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US: New World Pasta to buy brands from Strom Products
22 December 2011
New World Pasta, a subsidiary of Spanish food company Ebro Foods, is set to acquire two brands from sales and marketing firm Strom Products.
SPAIN: Ebro reports mixed Q3 results
1 November 2011
Spanish food company Ebro Foods has reported mixed results for the first nine months of 2011, with sales increasing but its pasta operations hitting earnings.
SPAIN: Ebro Foods joins with Marubeni
14 September 2011
Spanish food manufacturer Ebro Foods has signed a joint distribution deal with Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corp.
SPAIN: Ebro to sell brands after competition watchdog ruling
6 September 2011
Ebro Foods will sell four of its major brands and license out another as part of its acquisition of the rice business of fellow Spanish food maker Deoleo.
SPAIN: Ebro posts mixed H1 numbers
28 July 2011
Spanish food manufacturer Ebro Foods reported has mixed first-half numbers with underlying net profit up but sales staying flat and the company's EBITDA falling.
ITALY: Lactalis veteran Guérin named Parmalat CEO
12 July 2011
Lactalis has named company veteran Yves Guérin as CEO of new Italian acquisition Parmalat.
Comment: Ebro will look elsewhere after SunRice blow
7 June 2011
Ebro Foods' failure to win over SunRice shareholders in its pursuit of the Australian rice firm will be a blow to the Spanish company but, Dean Best writes, more M&A targets are likely to be in the pipeline.
Best bits: Business victims as E. coli mistakes rock consumers
6 June 2011
So, now it appears that bean sprouts are the cause behind the E. coli outbreak that has rocked Europe's produce sector and killed - at the latest count - 22 people.
Quote, unquote: just-food's week in words
3 June 2011
Spain's farmers, hit financially amid the e.coli outbreak in Europe, have been vocal in their criticism of Germany's health authorities, which wrongly placed the blame for the contamination on Spanish cucumbers. Elsewhere on our pages this week, we shone a spotlight on the debate around GM, one of the most divisive topics in the industry. Meanwhile, Wal-Mart Stores, McCormick and Icelandic Group all hailed the benefit of separate transactions to their businesses, although Spain's Ebro Foods was left to reflect on its failed bid to buy Australian rice maker SunRice.
Editor's choice: the highlights on just-food this week
3 June 2011
There was, in truth, one story that dominated the headlines in the food industry this week, with the e.coli scare in Europe. Wal-Mart Stores' success in securing approval for its acquisition of 51% of South African retailer Massmart was also notable. Coincidentally, the latest just-food interview also focused on South Africa, as we spoke to the head of Kraft Foods' operations in the country and the wider southern Africa region. And, the last few days, has seen the publication of the latest just-food briefing, which focuses on the divisive issue of GM.
SPAIN/AUS: Ebro fails to win over SunRice shareholders
31 May 2011
Ebro Foods has seen its bid to buy Australian rice processor Ricegrowers fall through after the Spanish food maker failed to win over enough of the company's investors.
AUS: DMR defends claims that SunRice "under-valued"
19 May 2011
A consulting firm that argues Ebro Foods takeover target Ricegrowers is under-valued has defended its claim from criticism from the Australian rice processor's chairman.
SPAIN: SOS to change name following rice sale
9 May 2011
Spanish food group SOS has confirmed today (9 May) that it plans to change its name following the sale of its rice division to Ebro Foods.
SPAIN: Ebro books mixed Q1 numbers
3 May 2011
Spain's Ebro Foods has reported mixed first-quarter financial results, with underlying net profit up but EBITDA falling due to the lag between costs rising and success in increasing prices.
AUS: Ricegrowers releases Ebro takeover report
27 April 2011
Ricegrowers Ltd has released a scheme booklet for its shareholders, with the Australian company's board unanimously recommending that investors vote in favour of a takeover by Spain's Ebro Foods at a shareholder meeting at the end of the month.
Best bits: Food makers' commodity caution at CAGE
4 April 2011
just-food's exclusive partnership with the Consumer Analyst Group Europe conference last week provided us with the chance to hear how the likes of Nestle, Danone and Unilever viewed the current trading environment - and many of the companies presenting struck a somewhat cautious tone.
SPAIN: Ebro completes SOS rice buy
1 April 2011
Ebro Foods has completed its purchase of the rice business of SOS Corporacion Alimentaria for EUR205m (US$288.4m).
CAGE: Ebro acquisitions to boost business
29 March 2011
Ebro Foods' two planned acquisitions in the rice sector will be a "new step forward" for the Spanish food group, the company's chairman and CEO has insisted.
In the spotlight: Lactalis interest returns Parmalat to headlines
24 March 2011
In 2003, Parmalat grabbed Europe's business headlines after collapsing with a EUR14bn hole in its accounts. It was the continent's biggest bankruptcy. Now, following Lactalis's investment in the business, the Italian dairy giant is once again in the news.
US: Ebro plans gluten-free push
11 March 2011
Spanish food group Ebro Foods is planning to expand its appeal in the gluten-free market, with the launch of a range of products in the US over the next two months.
SPAIN: Ebro confirms doubling of 2010 profits, sales fall
1 March 2011
Spanish pasta-to-rice group Ebro Foods has confirmed that its profits more than doubled in 2010 despite a 3% fall in sales.
AUS: Ebro improves Ricegrowers bid
15 February 2011
Spanish food processor Ebro Foods has improved its A$600m (US$602m) offer for Ricegrowers, the Australian company that sells through the SunRice brand.
SPAIN: Ebro sees full-year profits double
3 February 2011
Spanish food group Ebro Foods has reported that it saw annual profits more than double in 2010, which it described as an "excellent" year for the business.
US: Ebro's Riviana Foods to expand rice production
8 December 2010
US rice processor Riviana Foods is to expand its production in Memphis with the addition of a new facility to make ready-to-serve products under the Minute brand.
SPAIN/AUS: Ebro Foods confirms purchase of SunRice
26 November 2010
Spanish food group Ebro Foods has purchased Australia-based Ricegrowers, which trades as SunRice, for A$600m (US$578m).
UPDATE: SPAIN: US market "key" for SOS
26 November 2010
SOS Corporacion Alimentaria said it will be focusing its attention on the US and that it is looking at expansion opportunities in Australia and India, as well as other markets.
SPAIN: SOS to sell rice division to Ebro Foods
25 November 2010
SOS Corporacion Alimentaria has announced it is selling its rice division to Spanish food group Ebro Foods for EUR195m (US$261m).
Comment: Lactalis pursuit for Yoplait unlikely to be smooth
18 November 2010
Lactalis, the privately-owned French dairy giant and owner of brands from President cheese and UK organic business Rachel's, has fired the starting gun on the race for global yoghurt brand Yoplait.
AUS: Ebro target SunRice to re-open rice mill
3 November 2010
Australian rice business SunRice, a takeover target of Spanish food group Ebro Foods, plans to re-open a mill in New South Wales next year.
SPAIN: Acquisitive Ebro Foods eyes emerging markets
2 November 2010
Spain's Ebro Foods is on the hunt for new acquisitions and could spend as much as EUR1bn (US$1.4bn) for an ideal target.
