In Illinois, PepsiCo North America Nutrition and The Hatchery Chicago announced a partnership aimed at helping food industry entrepreneurs sustainably grow and scale their businesses. The partnership will foster collaboration with the long-term goal of making high-quality, delicious products available to more people in more places, including a two-way mentorship program between the organizations.
PepsiCo North America Nutrition was created to focus on PepsiCo’s portfolio of trusted nutrition brands, including Quaker, Tropicana, Naked, Near East and KeVita, and underscore the company’s Performance with Purpose agenda as it relates to continuing to transform its portfolio and help people eat better every day.
Food and beverage incubator, The Hatchery Chicago, has a similar mission of advancing the food industry. Its goal is to provide small businesses and entrepreneurs, many of which are focusing on the nutrition space, with the resources they need to best navigate and reach success in the food industry.