Danone has announced the successful launch of a €1 billion 8-year bond issue. Funds raised will enable Danone to fund its growth and extend the maturity of its debt at
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Cargill will be implementing a phased investment plan to focus its UK poultry business on the retail sector and key partners in food service. Over the next 24 -36 months,
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The average UK household throws away the equivalent of six meals every week, costing the nation £12.5 billion a year, or almost £60 a month to the average family, despite
Cargill has celebrated the fifth anniversary of its cocoa processing operations in Ghana by reaffirming its support to growing and developing the country’s cocoa sector. As part of its continued
Royal Wessanen, the European healthy and sustainable food group, has announced that Piet Hein Merckens (pictured) will not be nominated for a second term as CEO and member of the
Vitafoods Europe, the leading ingredients and raw materials event for the nutraceutical and functional food and drink industries, is inviting leading experts from around the world to submit papers for
Nestlé has pledged to accelerate the reduction of salt across all its food brands worldwide to support a World Health Organization salt target of no more than 5g of salt
While the Western European chocolate confectionery market reached a sweet £19 billion in 2012, it looks like it is Germans who have the sweetest tooth in Europe. Indeed, according to
Associated British Foods, the UK-based diversified international food, ingredients and retail group, has reported a 25% increase in operating profit to £1.093 billion and a 15% rise in profit before
The European Commission has welcomed the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) rule announcement to bring the US legislation in line with international standards for BSE. This will mean that
Former Florette chief executive Mark Newton (pictured) has set out ambitious plans for growth after taking over as managing director of the snack salad and vegetable specialist Freshtime UK. Mark Newton
Google has released Android KitKat, the latest version of its Android mobile operating system, named after Nestlé’s popular confectionery brand. The branding partnership – one of the biggest technology and
This year, the Coca-Cola Company impressively demonstrated the strong need for personalized consumer products with their immensely popular “Share a Coke” campaign. Consumers like to experience a personal relationship with
The new OCME DryBlock® was presented to visitors attending the Drinktec 2013 exhibition. The DryBlock® system is a new way to design, build and manage the whole end of a
Castello®, Arla’s global premium cheese brand, has officially opened its first pop-up store in The Netherlands. The purpose of this colourful ‘experience store’ is to take consumers on a unique
UK grocery retailer Morrisons is launching a new scheme that will apply the latest thinking on bovine genetics with the aim of helping to better utilise beef from the dairy herd.
Kerry Group, the global ingredients & flavours and consumer foods group, has formally opened a new Regional Development & Application Centre in Dubai, UAE, to serve its global and regional
Cargill’s cocoa & chocolate business has been named as one of just three companies in the running for Best Sustainability Initiative at the forthcoming Food Ingredients Europe Excellence Awards 2013.
With its new super centrifuge for drying salad, Food Technology Noord-Oost Nederland BV (FTNON) has been awarded second place for the Food Valley Award 2013. The Food Valley Award is
Adams Foods, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of cheese, and First Milk, the largest British farmer-owned dairy co-operative, have entered into a long term strategic partnership. The partnership will
International dairy group FrieslandCampina is restructuring its operations in the Netherlands, resulting in the closure of two factories. In line with its route2020 strategy, FrieslandCampina has invested about Eur600 million
United Biscuits has agreed to purchase all the assets of the Rana Confectionery Products business in the Kingdom of Saudi
Helped by improved trading performances in its domestic markets in the second quarter, C&C Group, the Irish and UK branded
The Coca-Cola Company and its system bottling partner Coca-Cola HBC have inaugurated a new €22 million bottling line in Ploiesti,
Anterra Capital has announced the launch of its new growth capital fund investing in innovative companies that will make the
Heineken has extended its sponsorship with the UEFA Champions League. The new agreement, means that Heineken, the leading international, premium
The Irish Dairy Board is to invest €20 million in Saudi Arabia, including the acquisition of a 75% interest in
The Carlsberg Foundation is seeking to change its Charter to allow it to reduce its stake in the Carlsberg Group.
Nestlé is investing SFr26 million (Eur21 million) at its ice cream factory in Egypt, which is one of the company’s
The Coca-Cola Company has opened a new bottling plant as part of a planned US$4 billion investment in China over
UK grocery retailer Morrisons will become the first meat processor to log the identity of each lamb that passes through
Arla Foods Ingredients has launched Nutrilac® Hi-Pro Improvers, a range of functional milk proteins that boost protein levels in dairy
Danone and The Abraaj Group, a leading investor operating in growth markets, have agreed to jointly acquire Fan Milk International.
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has reported that business optimism amongst UK food and drink manufacturers has reached the
Latest figures by IGD ShopperVista reveal that almost a third of UK shoppers (30%) – up from 6% in 2010
Heineken, the UK’s leading cider and beer business, continues to gain cider sales with latest total trade data showing that
Marks & Spencer has announced further details of its specialist food retailer strategy with the news of a significant expansion
The WWF has welcomed the decision by the European Parliament to oppose the reintroduction of subsidies for the building of
Armor Protéines, a subsidary of the French dairy group Bongrain, has introduced a new product – Vitalarmor® H80 LB, a
Carlsberg Group has commenced construction of the first international brewery in Myanmar. The brewery will be located on a 54
A 2% organic decline in group beer volume to 52.8 million hectolitres in its third quarter, primarily driven by market
Cargill has established the first business skills program for cocoa farmer co-operative executives in Côte d’Ivoire with the launch of
Nestlé is continuing to boost growth in Europe by opening a new SFr73 million (Eur59 million) Maggi factory in Russia.
The latest UK grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 13 October 2013, show a further step
How do consumers balance the scales between promised benefits and potential risks from novel food technologies? This was one of
The-new FrieslandCampina Innovation Centre in Wageningen has obtained the three-star New Buildings Certificate. The three stars stand for ‘very good’
Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli Group has strengthened its top level management with immediate effect. Andreas Pfluger, former member
Tesco has unveiled new food waste figures for its operations and supply chain, alongside figures that show 68 per cent
Consumer demand for natural food ingredients, functional foods, among other trends are growing and forcing manufacturers to continuously develop and
Nestlé has announced it will achieve zero waste in all of its 150 European factories by 2020. This means that
The food and beverage industry typically uses a large volume of water, yielding large amounts of wastewater, adding financial and
Pizza Hut Restaurants has started a £60 million investment programme, the largest the brand has ever undertaken in the UK.
Carlsberg has broken ground on a 10 million hectolitre (hl) greenfield brewery at Dali in China. The project marks an important milestone
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