Why UK emissions goal could up pressure on food companies
Ben Cooper analyses the UK's new goal on greenhouse-gas emissions and the likely impact on food manufacturers.
View ArticleOrior issues assurances on profits amid African swine fever outbreak
Orior provided a trading update in which the Swiss fresh meats and pasta business said it is relatively insulated from the outbreak of African swine fever in China.
View ArticleUK sports nutrition business The Protein Works gets PE backing for MBO
The Protein Works, a sports-nutrition business based in Cheshire in England's north west, has received the backing of a local private-equity firm.
View ArticleFrance-based world food company Haudecoeur acquired by investor Ergon
Paris-based food company Haudecoeur, which specialises in produce from the Middle East, Asia and Africa, has been bought by a Belgian investment business.
View ArticleUnilever brands may need "purpose" to stay in portfolio - CEO
Unilever CEO Alan Jope suggests the consumer-goods giant could offload brands that do not stand for something.
View ArticleBell Food to sell German sausage business to Zur Muhlen amid waning demand
Switzerland's Bell Food Group said it is selling off a meats business in Germany amid declining demand and higher pork prices.
View ArticleEU 'dual quality' study finds nearly third of products at fault
A report from The European Commission, looking into whether food manufacturers are selling goods which differ in quality depending on where they are sold, has been published.
View ArticleThe problems with a 'purpose'-led strategy
Unilever CEO Alan Jope caused a bit of stir last week as the advertising industry headed to the sunny south of France for the annual Cannes Lion advertising exhibition.
View ArticleNew products - Conagra Brands unveils Birds Eye vegetable swap meal range;...
This week's batch of new products includes a Birds Eye vegetable swap meal range from Conagra Brands and a UK 'big four' supermarket listing for Sea Chips' salmon skin crisps.
View ArticleCheese supplier GRH Food goes into administration, putting UK staff out of work
UK-based cheese manufacturer GRH Food Company has gone into administration, putting more than 80 workers out of a job.
View ArticleFonterra sells off stake in whey protein JV to UK's First Milk
A UK dairy cooperative has bought peer Fonterra's stake in a joint venture the two companies set up in 2011.
View ArticleHundreds of jobs set to go as Kerry Foods reveals UK factory closure
Some 900 jobs are likely to go at a Kerry Foods facility in the English Midlands as the site is due to close later this year.
View ArticleOutgoing UK grocery business adjudicator sets out new approach to regulation
The UK government body overseeing the behaviour of the country's large supermarket chains has set out a new compliance strategy.
View ArticleNew products - Danone launches Activia smoothies in the US; Conagra Brands...
This week's batch of new products includes a Birds Eye vegetable swap meal range from Conagra Brands and a UK 'big four' supermarket listing for Sea Chips' salmon skin crisps.
View ArticleShould Europe's food majors make more use of co-manufacturing?
The benefits of co-manufacturing can range from cutting costs to quickening innovation - but larger food companies in Europe use the practice less than peers in North America. Why?
View ArticleZwanenberg Food Group offloads stake in Anur Halal Foods to investment fund
Zwanenberg Food Group has sold a majority stake in Anur Halal Foods to a Netherlands-based investment fund.
View ArticleMeat processor Foyle Food Group to shutter Northern Ireland plant
Foyle Food Group, a meat processor based in Northern Ireland, has announced it is to close its facility at Cookstown, County Tyrone.
View ArticleNestle to adopt Nutri-Score labelling system in continental Europe
Global food giant Nestlé has announced it will adopt the Nutri-Score front-of-pack labelling scheme by the end of this year in European countries that already support it.
View ArticleTesco names 2019 incubator cohort
Tesco, the UK's largest grocer, has unveiled the 2019 intake for the incubator scheme the retailer runs in its domestic market.
View ArticleNatra bidder outlines plan for chocolate maker
The prospective new owners of Natra have given an indication of its plans for the Spain-based supplier of private-label chocolate products.
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