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FRANCE: Emerging market growth boosts Auchan H1
1 September 2010
Expansion in emerging countries has boosted first-half profits for French retail giant Auchan.
US: ADM records increase in FY profits
3 August 2010
US-based agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has booked an increase in full-year profits.
Quote, unquote: just-food's week in words
2 July 2010
Here we take a look at who said what this week.
Editor's choice: the best of just-food this week
2 July 2010
The news that dominated the headlines this week was the sale of Tate & Lyle’s European sugar operations - including Lyle's Golden Syrup, purported to be the world's oldest food brand.
US/CHINA: ADM eyes growth with China investments
1 July 2010
Commodities giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has announced the opening of an office in Beijing and an investment in the Agricultural Bank of China in a bid to boost growth in the country.
The just-food interview - Peter McPhillips, Hain Celestial
24 June 2010
The US can be regarded as a graveyard for UK businesses but, often, a journey in the opposite direction can prove just as challenging.
US: ADM profits surge on volumes, margins
4 May 2010
Commodities giant Archer Daniels Midland has posted a leap in third-quarter profits, boosted by all of its major business segments and a favourable year-on-year comparison.
UK: Tate & Lyle appoints to board
1 April 2010
Tate & Lyle has appointed William Camp, a board member at Chiquita Brands International, as a non-executive director.
US: ADM sees H1 earnings drop
3 February 2010
US-based agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has recorded a drop in half-year net earnings, hurt by a US$554m pre-tax change in inventory valuations.
US: ADM appoints procurement chief
15 January 2010
US-based agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has appointed previous Kohler director Steven Cassady as its vice president of procurement.
GLOBAL: Cargill, Callebaut await customer-fuelled M&A
20 November 2009
Chocolate processing giants Cargill and Barry Callebaut have suggested that any consolidation between the sector's leading brand-owners could lead to more M&A activity among the industry's suppliers.
US: ADM profits plunge on low demand, pricing
3 November 2009
Archer Daniels Midland's first-quarter earnings plummeted 53% as agricultural prices and demand slumped.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Archer Daniels acquires oilseed processing unit
6 October 2009
Archer Daniels Midland Company has expanded its European oilseed processing capabilities with the acquisition of ViaChem Group's oilseed processing assets in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
US: ADM posts drop in FY profit
4 August 2009
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), the US-based agribusiness giant, said it remains financially strong despite posting a drop in full-year net earnings today (4 August).
EU/GERMANY: ADM gets green light for chocolate buy
29 May 2009
Food giant Archer Daniels Midland has won the all-clear from the EU to buy German chocolate maker Schokinag.
US: ADM posts 98% drop in Q3 profit
5 May 2009
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), the US-based agribusiness giant, posted a 98% drop in third-quarter profit today (5 May) as a result of currency losses from the company’s Mexican corn-flour business.
UPDATE: UK: ABF making “huge” progress in North America
21 April 2009
Associated British Foods said today (21 April) it was making “huge” progress in its North American business, despite booking a 7% fall in half-year profits on the back of costs linked to the sale and closure of two US units.
US: ADM to buy German chocolate firm Schokinag
23 January 2009
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), the US-based agribusiness giant, has signed a deal to buy German chocolate and cocoa powder maker Schokinag-Schokolade-Industrie Herrmann.
Top stories on just-food this week
31 October 2008
The third quarter has brought with it a raft of results stories and so just-food has brought to you a selection of those in its top ten for the week.
US: ACH, ADM create packaged oil company
28 October 2008
ACH Food, a subsidiary of Associated British Foods, and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) have formed a venture to produce packaged oil products for the North American market.
Bunge acquisition provides food for thought
24 June 2008
The move from US agribusiness giant Bunge to buy smaller peer Corn Products International may have got a cool response from the market yesterday (23 June) but the deal will benefit both companies - and give their customers, the global packaged food giants, plenty of food for thought. Dean Best and Katy Humphries report.
US/UK: ADM secures organic cocoa status
16 May 2008
Archer Daniel Midland, the US-based agribusiness giant, has secured organic status at two cocoa facilities in the UK.
US: ADM veteran joins Chiquita board
4 April 2008
Chiquita Brands International has appointed William Camp to its board of directors, bringing the total number of members to nine.
US: Two ADM employees die in Decatur fire
13 February 2008
Two Archer Daniels Midland employees died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning and nine others were sickened following a fire at the firms Decatur plant on Sunday evening.
UK: ADM names chief financial officer
6 February 2008
Food ingredients giant Archer Daniels Midland has named Steven Mills chief financial officer.
US: ADM welcomes commodity cost hike
4 February 2008
Food ingredients giant Archer Daniels Midland has ridden the wave of rising commodity costs and posted a rise in second-quarter profits.
US: P&G boss joins ADM board
9 January 2008
The chairman and CEO of ingredients group Archer Daniels Midland has joined the board of consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble.
US: ADM outlines exec appointments
11 September 2007
Ingredients giant Archer Daniels Midland has made a raft of appointments, the company announced today (11 September).
US: ADM reshapes management structure
23 August 2007
US-based ingredients giant Archer Daniels Midland has revamped its management structure, claiming the new-look business will “enhance its operating efficiency and provide clearer lines of responsibility for long-term success”.
US: New NutraCea facility up and running
11 July 2007
Stabilised rice bran (SRB) specialist NutraCea has announced that its new stabilisation plant located at the Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Rice facility in Arbuckle, California has been commissioned and is now producing SRB.
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