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A wave of consolidation is reshaping the middle aisles of the grocery store, as conglomerates sell off food brands to focus on their core businesses. Experts say as fewer companies control more of the market, it gets easier for them to raise prices.

Americans aren’t eating as much ice cream as they used to. Producers are leaning into health and regional trends to make up lost ground.

The move, which would see Ben & Jerry’s moved to a stand-alone unit, is part of a corporate restructuring.

Unilever supports social causes, but its shares have underperformed. An investor driven by the bottom line may shake things up.

The consumer-products giant will no longer use the term to describe skin or hair care brands such as Dove, Axe and Vaseline.

Consumers are turning away from the basic black beverage toward more “innovative” brands.

Mission-driven companies are some of the fastest-growing, and giant corporations like Unilever are getting in on the game.

The natural products company faces lawsuits over its ingredients.

Some advantages of being a publicly traded corporation have gone away.