Agrokor set for cash injection, says restructuring chief
Six banks have "expressed readiness" to pump new finance into Croatia's indebted food manufacturer and retailer Agrokor with an initial fresh loan of up to EUR150m (US$160m), the group's...
View ArticleUK bakery Honeyrose goes gluten-free
UK conventional and organic baker Honeyrose Bakery has become a dedicated gluten-free brand and has unveiled a range of new products, with plans to push further into the better-for-you category with...
View ArticleGermany plans new food tender "quotas" to grow organic sector
Germany is set to step up moves to support the organics sector by calling for tender requirements for food supplies to public facilities to including "binding" quotas in favour of organic products.
View ArticleRivington Biscuits put up for sale
UK biscuits manufacturer Rivington Biscuits, part of the Netherlands-based cookies and snacks maker Van Delft, has been put f for sale.
View ArticleCompetition and investment hits Huegli's 2016 result
Intensifying competition in key markets such as Germany and an increase in investment dented Huegli's earnings performance despite higher sales in 2016.
View ArticlePost Holdings 'secures Weetabix' in US$1.76bn deal
Post Holdings has reportedly sealed a deal to acquire UK cereal business Weetabix from its Chinese owners, Bright Foods, for US$1.76bn.
View ArticleItaly plans national origin labelling for rice
The Italian government has released a package of measures designed to protect its hard-pressed rice industry, which would include mandatory country of origin labelling for rice sold in Italy.
View ArticleUpdate - Post Holdings confirms Weetabix deal
Post Holdings, the US group behind breakfast cereal brands Grape Nuts and Honey Bunches of Oats, this morning (18 April) confirmed it has struck a deal to buy UK business Weetabix in a deal worth...
View ArticleMuller launches "shareable" dessert pots in UK
German dairy Müller is launching the company's "first branded shareable dessert" in the UK.
View ArticleMars expands range with Protein Powder launch in UK
Mars is expanding its range of protein-enhanced products in the UK with the launch of a protein powder under its namesake chocolate brand.
View ArticleUK's Hill Biscuits sold in management buy-out
UK private-equity firm LDC announced today (18 April) it had backed a management buyout of Manchester-based Hill Biscuits for an undisclosed sum.
View ArticleBakkavor recruits for Bourne Prepared Produce business
UK-based private-label supplier Bakkavor is creating 100 jobs at its Bourne Prepared Produce business in Lincolnshire.
View ArticleAddo Food Group mum on reported sale to private-equity firm LDC
UK convenience food maker Addo Food Group has declined to comment on reports it is set to be sold to local private-equity firm LDC house in a deal said to be worth GBP100m (US$125.8m).
View ArticleUpdate 2 - Weetabix "opens up M&A opportunities" - Post Holdings
Post Holdings' takeover of Weetabix will provide the US group with more opportunities to make further acquisitions, its president and CEO Rob Vitale said today (18 April) after announcing the GBP1.4bn...
View ArticleAdministrators put UK fish products firm Aquila Processing up for sale
UK fish processing business Aquila Processing has been placed into administration and is being put up for sale.
View ArticleWhitworths owner Equistone puts fruit and nut processor on the block
UK private-equity group Equistone is understood to have put Whitworths, the country's largest supplier of dried fruit, nut and seed products, up for sale.
View ArticleABF hails "excellent progress" in H1
Associated British Foods, the maker of food brands including Kingsmill and Dorset Cereals, said it made "excellent progress" on "all fronts" during the first half of its financial year.
View ArticleABF buys UK sports nutrition firms H5, Reflex Nutrition
Associated British Foods today (19 April) revealed it has acquired UK sports nutrition businesses H5 Ltd and Reflex Nutrition.
View ArticleUpdate - Associated British Foods tapping into "fragmented" sports nutrition...
Associated British Foods believes it can prosper in a "fragmented" sports nutrition sector, a market the UK-based conglomerate has just entered through the acquisitions of two local firms - H5 Ltd and...
View ArticleNissui's Cite Marine in talks to buy French fish peer Halieutis Fish & Co.
Cité Marine, which specialises in private-label, breadcrumb-coated fish products, is in exclusive negotiations to acquire Brittany-based counterpart, Halieutis Fish & Co.
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