Archer Daniels Midland Company, one of the world’s largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, will significantly expand overall grind
- €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...
Heineken UK has made a £402.7 million recommended final cash offer to acquire Punch, one of the UK’s largest leased
Tate & Lyle, the global provider of ingredients and solutions to the food, beverage and other industries, has appointed Dr
Dawn Farms has been awarded the 2016 Irish Food and Drink Exporter of the Year Award by the Irish Exporters
Hygiena, a company that specializes in rapid food safety and environmental sanitation testing, is acquiring DuPont’s global food safety diagnostics
Ebro Foods, the Spanish a multinational food group that is the global leader in the rice sector and the second
Prosecco sales across Europe hit €789 million in 2016, compared to Champagne sales worth €1.4 billion, according to the latest figures from IRI,
The McCormick® Flavour Forecast® 2017 – the go-to guide for trends and ingredients set to excite taste buds around the
Trace-back and predictive modelling tools for use during food safety outbreaks and created by scientific teams led by the German
Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to sell the businesses formerly owned by SABMiller in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and
Research by Kantar Worldpanel has found sales of traditional cheddar in the UK are down 4% year-on-year, while blue cheese
Dedicated gluten and wheat free manufacturer, Welsh Hills Bakery, is preparing for orders to soar following Spanish airline, Vueling’s, announcement
Irish agri-tech business BHSL has agreed €13 million in sales of its pioneering manure-to-energy technology which is aimed at transforming
Holden Installations have been awarded for two of their new Panel Protection Systems products recently launched in the Irish market.
Sodiaal, France’s leading and Europe’s third-largest dairy co-operative, has appointed Jorge Boucas as chief executive, effective 1 February 2017. Jorge
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association’s latest Market Report shows that Britain’s love for a gin and tonic is not
Yoplait, part of the General Mills group, has launched Super Fruitii, a thick 0% fat yogurt on a layer of
GEA has been awarded a contract by Mataura Valley Milk to construct a nutritional powders plant in McNab near to
Origin Enterprises, the Irish agri-services group, and University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland’s largest university, have announced the establishment of a
Sumitomo Corporation, the Japanese global trading company, has made a €751.4 million recommended cash offer for Fyffes, a leading international
Coca-Cola Company veteran James Quincey (pictured left), currently President and Chief Operating Officer, will succeed Muhtar Kent (pictured right) as
Pernod Ricard, through its US subsidiary, is taking a majority stake in Smooth Amber Spirits Co, the award-winning West Virginia distiller
The Hain Celestial Group, a leading organic and natural products company with operations in North America, Europe and India, has
2016 has been a winning year for the Culina Group, food and drink logistics specialist, and was recently rounded off
The world’s largest beef processor, JBS of Brazil, is to list its international business, JBS Foods International, which is currently
Teagasc (Ireland’s Agriculture and Food Development Authority) has just put in place a new structure for its food research programme.
Cargill’s cocoa & chocolate business has just released its comprehensive report highlighting key sector trends to help manufacturers develop their
Salt of the Earth is expanding production of its all-natural “Mediterranean Umami” clean-label sodium-reduction ingredient. The company’s US$1 million investment
The Food and Drink Federation – the voice of UK manufacturers – has welcomed the release of new Committee of
Hilton Food Group, the leading specialist international meat packing business, is to proceed with plans to expand its packing capability
The Irish Whiskey Association has launched the Irish Whiskey Tourism Strategy, which sets out how Ireland can become the world
Pots & Co, producers of Michelin-quality handmade puddings, has been named as one of ten ‘Ones to Watch’ in the
Nestlé and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are partnering to help farmers in Ghana produce high quality
Tetra Pak has launched a new version of Tetra Brik® Aseptic 1000 Edge with Bio-based LightCap™ 30. This is the
Wessanen, the Netherlands-based group which specialises in healthy and sustainable food, has acquired Biogran, the leading manufacturer and distributor of
General Mills, the US-based international food business, has announced a new global organisational structure designed to support growth and drive
Asia will continue to be the biggest engine of growth in the grocery market and its sales will exceed that
Cargill has pulled together its resources and expertise across broad areas in food, including animal protein, edible oils, sweeteners, starches,
More than 13,500 experts from across the food, health and nutrition sectors attended Food Matters Live 2016 – making it
Pernod Ricard has agreed to sell, through its Mexican and Spanish subsidiaries, the Domecq brandies and wines business to Bodega
EFSA has published its first EU summary report on the monitoring of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) in cattle, sheep and goats. Previously, the
Emmentaler AOP and Le Gruyère AOP are the most popular Swiss cheeses both in Switzerland and abroad. This also holds
Over 280 leading suppliers are already signed up for Packaging Innovations 2017, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 1 &
Driven by busy ‘time poor’ lifestyles and an ageing population, the convenience food market continues to flourish. With growing demand
A society in which every individual can – and wants to – make a conscious choice to follow a nutritional
At their recent sixth annual Beer Serves Europe event, The Brewers of Europe emphasised how their 7,500 breweries not only
The concentrated know-how of the international milling industry will be represented in Hamburg (Germany) on 20 and 21 April 2017.
Scrutiny of hygienic processing practices in the frozen fruit and vegetable sector hasintensified, following several high-profile food contamination outbreaks. Bühler, a global leader in
Using only natural ingredients, researchers have found a way to structure sugar differently. So even when much less is used
A new £1.2 million bake oven and production line at Northumbrian Fine Foods (NFF) is now fully operational and is