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Changing Consumer Tastes Drive Long-term Global Sugar Market Slowdown

    Changing Consumer Tastes Drive Long-term Global Sugar Market Slowdown

The consumers’ shift away from sugar consumption is an important driver behind significant changes in the food and beverage industry. These changes will have long-term ramifications, including a likely slowdown

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How is the Rise of E-Commerce Changing the Role of Physical Stores?

    How is the Rise of E-Commerce Changing the Role of Physical Stores?

The rise of the internet has allowed retailers to directly connect with consumers from beyond the physical store revolutionising the competitive space more than ever. The world recently saw the

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SPX FLOW Appoints Pierre Sbabo as Vice President, Food and Beverage in EMEA

    SPX FLOW Appoints Pierre Sbabo as Vice President, Food and Beverage in EMEA

SPX FLOW has announced the appointment of Pierre Sbabo as the Vice President of its Food and Beverage business in EMEA. He comes from a strong background in the water and

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Younger British Consumers Turn Over a New Leaf on Tea

    Younger British Consumers Turn Over a New Leaf on Tea

New research from Mintel reveals that as many as 37% of British consumers aged 25-34 have drunk 5-6 different types of tea at home or in the workplace over the past

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Irish Consumer Confidence Hits New High

    Irish Consumer Confidence Hits New High

Consumer confidence in Ireland has hit its highest level since the recession and is now the fourth most confident country in Europe, according to the latest Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer

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Fifth Acquisition For Frutarom in 2017

    Fifth Acquisition For Frutarom in 2017

Frutarom Industries, one of the world’s 10 largest companies in the field of flavours and natural specialty fine ingredients, continues its momentum of acquisitions and the implementation of its rapid

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Market-leading Food Contact Conference, Plastics & Paper in Contact with Food – 4-7 December, Berlin

    Market-leading Food Contact Conference, Plastics & Paper in Contact with Food – 4-7 December, Berlin

Over 200 experts from across the food contact industry will come together in Berlin, Germany from 4–7 December 2017 to attend Smithers Pira’s Plastics & Paper in Contact with Foodstuffs

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Croxsons’ Stunning Black Bottle For 6 O’Clock Gin’s Limited Edition Debut

    Croxsons’ Stunning Black Bottle For 6 O’Clock Gin’s Limited Edition Debut

Leading glass packaging company Croxsons has supplied Bristol based distiller, 6 O’Clock Gin, with a stunning black bottle for their first limited edition gin product – the Brunel Edition. Since Bramley

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Carlsberg Group Remains on Course

    Carlsberg Group Remains on Course

Carlsberg Group has announced organic and reported net revenue growth of 2% to DKr31.77 billion (€4.27 billion) for the first half of 2017 although group beer volumes fell organically by

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UK Food-to-go Market to Reach £23.5 Billion by 2022

    UK Food-to-go Market to Reach £23.5 Billion by 2022

The UK’s food-to-go sector is in rude health and will be worth £23.5 billion by 2022, up from £17.4 billion in 2017, according to IGD, as shoppers’ preference for eating

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Irish Food Companies Encouraged to ‘Think Digital’ and Maximise Online Retail Opportunity

    Irish Food Companies Encouraged to ‘Think Digital’ and Maximise Online Retail Opportunity

Bord Bia has announced a partnership with the Digital Marketing Institute to offer Irish food and drink companies an opportunity to grow and develop their online presence with a view

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Norwegians Sceptical About Ready-to-eat Food

    Norwegians Sceptical About Ready-to-eat Food

Around 40% of Norwegian consumers agree with the statement that industrially produced food is unhealthy, according to the results of a survey conducted by Kantar TNS on behalf of Orkla.

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Mandatory CCTV in All Slaughterhouses Under New Animal Welfare Plans

    Mandatory CCTV in All Slaughterhouses Under New Animal Welfare Plans

CCTV will be mandatory in all slaughterhouses in England under new plans recently announced by Environment Secretary Michael Gove, as he outlined a series of measures to cement the UK’s

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£3.7 Billion Worth of Discounts Disappear From UK Supermarket Shelves as Promotions Fall to Lowest Levels in 10 Years

    £3.7 Billion Worth of Discounts Disappear From UK Supermarket Shelves as Promotions Fall to Lowest Levels in 10 Years

The pressure on UK retailers to be more transparent in their pricing has seen the number of trade promotions fall to their lowest levels for 10 years, and in 2017,

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Whisky, Tequila and Gin to Drive Global Spirits Category Growth to 2021

    Whisky, Tequila and Gin to Drive Global Spirits Category Growth to 2021

Just released data from the IWSR 2017-2021 Forecast suggests global volumes of whisky, gin and tequila are expected to make gains of 55.2m, 7.1m and 5.8m nine-litre cases respectively over the next

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Huge Export Win to China For UK Food Producers

    Huge Export Win to China For UK Food Producers

A new export deal with China will bring a £200 million boost to the UK food industry and support 1,500 jobs. Taking advantage of the growing demand for UK and

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CSM Bakery Solutions Closes Sale of BakeMark Business

    CSM Bakery Solutions Closes Sale of BakeMark Business

CSM Bakery Solutions, a global leader in bakery ingredients, products and services, has completed the sale of its BakeMark business to private equity firm Pamplona Capital Management. The sale of

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Needham Coding Ireland to Show Own Brand ‘N’ Series CIJ Printers For the First Time

    Needham Coding Ireland to Show Own Brand ‘N’ Series CIJ Printers For the First Time

Newly established business, County Westmeath-based Needham Coding Ireland Limited, which was formed following a merger between The Needham Group and long-standing Irish distributor, Advanced Coding Solutions (ACS), will be highlighting

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Mars Food Expands its Portfolio With Acquisition

    Mars Food Expands its Portfolio With Acquisition

Mars Food, part of Mars Incorporated, is acquiring Preferred Brands International, a US-based, fully integrated manufacturer and marketer of all-natural, ready-to-heat Indian and Asian food products sold primarily under the

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British Consumers Demand Clarity on Who is Brewing Their Craft Beer

    British Consumers Demand Clarity on Who is Brewing Their Craft Beer

New research shows the majority of British beer drinkers want greater clarity over who is brewing the beer they drink, following an increase in the popularity of craft beer and

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FiE Invites Thought Leaders and Innovative Start-ups to Apply For 2017 Awards

    FiE Invites Thought Leaders and Innovative Start-ups to Apply For 2017 Awards

“Thought Leadership”, the guiding concept for this year’s Food ingredients Europe, is echoed in the 2017 Fi Europe Innovation Awards. With ten newly created categories spanning all industry sectors, the

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Givaudan Announces Exclusive Distribution Partnership With IMCD in Western Europe

    Givaudan Announces Exclusive Distribution Partnership With IMCD in Western Europe

Givaudan has announced an exclusive new distribution partnership with IMCD, a leading distributor of speciality chemicals and food ingredients. The partnership gives more food and beverage manufacturers across Western Europe

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Brooklyn Brewery Chooses Fresh Floor Finish

  Brooklyn Brewery Chooses Fresh Floor Finish

After abandoning plans to build a new $70 million state-of-the-art plant at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in nearby Staten Island,

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Coca-Cola European Partners Increases Full Year Outlook

  Coca-Cola European Partners Increases Full Year Outlook

Coca-Cola European Partners, the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler based on revenue, has increased its full year 2017 outlook after

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Good First Half Performance by Glanbia

  Good First Half Performance by Glanbia

Glanbia plc, the global nutrition group, delivered a good performance in the first half of 2017, driven by its Nutritionals

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Goat’s Milk by Church End is Crowned Champion Beer of Britain

  Goat’s Milk by Church End is Crowned Champion Beer of Britain

A Warwickshire brewery, originally located in an old coffin shop, has won the Campaign for Real Ale’s prestigious Champion Beer

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Dietary Reference Values – Advice on Riboflavin

  Dietary Reference Values – Advice on Riboflavin

EFSA has set dietary reference values for riboflavin (vitamin B2) as part of its review of scientific advice on nutrient

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Foam Modelling Fills a Gap

  Foam Modelling Fills a Gap

The RPC Design team has completed construction on a purpose-built foam modelling studio that will enable its designers to rapidly

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British Consumers Cut Back on Meat

  British Consumers Cut Back on Meat

New research from Mintel finds that over a quarter (28%) of meat eating Brits have reduced or limited their meat

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Unilever to Acquire Australian Ice Cream Business

  Unilever to Acquire Australian Ice Cream Business

Unilever is to acquire Weis, an Australian ice cream business, for an undisclosed sum. Weis is a second-generation ice cream

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Kerry Group Reports Solid First Half Performance

  Kerry Group Reports Solid First Half Performance

Kerry Group, the global taste, nutrition and consumer foods business, has reported a solid underlying business performance for the half

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Arla Foods and McDonald’s Celebrate 30 Year Partnership

  Arla Foods and McDonald’s Celebrate 30 Year Partnership

Working together with McDonald’s, Arla Foods is launching a new co-branded Happy Meal and Arla Organic Milk bottle which will

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Pearlfisher Combines Craftsmanship and Flavour in a Reinvention of Taylors of Harrogate

  Pearlfisher Combines Craftsmanship and Flavour in a Reinvention of Taylors of Harrogate

Taylors of Harrogate, a family business that dates back to 1886, has earned itself a reputation for quality through its

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McDonald’s Plans Rapid Expansion in China

  McDonald’s Plans Rapid Expansion in China

McDonald’s Corporation has announced a major acceleration of its expansion plans in China following the successful completion of a strategic

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AB InBev and Anadolu Efes to Merge Russian and Ukrainian Operations

  AB InBev and Anadolu Efes to Merge Russian and Ukrainian Operations

Anheuser-Busch InBev and Anadolu Efes, the leading brewer in Turkey, have agreed on 50:50 merger of their existing businesses in

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New Research By Action on Sugar Reveals Cereal Manufacturers Are Using Poor Nutrition Labelling

  New Research By Action on Sugar Reveals Cereal Manufacturers Are Using Poor Nutrition Labelling

Leading sugar and health expert group Action on Sugar, based at Queen Mary University of London, is calling for colour-coded

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New Chairman For Premier Foods

  New Chairman For Premier Foods

Premier Foods has appointed Keith Hamill, OBE, as non-executive Chairman to replace David Beever who is stepping down after nine

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KHS Builds Compact Can Filler For Craft Brewers

  KHS Builds Compact Can Filler For Craft Brewers

Craft beers have long established themselves on the world market. The KHS Group is thus now offering a new can

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Subway Opens 2,500th UK Outlet

  Subway Opens 2,500th UK Outlet

The Subway® brand has opened its 2,500th store in the UK at Keynsham, Banes. The new outlet features the new Subway®

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Major Board Changes at Real Good Food

  Major Board Changes at Real Good Food

Real Good Food, the diversified food business, has appointed Harveen Rai as Finance Director and Company Secretary. Harveen Rai replaces

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The International Congress of Meat Science and Technology – August 13-18th, 2017 – Cork

  The International Congress of Meat Science and Technology – August 13-18th, 2017 – Cork

The International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (ICoMST)will take place in the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork on August 13-18th, 2017. The

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KHS and Schubert Supply Swiss Brewery With First Jointly-developed System

  KHS and Schubert Supply Swiss Brewery With First Jointly-developed System

KHS and Schubert have combined their expertise to offer beverage producers a complete and powerful package to fill and pack

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Edina Group Launches New Website

  Edina Group Launches New Website

Edina, a leading supplier, installer and maintenance provider for combined heat and power (CHP), gas, and diesel generation solutions, has

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FoodDrinkEurope Head to Address National Food and Drink Conference & Exhibition in Dublin

  FoodDrinkEurope Head to Address National Food and Drink Conference & Exhibition in Dublin

Mella Frewen, director general of FoodDrinkEurope, has been  confirmed as a keynote speaker at the  National  Food and Drink Conference

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Gruppo Campari Delivers Solid Growth

  Gruppo Campari Delivers Solid Growth

Gruppo Campari has reported a 13.5% increase in first half sales to €844.7 million, reflecting strong organic sales growth of

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Irish Beer Exports Worth €280 Million in 2016

  Irish Beer Exports Worth €280 Million in 2016

The Irish Brewers Association (IBA), the representative voice for the brewing industry in Ireland, has released its 2016 annual Beer

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Poultry Firm Slashes Antibiotic Use Through Holistic Remedies

  Poultry Firm Slashes Antibiotic Use Through Holistic Remedies

Experts in poultry health have helped one of the UK’s largest food businesses to slash its antibiotic usage in the

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Creating New Protein Strategies – Bridge2Food 10th Protein Summit 2017

  Creating New Protein Strategies – Bridge2Food 10th Protein Summit 2017

Protein is in the global spotlight as we strive to meet the nutritional needs of a population set to hit

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Plenty on the Menu at London’s Most Exclusive Packaging Event

  Plenty on the Menu at London’s Most Exclusive Packaging Event

Those working in the food and beverage industry will have masses to see at Packaging Innovations and Luxury Packaging London,

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Operating Margins Under Pressure at Bel Group

  Operating Margins Under Pressure at Bel Group

Bel Group, the French cheese producer, has reported a 14.9% rise in sales to €1.67 billion for the first half

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Vion to Take Over Otto Nocker and Six Meat Markets in Germany

  Vion to Take Over Otto Nocker and Six Meat Markets in Germany

Vion Food Group is about to expand its presence in the Bavarian market by taking over meat and sausage specialist

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New EU School Scheme to Promote Healthy Eating Habits

  New EU School Scheme to Promote Healthy Eating Habits

The new EU scheme for distribution of milk, fruit and vegetables at schools has come into force, ahead of the

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New Pure Dairy Campaign Raises the Bar For Dairy Ingredients

  New Pure Dairy Campaign Raises the Bar For Dairy Ingredients

Arla Foods Ingredients has launched a new campaign called ‘Pure Dairy’ to highlight how its range of Nutrilac® dairy ingredients satisfies

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British Men Shun Social Media For an Old-fashioned Chat Down the Pub

  British Men Shun Social Media For an Old-fashioned Chat Down the Pub

According to new research from Macmillan Cancer Support and charity partner Greene King, when it comes to catching up, men

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