With food-to-go taking a bigger bite of grocery markets around the world, Gavin Rothwell, Senior Retail Insight Manager at grocery research organisation IGD, identifies the top five trends he believes
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The board of directors of The Coca-Cola Company has approved the company’s 55th consecutive annual dividend increase, raising the quarterly dividend 6 percent from 35 cents to 37 cents per
The Hain Celestial Group, the US-based organic and natural products company with operations in North America, Europe and India, has announced that one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries has entered into
Reflecting unfavourable currency factors, PepsiCo’s net revenue for 2016 declined by 0.4% to $63.056 billion but organic revenue, which excludes the impacts of foreign exchange translation, structural changes and the
Waitrose and Iceland have been rated as the best UK supermarkets for in-store and online experience respectively, while Marks and Spencer has topped the first ever Which? convenience store satisfaction
Tetra Pak, the world’s leading food processing and packaging solutions company, has announced a €24 million investment in its very first plant for packaging closures in South Asia, East Asia
Heineken has reported a 1.4% increase in revenue to €20.792 billion with net profit (beia) up by €50 million to €2.098 billion, an organic increase of 8.5%, for its 2016
Nestlé has posted a 0.8% increase in sales to SFr89.5 billion (€84 billion) for 2016, with a foreign exchange impact of -1.6% and acquisitions net of divestitures reducing sales by
Danone has reported a 4.5% increase in recurring operating income to €3.02 billion on sales down 2.1% to €21.944 billion for 2016, adversely impacted by negative currency trends in the
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Russian Standard, world’s leading Russian premium vodka, has launched on the Icelandic market through the distribution network of Haugen-Gruppen, a leading importer of wines and spirits in the Nordic region.
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Taiyo, a pioneer in the research and manufacture of functional ingredients for the food, beverage, medical food and pharmaceutical industries, has relocated its storage facility in Germany. The logistics company
ARYZTA, the Zurich-based global food business with a leadership position in speciality bakery, has announced changes to its capital structure along with a strategic review of its investment in joint
Heineken has agreed to acquire Brasil Kirin, one of the largest beer and soft drinks producers in Brazil, from Kirin Holdings of Japan for €664 million. The transaction will transform
University College Cork has named Professor Thia Hennessy as the new Head of the University’s Department of Food Business and Development. The Department, which is part of the Cork University
For the first time at Packaging Innovations, Label&Print and Empack 2017, Campden BRI, the UK’s largest independent food and drink research body, will be hosting a series of intimate and
The success of the preferred supplier partnership between Ishida Europe and Tulip, one of the UK’s leading food processing companies, is ideally demonstrated by the latest installation of Ishida equipment
Reckitt Benckiser Group, the world’s leading consumer health and hygiene company, is acquiring Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, a global leader
Food Union Group, an international group of dairy and ice cream producing companies with a strong market share in Northern
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) and the Scottish Craft Distillers Association (SCDA) have made a commitment to work in partnership
Bord Bia (Irish Food Board) has opened its new office in Warsaw, Poland, from which it aims to drive exports
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Nordic meat group HKScan has reported a fall in both net sales and profits for the year ended 31 December
Carlow Brewing Company, Ireland’s leading craft beer producer, has announced the acquisition of Craigies Cider, and will add the Irish
Rising stars of the food industry saw and tasted the future when they visited the University of Lincoln’s National Centre
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The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of two Cargill oilseed processing facilities by Bunge
Mondelēz International, the US-based global snacking giant, has reported a 12.5% decrease in net revenue to $25.923 billion for 2016,
A new Bord Bia report has revealed that 220 major players in the Irish food, drink and horticulture sector, representing
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The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the €751.4 million acquisition of Fyffes, a leading international grower,
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Focusing on global product innovation and welcoming some of the leading buyers in the industry, The International Food & Drink
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Representatives from the Irish Whiskey Association and the Scotch Whisky Association have held their annual meeting to discuss products, new
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Amazon, Innocent Drinks, Jaguar Land Rover, 2 Sisters Food Group, Mondelēz International, Lucozade Ribena Suntory, Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Marks
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Gruppo Campari is acquiring most of the assets of BULLDOG London Dry Gin, an independently owned brand, for US$55 million
The European Commission has launched the first phase of the modernisation and simplification of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) with
2 Sisters Food Group, the UK’s biggest poultry producer, has made two key appointments as it continues on its transformation
Tetra Pak has pledged that by 2030, the greenhouse gas emissions from its own operations will be at least 40%
Diageo intends to build a US version of Dublin’s popular Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Baltimore County, Maryland. As currently
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