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Kraft Heinz invests in cashier-less technology start-up Zippin
12 Dec 2019
Food major Kraft Heinz has invested in a US-based start-up in the emerging cashier-less technology sector.

Arca Continental says Arturo Gutierrez to succeed Francisco Garza Egloff as CEO
22 Aug 2018
Arca Continental has announced Francisco Garza Egloff will retire as chief executive of the Mexican food and beverage company in January after 16 years.

23 Feb 2018
just-food presents the key metrics from company financials in bitesize format, with analyst insight and social media comment alongside graphs illustrating a business' historical performance to give you an easy-to-read digest of the numbers you need to know.

Arca Continental buys Deep River Snacks via Wise unit in US
30 Nov 2017
Mexican food and beverage company Arca Continental, the parent of Wise Snacks of the US, has agreed to acquire Deep River Snacks for an undisclosed amount.

Coca-Cola, Arca inaugurate Ecuador dairy plant
30 Jun 2017
Coca-Cola Co. and its Mexican soft drinks bottling partner Arca Continental have officially inaugurated a new dairy production plant in Ecuador under the Tonicorp business, which the two companies own and operate in partnership.

Arca Continental to open third Mexico snacks plant
19 Jan 2017
Mexican food and beverage firm Arca Continental has unveiled plans to invest almost MXN300m (US$13.7m) in building its third snacks production plant in the country's Queretaro state.

Arca Continental FY sales, earnings jump
22 Feb 2016
Arca Continental booked a jump in full year earnings after sales increased by almost one-quarter year-on-year.

Arca Continental opens snacks R&D facility in Atlanta
29 Oct 2015
Arca Continental, the Mexico-based food and drinks group, has announced the opening of a snack R&D plant in the US.

How soda is drawing fire from food in Mexico obesity battle
24 Aug 2015
Much attention has been focused on the impact Mexico's tax on soda tax introduced in January 2014 has had on consumption. Ben Cooper looks at the effect the parallel tax on calorie-dense foods has had on consumers and on food companies.

Food industry results in brief: Ornua, Cloetta, Gruma
24 Apr 2015
First-quarter numbers came in from the likes of European confectionery Cloetta and Mexican business Gruma. The Irish Dairy Board, now known as Ornua, reported its full results for 2014. Here's our weekly round-up of companies' financial results.

Arca Continental adds to Bokados snacks plant
23 Apr 2015
Mexican food and drinks group Arca Continental is eyeing growth at home and in export markets after investment at its domestic Bokados snacks plant.

Arca Continental to add production at Texas snacks plant
23 Feb 2015
Mexico-based food and beverage group Arca Continental has confirmed it will look to expand production at its snacks plant in Texas in a bid to build on growing sales in the US.

2014 in review: the year's most-read interviews on just-food
18 Dec 2014
Our interviews with senior United Biscuits executives - in the year the company's owners agreed to sell the UK snack maker to Turkey's Yildiz Holding - featured highly on the list of 2014's most-clicked interviews on just-food. Interviews with the CEOs of the UK's Premier Foods and Canada's Agropur, as well as the CFOs of Arla Foods and Brazil's BRF were also popular as we continued to gain access to some of the industry's leading lights.

Editor's choice: the highlights on just-food last week
22 Sep 2014
After General Mills' move to buy Annie's, M&A advisor Stefan Kirk took to just-food's pages to argue Lifeway Foods could be a takeover target for Danone. General Mills, meanwhile, battling to improve the performance of its US business revealed it will close two plants. And we took a look at the most eye-catching products being showcased at the Natural Products Expo East show in Baltimore.

Quote, unquote: just-food's week in words
22 Sep 2014
US food groups General Mills and ConAgra Foods were under scrutiny this week with both reporting first-quarter results. WhiteWave Foods, the US natural and organic specialist, struck a deal to buy dairy-free brand So Delicious, while Thai seafood giant Thai Union Frozen Products made its second acquisition in Europe in a matter of weeks. Meanwhile, we spoke to the CEO of Wise Foods about his plans to grow the US snacks business.

Interview: Miguel Bostock, CEO of US snacks group Wise Foods
15 Sep 2014
US salty snacks group Wise Foods faces some stiff competition but under the ownership of Mexican Coke bottler Arca Continental it believes it can grow. With Arca eyeing rapid growth from its snacks businesses in the US and in South America, Wise Foods is looking to NPD - notably with Hispanic-inspired flavours - to drive sales. Dean Best discussed Wise Foods' strategy with CEO Miguel Bostock.

In the spotlight - Arca takes bigger bite of snacks market with double-deal
4 Jan 2013
Arca Continental's decision to acquire US-based Wise Foods and Ecuadorian snacks firm Inalecsa could come as a surprise, given that the Coca-Cola bottler's interests are primarily in the beverage sector. However, Michelle Russell suggests, the Mexican firm is likely to use the acquisitions to take its Mexican brands into new markets while also leveraging the capabilities of Wise and Inalecsa to boost its Mexican snacks presence.
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