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Constellation Brands has completed the acquisition of the Casa Noble tequila brand. The transaction includes the Casa Noble trademark and
Cargill’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia cocoa & chocolate business has appointed Inge Demeyere as its new
Norwegian food group Orkla has entered into an agreement with Nordic Partners Food to purchase NP Foods Group including the
New research has established the emergence of a ‘dawn and dusk’ shopper, with one in five consumers now regularly shopping
Nespresso is to announce its 2020 sustainability strategy based on a new SFr500 million (Eur414 million) investment to improve farmer
Kliklok International, one of the world’s leading packaging machinery manufacturers, is gearing up to launch its new Certiwrap ELITE wraparound
AAK (UK) Limited, the country’s leading manufacturer and supplier of fats and functional ingredients, has been delivering free, regular plant
At this year’s SIAL, WILD will present ideas which satisfy consumer demands for natural products while also offering additional opportunities
Since aspartame was introduced in Europe in the 1980s, food and beverage manufacturers have been able to make low calorie and
Arla Foods increased revenue grew by 11% to DKr39.8 billion (Eur5.3 billion) in the first half of 2014 due to
Royal FrieslandCampina has reported a 3.5% increase in revenue to Eur5.713 billion for the first half of 2014. However, operating
Beam Suntory, one of the world’s leading spirits companies, has appointed Mauricio Restrepo as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mauricio
Pernod Ricard has reported a 7% decline in full year sales to €7.945 billion, due to adverse foreign exchange factors
Brussels (Belgium), September 2014 – HiE, Amsterdam, 2nd – 4th December, booth K20 – Kaneka Pharma Europe highlights functional ingredients
Swiss dairy group Emmi has increased sales by 3.1% to SFr1.63 billion (Eur1.35 billion) in the first half of 2014
Grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 17 August 2014, show Aldi and Lidl have maintained
US-based Burger King has acquired Tim Hortons, the Canadian coffee and doughnuts chain, for C$12.5 billion (US$11.4 billion) to create
Tetra Pak, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, has launched Tetra Alsafe for ESL production, an automated
Parmalat is acquiring the UHT milk and cheese manufacturing facilities along with certain brands of Brazilian dairy business Lácteos do
According to the latest Innova Market Insights Global New Products Report, almonds outpaced overall food and nut introductions around the
A new survey by Canadean finds that consumers aged 55 and older associate ‘natural’ products with a healthy, yet tasty,
Norwegian energy firms Statoil and Statkraft have awarded a contract worth approximately £500m to Siemens to deliver turbines for the
Lonza is one of the world’s leading suppliers to the pharmaceutical, healthcare and life science industries. For the nutrition market,
Cargill and Copersucar, the largest Brazilian sugar and ethanol trader, have successfully completed all required regulatory clearances to form Alvean,
The long-awaited return of Irish whiskey production to the town of Tullamore has moved a significant step closer with the
An impressive line-up of key note speakers has been assembled for the ‘Innovation for Sustainable Growth’ Conference and Exhibition to
Nestlé has announced a major pledge to improve the welfare of the farm animals in its supply chain, following the
Diageo has broken ground on its new Shelby County, Kentucky distillery, which will officially be called ‘The Bulleit Distilling Co’
New research from Mintel reveals that a third (33%) of British consumers ordered a takeaway once a week or more
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