Edible Garden secures private-label beverage deal with major retailer

Edible Garden AG Incorporated, a controlled environment agriculture company, has secured a private-label ready-to-drink protein beverage deal with a major grocery retailer operating over 2,000 stores. The award supports the development of their Webster City, Iowa manufacturing facility, designed for annual production capacity exceeding 100 million beverage units.

Edible Garden CEO Jim Kras praised the validation of their strategy and team. The company is developing their Prairie Hills facility in Webster City using Tetra Pak processing and packaging technologies, aiming to manufacture private-label and branded beverages, including protein-enriched and functional nutrition products. They recently acquired a 6.2-acre property to support this initiative and have equipment planning and facility development underway.

The retailer does not disclose its name nor the financial terms of the deal. Edible Garden operates controlled environment agriculture facilities in Michigan, Iowa, and New Jersey, as well as selling nutrition products across over 6,000 retail locations in the U.S., Caribbean, and South America.