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HEINEKEN has agreed a new five-year contract with Ulster Rugby meaning HEINEKEN will be official Pouring Rights Partner at Kingspan
Bord Bia and major Irish food exporters travel to Shanghai this week to participate at the SIAL China Food Fair,
Frutarom adds Hollandaise and Gratin sauce to its Lucullus portfolio, offering a combination of convenient cooking solutions with homemade taste
Beam Suntory, the world’s third largest premium spirits company, has announced that it will simplify its regional structure by merging
Frederik Lotz (pictured), Executive Vice President and Chief Finance Officer of Arla Foods, has decided to accept a position as
UK convenience food and poultry processor 2 Sisters Food Group has committed to removing from its poultry production all antibiotics
Stock Spirits Group, a leading spirits business in Central and Eastern Europe, has announced that Jack Keenan will step down
Mushroom risotto, potato gratin and curry soup: the diet that is fuelling the Solar Impulse pilots attempting to become the
Lycored has highlighted the importance of keeping things simple when developing and marketing nutrition products to consumers. The company, which
Bühler Aeroglide, a global leader in thermal process engineering and technology for food, feed, and industrial materials, has announced Andy
Norwegian food group Orkla has signed an agreement with PepsiCo to become the primary go-to-market partner for PepsiCo’s juice, cereals,
Carlsberg Group has completed the merger of its Greek subsidiary, Mythos, and Olympic Brewery, the third largest brewer in Greece,
Support for innovative agro-food businesses, international publicity and efficiency in exchanging knowledge were the key topics discussed when Irish Agriculture
Individual product packaging and labelling is getting more and more important. Unfortunately small and mid-sized wineries and wine importers don’t have the
A coordination centre run by Eurojust (European Union’s Judicial Cooperation Unit) and led by the French Desk has succeeded in
An Ayrshire-based family butcher business has launched its innovative Single Portion Pie range into all 62 Asda stores across Scotland.
NutraMara – the Marine Functional Foods Research Initiative – is a research programme for marine based functional food development which
Changing food habits, lack of physical activity, and the rise in the number of people in sedentary jobs has increased
Carlsberg Group has announced a new collaboration between Carlsberg Group company, Ringnes, in Norway, and the renowned Brooklyn Brewery of
Volume consumption of hot cereals in Germany jumped from 40,000 tonnes in 2011 to 52,000 in 2014. The retail market
The European Commission has approved 41 new programmes to promote agricultural products in the EU and on third country markets,
This year, Absolut looks to the future and makes a new mark by introducing a freshly redesigned bottle – an
The joint venture between Arla Foods and the DMK Group – called ArNoCo – has entered a new stage as
Swiss dairy group Emmi continues to expect markedly negative currency effects and a further organic decline in sales for the
Allied Bakeries, part of Associated British Foods, has completed its £210 million capital investment programme designed to create a state-of-the-art
Pepsi® is putting creative control of its most iconic brand equity, the Pepsi can, in the hands of fans. As
At IPACK-IMA, held at Fieramilano in Milan, Italy, May 19-23, Primera Technology Europe will present its digital label printing solutions to
Erling Pedersen, who has been working at Logitrans through the last 46 years and through most of them as President,
The Danish manufacturer of material handling equipment, Logitrans A/S, celebrates its 75 years anniversary on 1 May 2015. Logitrans was
Initiative now has more than 350 sponsors from business, NGOs and research. With the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
Ahrensburg, April 2015 – Frozen foods are everywhere in the convenience category. Frozen ready meals, pizza and snacks are trending
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared the completed acquisition by Pork Farms Caspian of the chilled
Consumer demand for healthier food and beverage products with more functional benefits is growing worldwide, with recent Euromonitor International data
Global food processing equipment manufacturer, JBT has expanded its UK customer service division by recruiting five additional engineers at its
Arla Foods Ingredients has doubled its capacity for producing Alpha-lactalbumin in a bid to meet growing demand from the global
BFree Foods has underlined its reputation as an industry leader by claiming a major prize at The Irish Times InterTradeIreland
Two successful Irish companies ABP Food Group and Good4U shared an exclusive platform on Wednesday morning, 22nd April at the
Leading European packaging company, Færch Plast A/S, with headquarters in Holstebro, Denmark, has further strengthened its position as a significant
Swisslog has acquired a carefully selected portfolio of technologies and employees from Grenzebach Automation GmbH in Karlsruhe, Germany to strengthen
Finnish dairy group Valio is rationalising its head office, production and logistics operations as part of a cost savings programme
After repeatedly exposing misleading pricing practices in the UK grocery sector, Which? has deployed one of its most powerful legal
Royal FrieslandCampina has agreed to sell its Debrecan plant in Hungary to local dairy producer Alfoldi Tej for an undisclosed
Arla Foods, the farmer-owned dairy company, has unveiled Arla Big Milk, the UK’s first fresh milk enriched with essential nutrients
Tetra Pak has launched a range of hot-melt adhesives and lubricants specifically formulated for use with its own filling machines.
Basel, Switzerland, 22 April 2015 – Visitors attending Vitafoods Europe 2015, Geneva, Switzerland, 5-7 May 2015, can expect to hear
Laila’s Fine Foods Ltd is a successful family run business, specialising in authentic, ready prepared meals for both the food
Associated British Foods has reported a 5% fall in adjusted operating profit to £474 million for the 24 weeks ended
Ireland’s largest exporter of dairy products, Ornua Co-operative (formerly the Irish Dairy Board) has delivered a strong financial performance for
First Milk’s new CEO, Mike Gallacher, who replaced Kate Allum in March, has announced a number of changes to the