Mars to use renewable energy to power UK plants
Mars Inc has announced it will use only renewable energy to power its UK plants.
View ArticleOrkla reverses plan to close two Norway plants
Orkla has announced it is no longer pressing forward with plans to restructure operations at its plants in Rygge in Norway.
View ArticleHochwald Foods to sell sausage business
Hochwald Foods has announced the sale of its canned-sausage and sausage product making subsidiary in Germany to entrepreneur Maximilian Tönnies.
View ArticleHow Oxfam rates food majors on worker issues in their supply chains - and how...
Three of the seven issues on which Oxfam's Behind the Brands campaign rates the world's ten largest food and drinks companies relate directly to wages, workers' rights and working conditions in their...
View ArticleFrance to trial four nutritional labelling codes this autumn
France's Ministry of Health has announced that three-month trials will take place in selected supermarkets this autumn on four nutritional labelling codes.
View ArticleDanish Crown's Tulip kicks off recruitment drive at King's Lynn site
Danish Crown's UK arm Tulip has announced it is creating 100 jobs at its King Lynn site in Norfolk.
View ArticleHigher seafood prices boost Leroy Seafood Q1 profits
Leroy Seafood has benefited from higher prices in the quarter for seafood, allowing it to report an increase in profit.
View ArticleHow Oxfam rates food majors on worker issues in their supply chains - and how...
Three of the seven issues on which Oxfam's Behind the Brands campaign rates the world's ten largest food and drinks companies relate directly to wages, workers' rights and working conditions in their...
View ArticleMarine Harvest rides wave of "record-high" prices
Marine Harvest, the Norway-based seafood group, booked higher first-quarter sales and earnings on the back of buoyant prices in Europe and Asia.
View ArticleBakkavor to increase investments as earnings grow
Private-label group Bakkavor has indicated it will "accelerate" its capital investment programme having booked higher earnings for the first quarter of the year.
View ArticleBrussels coy over beef's position in EU, Mercosur trade talks
The European Commission has refused to say whether beef has been ruled out of the proposed trade deal with South America.
View ArticleApetit Q1 losses narrow, promises FY underlying profits will grow
Apetit, the Finnish frozen food group, has insisted it will improve its operational profitability in the second half of the year, after posting losses - albeit narrower year-on-year - in the first...
View ArticleBel Q1 sales boosted by business outside Europe
Bel, the France-based cheese group behind The Laughing Cow and Boursin, saw its sales rise in the first quarter of 2016, helped by its operations outside Europe.
View ArticleTesco claims UK "first" with avocado spread
UK supermarket Tesco has launched an avocado spread on the market.
View ArticleCranswick olive brand Bodega makes grain salad, antipasti debut
Bodega, the olive business that is part of Cranswick's continental fine foods division, has announced the launch of a grain salad range and a selection platter in the UK.
View ArticleFood industry quotes of the week - US FDA to review nutrient claims, Dean...
US snack bar maker Kind has persuaded the country's regulator to reverse its decision to stop the company from using the word 'healthy' on its packaging, it emerged this week, with the Food and Drug...
View ArticleGlanbia confirms plans to axe jobs at Ireland site
Glanbia has confirmed jobs are to go at a plant in Co. Kildare in the east of Ireland.
View ArticleNestle invests in speciality formula production
Nestle has detailed plans to invest EUR80m (US$90.7m) in its infant nutrition facility in the Dutch town of Nunspeet, where it will begin producing speciality infant formula for babies with allergies.
View ArticleUK ban on advertising unhealthy food to children mooted
An extension of the restrictions on advertising unhealthy food to children on UK television to non-broadcast media has been proposed by the country's self-regulatory body, the Committee of Advertising...
View ArticlePodravka stake no longer "strategic" - Croatian government
The Croatian government has deemed its stakes in eight domestic companies, including food group Podravka, as no longer strategic to the country.
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