Having rejected a €734 million takeover offer from Elliott Management, a US hedge fund, the board of ARYZTA, the global speciality bakery group based in Switzerland, has decided to focus on the European and APAC markets and to dispose of the businesses in both North America and Latin America. The proceeds will be used to…

Royal A-Ware, the Dutch family-owned dairy company, plans to take over the milk powder production towers at Aalter in Belgium from FrieslandCampina. These milk powder towers have a production capacity of approximately 45,000 tons of milk powder.

Heineken has announced the appointment of David Flochel as Managing Director of its UK operations. David Flochel joins Heineken UK, which is Britain’s leading pubs, cider and beer business, from the Selecta Group, Europe’s leading unattended self-service retailer, providing coffee and convenience food solutions in the workplace and in public spaces and serving over 10…

FrieslandCampina will restructure its cheese packaging activities and intends to close its location at Genk in Belgium. The intended closure will lead to 211 job losses. The employees involved have been informed about the plan.

Britvic has appointed Sudeep Shetty as Group Chief Information Officer as the UK-based soft drinks group embarks on strategic investment in technology to transform the business and its supply chain. Sudeep Shetty’s Britvic experience, where he has been Chief Technology Officer for two years, combined with extensive retail and consumer-facing expertise amassed from previously held…

GPF Capital has closed a private equity investment in Frugarva by integrating the Spanish business into its citrus holding The Natural Fruit Company. Frugarva, founded in Murcia in 1965, is one of the leading companies in Spain in the production, processing and distribution of lemons and pomegranates. With its 51,000 sq m of facilities located…

Loryma, an expert in wheat-based ingredients, has opened the doors to its modern and versatile new test laboratory at its headquarters in Zwingenberg, near Frankfurt in Germany. New functional wheat-based components and applications are developed on site, alongside the optimisation of customer products and training sessions.

Ifac, Ireland’s farming, food and agribusiness professional services firm, and Reliance Automation have joined forces to support Irish food businesses considering automation. Recent advances in technology mean robotic automation is now more accessible, cost-effective and safe, and less complicated than in the past. The automation opportunities that now exist can enhance businesses of all sizes; cobots…