REDD, the venture-backed energy bar company located in Brunswick, has been acquired by a Connecticut-based healthy-snack company. LesserEvil Healthy Brands LLC, based in Danbury,…
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REDD refreshes brand, raises $2.2M in new funding
REDD, the Brunswick-based energy bar company, has raised an additional $2.2 million as it prepares to unveil a refreshed brand, including new packaging and…
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Minnow raises $1.2M in oversubscribed seed round for its IoT-enabled food pods
Minnow, the company formerly known as Kadabra (and Veebie before that), has officially closed on $1.2 million in seed funding, more than the initial…
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Good To-Go expands facility, staff as it tries to keep up with demand
Good To-Go, the Kittery-based company that makes dehydrated meals, ranging from Indian Vegetable Korma to Chicken Gumbo, designed to give hikers and other outdoor…
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After being on the brink of closure, Fork Food Lab gains fresh start as nonprofit
Fork Food Lab, the 6,000-square-foot commercial kitchen incubator in Portland, will not close after all. The Sustainability Lab, a Yarmouth-based nonprofit, has acquired the…
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Local group in ‘active talks’ to rescue Fork Food Lab from closure
A local group is engaged in “active talks” to acquire Fork Food Lab from its New York-based parent company and save the kitchen incubator…
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NYC-based owner places Fork Food Lab on the chopping block
Pilotworks, the New York City-based owner of Portland’s Fork Food Lab, informed its members on Monday that it was closing the kitchen-incubator space that…
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Maine Center for Entrepreneurs picks seven companies for its food-focused business accelerator
The Maine Center for Entrepreneurs has picked seven Maine companies for its inaugural Cultivator Food, Beverage & Agriculture Accelerator program. As part of the…
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Portland startup deploys beta self-serve food kiosk
If you were in downtown Portland during the lunch hour at any point this week, you may have noticed the large orange wheeled kiosk…