PepsiCo has developed the world’s first PET plastic bottle made entirely from plant-based, fully renewable resources, enabling the company to manufacture a beverage container with a significantly reduced carbon footprint.
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McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland, which employs nearly 4,000 people, increased its exports of Irish beef to Eur110m in 2010, up from Eur80m in 2007. The restaurant business sources all of
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company has appointed Dimitris Lois to succeed Doros Constantinou, who will be retiring as the group’s chief executive later this year. To ensure a seamless transition the
Boparan Holdings, which incorporates the 2 Sisters poultry group, now controls 70% of Northern Foods, one of the UK’s leading convenience food processors, following its £342m cash offer. Boparan has acquired, agreed to acquire
Benefiting from improving consumer sentiment across its domestic and international markets, Swiss premium chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprungli has reported a 25.3% jump in net profit to SFr241.9m (Eur189m) for
UK liquid milk specialist Robert Wiseman Dairies has won a new two-year contract to supply The Co-operative, the UK’s fifth biggest food retailer. Robert Wiseman Dairies currently supplies around 75%
Raisio, the Finnish foods and functional food ingredients manufacturer famous for its Benecol brand, and Danish DLA Group have signed a co-operation agreement to coordinate their procurement activities in several
The gluten and wheat free market in the UK is continuing to show strong growth. Latest Kantar Worldpanel data (52 w/e 26 December 2010), commissioned by gluten free brand leader
Helped by strategic acquisitions, Aryzta, the Switzerland-based international speciality bakery group, increased EBITA by 52% to Eur173.1m on revenue up by 36% to Eur1.89b for the first six months ended
More than a quarter (27%) of UK food and grocery manufacturers say they would consider building their own e-stores in the future in a bid to engage directly with shoppers
UK-based soft drinks group Nichols increased profit before tax (pre-exceptional) by 23% to £15.1m on sales up 16% to £83.9m for the year ended December 31st 2010. Nichols’ brand portfolio
Major contract wins have helped K3 AX, part of the K3 Business Technology Group plc, one of Microsoft’s top 60 global partners, to post an impressive set of first half
Exports of UK food and non-alcoholic drinks grew for the sixth consecutive year in 2010 to pass the £10b mark for the first time ever. UK food and drink export
Heineken has reached another important milestone in Mexico, the world’s fourth largest beer profit pool and a market that is expected to show ongoing incremental volume growth in the coming
BrewDog, Scotland’s largest independent brewery, has officially announced the launch of its flagship beer, Punk IPA, in cans. Punk IPA will be the only craft beer available in cans in
The pork pie and scotch egg brand leader, Pork Farms, have renewed their contract with multi temperature supply chain specialist, Oakland International, increasing product volume in excess of 30,000 case
Cooley Distillery’s 15 Year Old Single Grain Whiskey Greenore has been named World Best Single Grain Whiskey for the third consecutive year at the World Whiskies Awards in London. Over
Sugar, starch and fruit group Agrana is investing Eur56m in building a starch factory for the production of wheat starch and gluten at the site of its bioethanol plant in
Greencore has announced that it does not intend to make a revised offer for Northern Foods. Greencore had initially proposed an all-share merger of equals between two of the leading
Following completion of its £205m acquisition the meat-free business of Premier Foods, Exponent Private Equity has announced the creation of a new international food company, Quorn Foods. Headquartered in Stokesley,
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published a list of every foreign manufacturer that has had a shipment refused entry to the US since October 2001. In
Astarta, the biggest producer of sugar and industrial milk in Ukraine, has entered a joint venture for the production and processing of milk with Danone, the world leader in dairy
The latest grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 20th February 2011, show that the market
SABMiller will invest over $100m in building a new greenfield brewery in Onitsha, in South Eastern Nigeria. The Anambra State
Kellogg is helping fund sustainable palm oil production through purchasing GreenPalm certificates covering 100% of its global palm oil use.
Health and safety is a vital part of any business, but when it comes to food manufacture and processing,
Solarsoft Business Systems (“Solarsoft”), the UK’s leading developer and provider of ERP and business software solutions for food and drink
Dairy co-operatives Arla Foods of Scandinavia and Hansa-Milch Mecklenburg-Holstein of Germany are set to merge. A merger plan put forward
Boparan Holdings, headed by chicken business entrepreneur Ranjit Singh Boparan, now controls more than a third of Northern Foods, the
Nampak Plastics Europe has officially opened its bottling facility in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, following investment of £3.2m investment. Plans for
Ilapak is demonstrating a number of cutting edge technological innovations at Interpack this year, including its revolutionary Ultrasonic sealing
Buoyed by improved global dairy markets and good demand in key nutritionals sectors, Glanbia, the global nutritional solutions and cheese
Chinese food conglomerate Bright Food Group is reported to be in pole position in the race to acquire PAI Partners’
French co-operative Agrial has strengthened its milk business by acquiring a minority stake in Delicelait, a producer of dairy ingredients,
HACCP International has endorsed Activeion and its ionator EXPä as a tool recommended for use in food facilities as part
Tesco has launched a £200m campaign to lower prices on more than 1,000 everyday items – from fruit and vegetables
UK sales of Fairtrade products soared by 40% in 2010 to an estimated retail value of £1.17b compared with £836m
Devro, the world’s leading manufacturer of collagen products for the food industry, has reported a 39.4% increase in operating profit
While soy milk continues to dominate the growing dairy-free market in most countries of the world, there are signs that
Austrian group Agrana is to invest Eur27.6m to expand its Russian fruit preparation plant at Serpuchov over the next five
Most British shoppers are expecting food prices to rise and are actively seeking out value in order to deal with
Contrary to what might be expected during the recession, Fairtrade sales continue to grow in Ireland. In 2010 consumer spending
According to the latest glass recycling estimates – published one year ahead of the official Eurostat data – more than
The continuing rise in raw material costs was again highlighted during the past week when Britvic, the second biggest soft
Kinnerton Confectionery, the largest independent company in the confectionery novelties industry, relies on GGR Communications for their communications infrastructure. Operating
Britvic, the second biggest soft drinks manufacturer in the UK and Ireland, has cautioned that escalating input cost inflation, particularly
Blackpool-based Tangerine Confectionery, the largest British manufacturer of sugar confectionery and branded popcorn in the UK, is reported to be
The Coca-Cola Company and HJ Heinz have announced a strategic partnership that enables Heinz to produce its ketchup bottles using
Norway-based Orkla Brands has decided to merge its Russian chocolate and confectionery companies – Krupskaya and SladCo – into one
Campina, owned by Dutch dairy co-operative Royal FrieslandCampina, was once again the biggest selling A-brand in Dutch supermarkets in 2010.
The Cornish Pasty Association has received Protected Geographical Indication status for its world famous pasty. The decision from the European
Dairy products company Adams Foods is achieving impressive carbon performance at its new factory at Leek in Staffordshire, England, thanks to combined
As part of its expansion strategy to increase turnover to $100m by 2012, CJSC Landrin, one of the largest chocolate
2010 has been a year of expansion for Arla Foods following a period of restructuring and cost reduction in 2009.
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