Global food processing equipment manufacture, JBT, has launched the Double D Revodrum® 600 Twin Drum Oven, a compact and versatile two-zone cooking system for a wide range of applications. The
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Moy Park has been recognised for its best in class approach to people development, picking up the IGD John Sainsbury Learning and Development Award at the prestigious IGD Awards 2015.
Morrisons’ new milk brand ‘Morrisons Milk for Farmers’ is now on sale with 23p or 10 pence per litre from every four pint bottle being distributed directly back to dairy
The Irish Whiskey Association has welcomed the official opening of the Connacht Whiskey Company stating that it will be good for jobs, tourism and the local economy in Mayo. The
Nestlé has met one of its nutrition commitments for 2015 with the launch of the Nestlé Healthy Kids Programme in Jordan. It marks the 80th country the programme has reached.
USA-based Welch’s is to sell its Concord grape juice concentrate on the European mainland for the first time, giving beverage companies the chance to harness its one-of-a-kind taste and natural
The board of SABMiller has accepted the key terms of a possible recommended offer to be made by AB InBev of £44.00 per share in cash, with a partial share
Cargill is ushering in a new era in meeting the world’s demand for protein with the completion of its acquisition of EWOS, a global leader in salmon nutrition, for €1.35
Tesco has become the first UK supermarket to offer an immediate price match at tills, guaranteeing to customers they will never pay more for their branded shop compared with other
A dream to bring pure pot still Irish whiskey back to the West of Ireland after an absence of over 100 years has taken its first official step when The
The hemicellulose sugars of barley straw can be effectively fermented into biobutanol, when starch is added during the pre-treatment or fermentation process, shows a new University of Eastern Finland study.
Clearwater Seafoods, one of North America’s largest vertically integrated seafood companies, has entered into an agreement with the Beaton Family and Change Capital Partners, the private equity fund, to acquire
Carlsberg Group has announced a change in leadership for Carlsberg UK following the departure of chief executive James Lousada. He is succeeded on an interim basis by Michiel J Herkemij.
Nestlé South Africa is launching a new line of Maggi noodles containing the green leafy vegetable ‘morogo’, which is being commercialised for the first time ever as a result of
A food waste reduction initiative run by the Produce World Group has received industry recognition at the Waitrose Way Awards. The awards are designed to recognise Waitrose suppliers’ outstanding efforts
Systems Integration (SI), a software house dedicated to providing solutions for the food processing industry, has announced that its latest customer is Millers of Speyside. The abattoir has invested in Integreater’s
Heineken and Diageo have completed a transaction to bring increased focus to their respective beer businesses and certain licensing arrangements in Jamaica, Malaysia and Singapore and Ghana. The transaction comprises
Scottish bottled water producer Highland Spring Group and Lucozade Ribena Suntory have signed a distribution agreement for the UK market. Independently owned Highland Spring Group has a portfolio of bottled
The European Commission has published a Roadmap on the evaluation of the EU Nutrition and Health Claims legislation. This Roadmap is a first step in the evaluation process and outlines
Building on the recent success of their crowd-sourced apple appeal, Scottish cider company Thistly Cross is now working with a US producer to bring organic JK’s Scrumpy Cider in cans
Allen Coding has announced the addition of Hitachi’s new UX inkjet printer series to its growing portfolio of high performance marking and coding equipment for the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical,
The board of SABMiller has unanimously rejected a revised bid of £42.15 per share in cash from AB InBev on the grounds that it still very substantially undervalues SABMiller, its
Nestlé has entered the global super-premium chocolate category with its almost 200 year old Swiss chocolate brand Cailler. With Amazon
A luxury Irish vodka, unlike any other, has been created by new Irish drinks company, Origin Spirits Ireland. Kalak Vodka
On a 20-acre site on the outskirts of Navan, County Meath, the wheels are in motion to create the Boyne Valley
SternMaid has announced its intention to build a separate production plant in Wittenburg, Germany. On its existing site, the contract
Having already had two private proposals to acquire SABMiller rejected, Anheuser-Busch InBev has now made a revised bid of £42.15
Irish craft beer and cider business, The Rye River Brewing Company, is investing €4 million into a new plant and
Kinsale Gourmet has won the prize for Innovation at this year’s Blas na hÉireann, the Irish Food Awards. The Cork
Molson Coors has reduced its carbon emissions by 6.5% and saved more than £750,000 from the first year of operation
PA have extended their range of tray sealing machines and have developed SkinPAC, the revolutionary pack format for enhanced presentation,
Nestlé and R&R, a leading European ice cream company based in the UK, are in advanced discussions to set up
Diageo has announced that Kathryn Mikells (pictured) is to be appointed Chief Financial Officer based in London, effective 9 November
Irish consumers aged 25 to 45 are more aware of the role lamb production plays in the rural economy and
Nestlé Skin Health is investing SFr54 million (€49 million) in a new skin health products factory in the Brazilian state
Your health is your wealth. This is one of the biggest global trends driving consumers’ shopping behaviour today, as they
Unilever has acquired GROM, the premium Italian gelato business. The first GROM shop was opened in Turin in 2003 by
Kerry Group, the global taste & nutrition and consumer foods group, has opened a new Global Technology & Innovation Centre
Food and beverage companies are looking for sweetener options to satisfy consumer health without sacrificing great taste. Cargill’s answer to
Researchers at the APC Microbiome Institute in University College Cork in Ireland and University of Naples Federico II in Italy
MICRODYN-NADIR, the Germany-based membrane and module manufacturer, has decided to build its second BIO-CEL® production line in the USA following the
Monde Nissin Corporation, one of the leading food consumer goods companies in the Philippines, has agreed to purchase Quorn Foods
Kjeld Johannesen (pictured right), group chief executive of Danish Crown, the Danish meat processing company, for the past 27 years,
Sisters Food Group, one of the UK’s largest food manufacturers, has started up a potato-powered energy plant as a first
From October 5th, customers at all large UK shops will be charged 5p for each single-use carrier bag they use
The sweep-off depalletizer CERTANT from AUTEFA Solutions resolves an ever growing problem for filling plants. Normally, bulk glass bottles are
Since 1983, SAP Italia has operated successfully on an international level in the field of construction of processing plants for
Leading US Drinks firm Brown-Forman Corporation, the owner of the Jack Daniel’s, Southern Comfort and Woodford Reserve brands, has started
PepsiCo has announced that its environmental sustainability programs saved the company more than $375 million since its goals were established
PM Group, the international project delivery specialists headquartered in Ireland, has reported operating profit of €8.97 million for the year
Smurfit Kappa Group, one of the world’s largest integrated manufacturers of paper-based packaging products with operations in Europe and the
Changing markets require lines for liquids to become ever-more flexible and faster. But at the same time, it’s hard to
Zurich-based ARYZTA has completed its transformation to a business fully focused on speciality food following completion of the disposal of
Mondelēz International’s first ‘made-in-Russia’ Oreo biscuits are reaching Russian stores after the company upgraded a manufacturing line at its Sobinka
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