Food Business News

Name

Food Business News

Legal name

Sosland Publishing Company

Website

https://foodbusinessnews.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Industry Trade Publication

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Financial & Trade News Publishers (MPAJADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data Journalism & News Intelligence Publishers (Indexes, Election/Market Data) (MPAJADAK), Subscription & Fulfillment Services (Print & Digital) (MPAJAKAB)

Keywords

• Food industry news
• Trade media publishing
• Market intelligence reports
• Industry newsletter service
• Commodity market analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Kansas City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advertising and Sponsorships: Revenue is generated primarily through advertising from food and beverage industry suppliers, ingredient companies, and equipment manufacturers. Sponsored content, white papers, e-zines, and webinars provide additional sponsorship revenue from companies like Kemin, Hilmar, ADM, Ingredion, and AAK.
2. Reprint and E-Print Sales: The publication sells reprints of articles as printed sheets or multi-page brochures, and e-prints as downloadable PDFs. Pricing varies by page count and quantity (minimum 100 copies for print reprints).
3. Product Sales: The online store sells books (such as Understanding Baking Enzymes at $88.00) and potentially other industry-related products.
4. Newsletter Subscriptions: Free newsletters delivered to subscribers including Sosland Publishing Morning Brief, Food Business News Daily, New Food Insider, Friday Food for Thought, Food Entrepreneur, Sustainable Solutions, Strategic Insights, and Special Reports. Paid newsletter options include Sosland Sweetener Report and Sosland MarketFocus.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Food Business News publishes daily news, market insights, ingredient technology coverage, and commodity market analysis for the food and beverage industries via a multi-channel content platform. The offering spans a flagship website, a printed and digital magazine, multiple free and paid email newsletters, live and archived webinars, sponsored e-zines and white papers, videos, slideshows, an e-commerce storefront, and a paid article reprint/e-print licensing service. The publication is operated by Sosland Publishing Company and is delivered free of charge to qualified senior management, R&D, purchasing, and marketing executives in the U.S. and Canadian food processing and beverage manufacturing sectors.

Product overview

Food Business News is a food and beverage industry news publication operated by Sosland Publishing Company, offering a multi-channel content platform that includes the core online news website, a digital magazine (Digital Editions), live and archived webinars on industry trends and innovations, and multiple newsletter products (Sosland Publishing Morning Brief, Food Business News Daily, New Food Insider, Friday Food for Thought, Food Entrepreneur, Sustainable Solutions, Strategic Insights, Special Report, plus paid products Sosland Sweetener Report and Sosland MarketFocus). The platform also features sponsored E-Zines and White Papers from ingredient suppliers, Videos, Slideshows, an e-commerce Store for books and newsletters, Reprints and E-Prints licensing services, Magazine Subscriptions, and a Media Guide for advertisers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food Business News (Online Publication) Daily online news publication covering food and beverage industry news, trends, ingredient technologies, and commodity markets analysis, delivered free of charge to qualified industry executives and available globally via the website.
• Digital Editions Online digital version of the Food Business News magazine plus the complete archive of the Corporate Profiles annual roundup and State of the Industry reports, accessible through the digital editions platform.
• Print Magazine Subscription Free qualified print magazine subscription for senior management, R&D, purchasing, and marketing executives in the prepared foods and beverage industries in the U.S. and Canada, distributed by Sosland Publishing.
• Webinars Live and archived webinar events covering food and beverage industry trends, innovations, and ingredient or category topics such as snack innovation, GLP-1 impact, and product innovation, featuring expert speakers.
• Free Newsletter Portfolio Suite of free email newsletters including Sosland Publishing Morning Brief (Daily), Food Business News Daily, New Food Insider (Weekly), Friday Food for Thought, Food Entrepreneur (Bimonthly), Sustainable Solutions (Biweekly), Strategic Insights, and Special Report.
• Sosland Sweetener Report Paid premium newsletter providing U.S. beet and cane sugar prices, commentary, data, and industry news for domestic, North American, and global sugar markets.
• Sosland MarketFocus Paid premium daily newsletter covering cash and futures grain markets, flour markets, export wheat and flour business, crop conditions, and basis levels.
• Article Reprints and E-Prints Licensed reprints (printed sheets or multi-page brochures, minimum 100 copies) and e-prints (downloadable PDFs, high- or low-resolution) of articles, available for purchase at tiered pricing by page count and quantity and customizable with company branding.
• Online Store (Books and Products) E-commerce storefront selling industry books such as Understanding Baking Enzymes ($88.00) and other industry-related products and newsletters.
• Media Guide Digital media kit providing advertising specifications, editorial calendar, circulation information, and marketing opportunity details for prospective advertisers and sponsors.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• FoodNavigator (William Reed): B2B online trade publication covering food/beverage ingredients, trends, and product development with daily news, webinars, and white papers. Operates a near-identical GTM (free qualified access, ad/sponsored content revenue) directly competing for the same R&D and marketing executive audience.
• Food Engineering (BNP Media): Long-running B2B trade magazine and digital site for food processing professionals covering manufacturing, packaging, and plant operations. Overlapping in target persona (food plant executives) and revenue model (qualified free subscription + advertising).
• Just-Food (William Reed): B2B news and analysis service for the global food industry including manufacturers, retailers, and suppliers. Same business model and audience overlap, particularly in covering food companies, regulation, and ingredients.
• Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery (BNP Media): B2B trade publication targeting snack and bakery manufacturers, with overlapping coverage of ingredients, retail trends, and product development under the same BNP Media ad-sales umbrella competing for similar ad budgets.
• The Food Institute: Independent B2B food industry intelligence provider offering news, market data, and analysis reports. Comparable in serving food manufacturing and retail executives with subscription and report-based revenue.
• Beverage Daily (William Reed): B2B publication covering the beverage industry with a particular focus on trends and product development. Directly comparable audience and advertising model, intersecting heavily with Food Business News' beverage coverage.
• MEAT+POULTRY (Sosland Publishing): Sister Sosland publication focused on the meat and poultry processing industry. Provides a directly comparable peer for business model benchmarking within the same parent, and illustrates the portfolio approach Sosland uses across food verticals.
• Dairy Processing (Sosland Publishing): Another Sosland sister title focused on dairy processing manufacturers and suppliers. Comparable in audience (food industry decision-makers), editorial cadence, and multi-channel monetization strategy.
• Food Processing (BNP Media): B2B magazine and digital publication serving food and beverage manufacturers with operational and technology coverage. Direct overlap in editorial topics (regulatory, ingredients, processing technology) and advertising-sponsored content monetization.
• Food Dive (Informa / Industry Dive): Digital-first B2B news publication covering food industry executives with daily news, newsletters, and events. Competes for the same executive readership and advertising demand from CPG suppliers under a larger media group.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/foodbiznews
• Facebookfacebook.com/FoodBizNews
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/foodbusinessnews

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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