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• Gatorade pays California $300,000 and promises to not badmouth water

  11:33 AM ET Fri, 22 Sept 2017

  Just because drought-ravaged California has spent years urging residents to conserve water doesn't mean it wants people to actually stop drinking the stuff.

• Orville Redenbacher’s popcorn owner Conagra nears deal to buy Angie's Boomchickapop

  10:27 PM ET Thu, 21 Sept 2017

  Orville Redenbacher’s popcorn owner Conagra is nearing a deal to buy Angie's Boomchickapop popcorn.

• Trix cereal is bringing back artificial colors because customers complained

  7:19 AM ET Fri, 22 Sept 2017

  "Classic Trix" will sit on store shelves alongside the new version natural-flavor version, the company said.

• Former EPA official warns of potential food contamination after hurricanes

  7:27 PM ET Thu, 21 Sept 2017

  People in areas affected by hurricanes Harvey and Irma should be alert to possible bacterial contamination of crops from flood waters, says Stan Meiburg.

• A rival may have just saved Blue Apron's stock from the doldrums

  3:07 PM ET Thu, 21 Sept 2017

  Albertsons said it would acquire meal-kit company Plated and offer Plated meal kits at its store locations.

• Wine is now the best-performing collectible of the rich

  2:50 PM ET Thu, 21 Sept 2017

  Wine is now the best-performing collectible of the world's wealthy collectors, according to a new report.

• General Mills' earnings miss sparks a food stocks sell-off

  4:00 PM ET Wed, 20 Sept 2017

  General Mills' earnings miss spooked investors, prompting a sell-off that dragged down multiple food stocks to more than 1-year lows.

• Bill Ackman calls Chipotle stock 'extremely cheap' and says people in his office like the queso

  4:07 PM ET Wed, 20 Sept 2017

  Bill Ackman says he is "hoping people are going to be pleasantly surprised" by Chipotle's same-store sales results.

• General Mills profit misses on weak yogurt, cereal sales

  8:16 AM ET Wed, 20 Sept 2017

  General Mills said its U.S. yogurt sales recorded a double-digit drop as demand for Yoplait Greek and Yoplait Light products remained weak.

• How restaurants are adapting to the food delivery boom

  11:56 AM ET Tue, 19 Sept 2017

  Mobile apps like Caviar and UberEats have changed the game, Eater reports.

• Post Holdings to buy Bob Evans Farms for $1.5 billion

  3:02 PM ET Tue, 19 Sept 2017

  Packaged foods company Post Holdings on said it would buy frozen meals maker buy Bob Evans Farms for about $1.5 billion.

• Starbucks wants a bite of lunch, while rivals watch and worry

  1:51 PM ET Mon, 18 Sept 2017

  Seattle-based Starbucks has set its sights on lunch, having conquered the caffeine market.

• How big business got Brazil hooked on junk food

  11:44 AM ET Mon, 18 Sept 2017

  Multinational food companies like Nestlé, PepsiCo and General Mills are expanding their presence in developing nations, N.Y. Times reports.

• RumChata founder on reaching millennials with the No. 1 spirit brand on social media

  7:07 PM ET Fri, 15 Sept 2017

  Jim Cramer sat down with Tom Maas, the CEO of Agave Loco and creator of RumChata, to hear more about his savvy marketing tactics.

• You may not recognize Golden Corral after this major redesign — and that's the point

  2:15 PM ET Fri, 15 Sept 2017

  Buffet restaurants are a dying breed, but Golden Corral is hoping to revitalize the sector by redesigning its restaurants from the studs up.

• French restaurants lament China's ban on stinky, soft cheese

  11:04 PM ET Thu, 14 Sept 2017

  Chinese authorities have banned a host of soft cheese over worries about the bacteria found on some varieties.