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WWF to speak at Vitafoods Europe

The organisers behind Vitafoods Europe have announced an exciting high profile addition to the speaker line-up at this year’s Supplier

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Beatson Clark Jars Support Future Picklers

Beatson Clark, a leading UK glass packaging manufacturer, is pleased to be supporting the country’s future ‘picklers’ in conjunction with

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Market leader in the production of complete packaging systems, Goglio has production and commercial sites in Europe, America and Asia.

Market leader in the production of complete packaging systems, Goglio has production and commercial sites in Europe, America and Asia.

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COGNEX IN-SIGHT EXPLORER 4.5 OFFERS THE MOST ADVANCED INSPECTION TOOLS AVAILABLE

Cognex Corporation, the world’s leading supplier of machine vision systems, has released a new version of In-Sight® Explorer 4.5 expanding

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Milk Link Starts £4 Million Cheese Expansion

  Milk Link Starts £4 Million Cheese Expansion

UK dairy co-operative Milk Link has commenced work on the first phase of a new production facility at its Cornish

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Record Fall in UK Food Prices

  Record Fall in UK Food Prices

UK prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages fell by 1.4% between February and March this year compared with a rise

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Carlsberg Appoints New Head of Group Supply Chain

  Carlsberg Appoints New Head of Group Supply Chain

Carlsberg has appointed Peter Ernsting as senior vice president, Group Supply Chain, and as a member of Carlsberg’s executive committee.

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Arla Foods to Invest DKr615 Million in Cheese Production

  Arla Foods to Invest DKr615 Million in Cheese Production

Arla Foods is to rationalise its yellow cheese production to counter international competition and declining milk volumes in Sweden. The

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Financial Restructuring at Findus Group

  Financial Restructuring at Findus Group

Findus Group, one of the leading frozen food businesses in Europe with sales over Eur1.3b, is reported to be renegotiating

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Brewery Expansion by SABMiller

  Brewery Expansion by SABMiller

SABMiller is investing an additional $15m in its operations in South Sudan to increase production capacity and build on the

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Univar builds state-of-the-art ‘White Room’

Brussels, Belgium – 12th April 2011 – Univar Inc., a leading global chemical distributor, announced today that it is building a

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Chairman of Arla Foods to Retire

  Chairman of Arla Foods to Retire

Ove Moberg is retiring as chairman of Arla Foods on May 26th. with effect from the next ordinary meeting of

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Bonduelle and Ardo Establish Spanish Joint Venture to Supply Findus

  Bonduelle and Ardo Establish Spanish Joint Venture to Supply Findus

The Ardo and Bonduelle groups are to set up a joint venture to supply frozen vegetables to the Spanish and

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£13.7 Billion Wasted on Dumped Food and Drink in Britain

  £13.7 Billion Wasted on Dumped Food and Drink in Britain

The cost of buying and throwing away good food and drink reached £13.7 billion last year, reveals new analysis by

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Trading figure exceeds expectation for Irish specialist food distributer

Irish multi temperature supply chain, warehousing and logistics specialist, Oakland International, have announced their first full year trading figures and

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Anlit will launch Supplement for Children with Lactium® at VITAFOODS 2011

Anlit Advanced Nutrition, Israel, in close collaboration with Ingredia Nutritional, France, has developed “Sweet Dreams” an advanced supplement format designed

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European Business News – Week ending April 8, 2011

The biggest news story of the week was Diamond Foods’ $2.35 billion (Eur1.6b) takeover of Pringles to triple in scale

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Transitional Year for Irish Dairy Board

  Transitional Year for Irish Dairy Board

Reduced margins at its DPI US speciality food business were behind a sharp drop in EBITA by a third to

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UK Food and Grocery Industry Recovers 115,000 Tonnes of Waste

  UK Food and Grocery Industry Recovers 115,000 Tonnes of Waste

Participants in a scheme run by ECR (Efficient Consumer Response) UK are well on the way to achieving targets set

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Evolva to Expand Nutritional Ingredients Portfolio With Abunda Acquisition

  Evolva to Expand Nutritional Ingredients Portfolio With Abunda Acquisition

Evolva, the Swiss pharmaceutical group, is expanding its innovative nutritional ingredients portfolio with the acquisition of R&D partner Abunda Nutrition,

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Making International Food and Agricultural Production Chains Sustainable

Rabobank and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are entering into a new partnership focused on international food and agriculture chains.

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Boparan Starts Delisting of Northern Foods

  Boparan Starts Delisting of Northern Foods

Boparan Holdings has started the process of delisting Northern Foods’ shares from the London Stock Exchange after its £340m offer

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Cargill Upgrades French Flavours Plant

  Cargill Upgrades French Flavours Plant

Cargill, the US-based food and agriculture group, has made a significant investment in its liquid flavour blending plant at its

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Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard Wins Top Global Spirits Awards

  Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard Wins Top Global Spirits Awards

Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard is celebrating the success of its premium whiskey portfolio after achieving four Double Gold and one

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Private Label Will Control 50% Share of Food Retail Market by 2025

  Private Label Will Control 50% Share of Food Retail Market by 2025

The global market share of private/own label food products is set to double from the current 25% to 50% in

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Diamond Foods Bags Pringles in $2.4 Billion Deal

  Diamond Foods Bags Pringles in $2.4 Billion Deal

US-based snacks group Diamond Foods is acquiring the Pringles business from Procter & Gamble in a deal worth $2.35b. Pringles

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UK Food Inflation Slows Sharply

  UK Food Inflation Slows Sharply

UK food inflation fell to 4.0% in March from 4.5% in February, according to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Index. Non-food inflation

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UK Organic Sales Fall

  UK Organic Sales Fall

Sales of organic products in the UK fell 5.9% to £1.73b in 2010 with the rate of decline slowing significantly

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Carlsberg Embarks on Global Brand Repositioning to Double Profits

  Carlsberg Embarks on Global Brand Repositioning to Double Profits

Carlsberg is investing significantly in repositioning its brand to support its ambition to be the fastest growing global beer company.

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Barry Callebaut Growing Twice as Fast as the Market

  Barry Callebaut Growing Twice as Fast as the Market

Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of high quality cocoa and chocolate products, grew twice as fast as the global

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Greene King Secures New Debt Facility

  Greene King Secures New Debt Facility

Greene King, the UK regional brewer and pub operator, has entered into a new five year £400m revolving credit facility

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Global Premium Bottled Water – A Sparkling Opportunity

  Global Premium Bottled Water – A Sparkling Opportunity

The first ever report on premium bottled water, by specialist consultancy Zenith International, estimates that global sales rose from 9.4

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Record Year For Scotch Whisky Exports

  Record Year For Scotch Whisky Exports

2010 was a record year for Scotch whisky exports with global shipments rising by 10% to reach a value of

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Arla Foods’ Acquisition of Hansa Approved

  Arla Foods’ Acquisition of Hansa Approved

The European Commission has cleared the proposed acquisition of Hansa-Milch by Arla Food. After examining the operations of the two

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Strong Growth By Stocks Spirits Group

  Strong Growth By Stocks Spirits Group

Stock Spirits Group, one of Central Europe’s leading branded spirits and liqueurs businesses, has reported double digit organic revenue and

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Greener Future For Wiseman Farmers

  Greener Future For Wiseman Farmers

Dairy farmers who supply Robert Wiseman Dairies are being offered expert help to reduce their energy costs and improve their

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Exciting innovations revealed at the Holbeach LINKFresh Food Technology Seminar

More than 40 delegates from some of the UK’s leading food manufacturing and distribution companies were captivated during an information

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European Business News – Week ending April 1, 2011

AG Barr’s strong annual results confirm the resilience of the UK soft drinks market, which was highlighted by Britvic in

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Nestle Opens €117 Million Infant Formula Factory

  Nestle Opens €117 Million Infant Formula Factory

Nestle has opened a new Eur117m factory in Germany dedicated to producing hypoallergenic (HA) infant formula. As an extension of

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Diageo to Expand Islay Distillery

  Diageo to Expand Islay Distillery

Diageo, the world’s largest producer of Scotch whisky, is to invest £3.5m to expand and upgrade its Caol Ila distillery

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Adnams Looks to the Future

  Adnams Looks to the Future

After recovering strongly in the second half, English regional brewer and pub company Adnams has reported a 1.5% slip in

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Dairy Crest to Embark on Further £20 Million Cost Reduction Programme

  Dairy Crest to Embark on Further £20 Million Cost Reduction Programme

Dairy Crest is planning a further £20m cost reduction programme for its next financial year to help offset increasing input

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Diversity of Design Showcased by Beatson Clark

Leading glass-packaging manufacturer, Beatson Clark showcased its diverse range of products to an excited audience at two recent industry exhibitions. 

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Cater Link wins the Primary Education 2011 Healthy Schools’ Caterer competition with California Raisins

All the entries for the 2011 Healthy Schools’ Caterer competition have now been judged and Cater Link has been chosen

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Packaging Reduction Tastes ‘Sweet’

  Packaging Reduction Tastes ‘Sweet’

National Flexible, the Yorkshire-based film specialist, has provided a cost-effective packaging solution for Apollo Snacks – one of London’s leading

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Irish Retail and Wholesale Seminar Unlocks UK Export Opportunities

  Irish Retail and Wholesale Seminar Unlocks UK Export Opportunities

The second in a series of successful seminars focusing on the UK retail and wholesale market, aimed at Irish food

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ACCESS SECURES EXPANSION CAPITAL IN £50 MILLION DEAL WITH LYCEUM

Market-leading provider of business management and accounting software, Access, is set to execute a rapid expansion strategy after securing a

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Diageo Brands Continue to Lead Impact Top 100 Premium Spirits List

  Diageo Brands Continue to Lead Impact Top 100 Premium Spirits List

In the latest Impact Databank Top 100 ranking, Diageo has retained eight spirit brands among the top 20 premium spirits

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Taste is More Important Than Price When Shopping For Fruit

  Taste is More Important Than Price When Shopping For Fruit

New research shows that flavour and taste remain the most important factors to British shoppers when buying fruit, and the

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Sales Down at The Real Good Food Company

With its Napier Brown sugar distribution business recording an operating loss, The Real Good Food Company has reported flat group

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