Food features in five-year tariff suspension agreed by US, EU over aircraft subsidies
The US and the EU have come to an agreement over a long-running dispute.
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Princes plants in Mauritius pause operations amid Covid cases
The UK-based canned-food group says there are “no immediate supply concerns”.
UK claims “protection” for farmers as Australia trade deal unveiled
Agri-food businesses are awaiting the finer details of a formally acknowledged free-trade deal between the...
Princes plants in Mauritius pause operations amid Covid cases
The UK-based canned-food group says there are “no immediate supply concerns”.
US-based FoodPharma sells majority stake to New Harbor Capital
The Chicago-based investment firm said the deal will help FoodPharma expand into new product areas.
UK-Australia trade deal announcement imminent
The UK government is expected to announce it has agreed a trade deal with Australia this morning (15 June). The two countries have been talking about a tariff-free agreement for…
US-based GenTech buys better-for-you bars business NxtBar
GenTech Holdings, a US business operating in the functional food and coffee categories, has bought local better-for you food firm NxtBar. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, will see NxtBar…
Flowers “begun Koffee Kup Bakery takeover talks in April”
Flowers Foods, which has stunned a rival with its move to buy Koffee Kup Bakery, said its talks to buy the closed Vermont baker started two months ago. Last Monday…
Meat-free bacon start-up Hooray Foods secures additional seed funds
Meat-free bacon start-up Hooray Foods in San Francisco has secured additional seed financing to scale up production. The US$2m investment was led by New York-based venture-capital fund Evolution VC Partners,…
Haribo invests in UK confectionery plant
Privately-owned confectionery maker Haribo is investing in one of its two UK facilities in West Yorkshire. The Germany-headquartered business is ploughing GBP22m (US$30.9m) into its plant in the town of…
India ice-cream maker Walko gets investment
Walko Food, the India-based ice-cream business, has agreed on investment from local private-equity firm JM Financial Private Equity. The company, based in Pune in western India, has announced financial backing…
