The World Cheese Awards is now open for entry, with producers from across the globe invited to submit their cheese
- €500 million sale of Kerry Dairy Ireland to Kerry Co-Operative Creameries Kerry Group plc has entered into an agreement with Kerry Co-Operative Creameries Limited to sell Kerry Dairy Holdings (Ireland) Limited to the co-op for a total expected consideration of €500...
- Belfast-based Cocktail Keg Company secures £1.2 million of investment to grow its business A Belfast company, which creates the world’s only freshly batched cocktails, has attracted £1.2 million in funding to grow its business from the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland (IFNI), managed...
- Blackburn cupcake manufacturer secures grants from UK adoption programme to digitalise A cupcake manufacturer is among 23 more to secure backing from Made Smarter, the movement accelerating the digital transformation among SME manufacturers in the UK. Cupcakes By Sophia, based in...
- Nestlé introduces culinary innovations focusing on protein Nestlé is expanding its culinary portfolio with high protein products across key geographies. This includes solutions developed to meet specific nutritional needs under new brands, as well as the continuous...
- ALDI announces new €24 million contract extension with Manor Farm ALDI Ireland has signed a contract extension with poultry producer Manor Farm for a further year, worth €24 million to the supplier. Manor Farm, a prominent producer of Irish chicken...
The European Specialist Sports Nutrition Alliance (ESSNA) has announced another expansion in its membership as Synergy Tastes, Active Nutrition International,
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 13 August 2017, show Lidl has
Britain’s biggest food manufacturer, 2 Sisters Food Group, has announced plans to expand supply from its Welsh processing facility in
The European Commission is launching an EU-wide public consultation on how to make the EU food supply chain fairer. Farmers,
Bord Bia (Irish Food Board) and Irish seafood exporters will exhibit for the first time at Japan International Seafood and Technology Expo in
SPX FLOW is committed to providing excellent support and ensuring customers get the most from their equipment. As part of
The world’s most modern dairy snack plant has commenced operation at Valio Riihimäki in Southern Finland. The snack plant is
The Dutch investment company Standard Investment is acquiring Riedel, the fruit juice business of FrieslandCampina, for an undisclosed sum. Based
LacPatrick, the international dairy co-operative, has secured over £1 million of sales of its LP spray dried whole milk and
Tate & Lyle, a leading global provider of food ingredients and solutions, has announced a further expansion of its line
Reveal Impact features combined temperature-sensitive inks with a twist. The new solution for aluminium cans uses two different thermochromic inks,
HKScan, the Nordic meat group, has just opened its new, state-of-the-art poultry unit at Rauma in Finland. Valued at over
The first half of 2017 saw exports of all UK food and drink grow to £10.2 billion, up 8.5% on
The 63rd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (ICoMST 2017) took place at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork, during August
A leading German natural starch producer, KRÖNER-STÄRKE, perhaps better known as a natural, starch supplier for bread manufacturers, has turned
B&R is introducing a hypervisor for its automation system. This software allows Windows or Linux to run alongside B&R’s own
In line with its strategy to be a major player within the UK fresh produce category, Florette UK & Ireland
Royal FrieslandCampina intends to simplify its organizational structure into four to be set up global business groups – Consumer Dairy,
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted proposals by Heineken to resolve concerns over its £402.7 million acquisition of
The consumers’ shift away from sugar consumption is an important driver behind significant changes in the food and beverage industry.
The rise of the internet has allowed retailers to directly connect with consumers from beyond the physical store revolutionising the
SPX FLOW has announced the appointment of Pierre Sbabo as the Vice President of its Food and Beverage business in
New research from Mintel reveals that as many as 37% of British consumers aged 25-34 have drunk 5-6 different types of
Consumer confidence in Ireland has hit its highest level since the recession and is now the fourth most confident country
Frutarom Industries, one of the world’s 10 largest companies in the field of flavours and natural specialty fine ingredients, continues
Market-leading Food Contact Conference, Plastics & Paper in Contact with Food – 4-7 December, Berlin
Over 200 experts from across the food contact industry will come together in Berlin, Germany from 4–7 December 2017 to
Leading glass packaging company Croxsons has supplied Bristol based distiller, 6 O’Clock Gin, with a stunning black bottle for their
Carlsberg Group has announced organic and reported net revenue growth of 2% to DKr31.77 billion (€4.27 billion) for the first
The UK’s food-to-go sector is in rude health and will be worth £23.5 billion by 2022, up from £17.4 billion
Bord Bia has announced a partnership with the Digital Marketing Institute to offer Irish food and drink companies an opportunity
Around 40% of Norwegian consumers agree with the statement that industrially produced food is unhealthy, according to the results of
CCTV will be mandatory in all slaughterhouses in England under new plans recently announced by Environment Secretary Michael Gove, as
The pressure on UK retailers to be more transparent in their pricing has seen the number of trade promotions fall
Just released data from the IWSR 2017-2021 Forecast suggests global volumes of whisky, gin and tequila are expected to make gains of
A new export deal with China will bring a £200 million boost to the UK food industry and support 1,500
CSM Bakery Solutions, a global leader in bakery ingredients, products and services, has completed the sale of its BakeMark business
Newly established business, County Westmeath-based Needham Coding Ireland Limited, which was formed following a merger between The Needham Group and
Mars Food, part of Mars Incorporated, is acquiring Preferred Brands International, a US-based, fully integrated manufacturer and marketer of all-natural,
New research shows the majority of British beer drinkers want greater clarity over who is brewing the beer they drink,
“Thought Leadership”, the guiding concept for this year’s Food ingredients Europe, is echoed in the 2017 Fi Europe Innovation Awards.
Givaudan has announced an exclusive new distribution partnership with IMCD, a leading distributor of speciality chemicals and food ingredients. The
After abandoning plans to build a new $70 million state-of-the-art plant at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in nearby Staten Island,
Coca-Cola European Partners, the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler based on revenue, has increased its full year 2017 outlook after
Glanbia plc, the global nutrition group, delivered a good performance in the first half of 2017, driven by its Nutritionals
A Warwickshire brewery, originally located in an old coffin shop, has won the Campaign for Real Ale’s prestigious Champion Beer
EFSA has set dietary reference values for riboflavin (vitamin B2) as part of its review of scientific advice on nutrient
The RPC Design team has completed construction on a purpose-built foam modelling studio that will enable its designers to rapidly
New research from Mintel finds that over a quarter (28%) of meat eating Brits have reduced or limited their meat
Unilever is to acquire Weis, an Australian ice cream business, for an undisclosed sum. Weis is a second-generation ice cream