Food & Beverage — Nestlé divests Blue Bottle Coffee to Chinese investor; Ferrara commits $675M to new U.S. candy plant; ADM maps protein source tradeoffs for formulators.

Food & Beverage · 2026-04-24

TODAY'S SIGNAL — Nestlé is actively reshaping its portfolio, shedding Blue Bottle Coffee to Centurium Capital while simultaneously investing in consumer intelligence and cultural marketing for its core U.S. brands. The Blue Bottle sale signals that even premium specialty coffee couldn't deliver the returns Nestlé needed inside a conglomerate structure — and the buyer, a Chinese capital group,…