepsiCo said...

By Michael Bortinger, Director of Marketing and Partnerships at Tastewise Key takeaways:  In 2026, distribution is just the start. Retail is performance-driven. Brands don’t “win the shelf” in a line review; they earn renewal weekly...

By Prasant Prusty, founder and CEO of Smart Food Safe and Sriparna Sarkar, a digital marketing and content strategy professional at Smart Food Safe Key takeaways: Technology is making sanitation measurable and proactive by using...

Key takeaways: Digital transformation in food manufacturing requires building repeatable decision routines that improve yield, uptime, quality, and service. Many programs stall because they create alerts faster than the organization can respond, especially across...

Welcome to this week's Food Exec Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup covering the emergence of agentic AI systems transforming manufacturing workforce strategies, breakthrough food safety technologies enabling predictive intervention capabilities, and the ultra-processed food...

By Salman Shahid is the CEO of OXO Packaging Key takeaways: Tech-enabled materials innovation: Bio-based, compostable, and recyclable materials (enhanced by AI, nanotechnology, and enzyme-based degradation) are reducing reliance on fossil plastics while supporting a...

Key takeaways: Meat and poultry plants change the rules of digitization, as temperature swings, moisture, and sanitation needs influence what technology can realistically survive and how it should be installed. Many digital initiatives stumble...