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B&G Foods buys Del Monte Foods’ broth, stock brands

B&G Foods has agreed to purchase the broth and stock brands of Del Monte Foods for around $110m in cash. The …
Fresh Del Monte acquires bulk of Del Monte Foods’ assets

Fresh Del Monte Produce is acquiring the bulk of California-based Del Monte Foods' assets for $285m under a court-supervised bankruptcy …
Italian anti-trust regulator to probe large grocers’ buying power

Italy's competition authority is to investigate the purchasing power of the country's large retailers. In a statement yesterday (14 January), the …
Austria to halve VAT on select food prices funded by plastics tax

Austria plans to halve the VAT on certain food prices, a scheme that will be funded by a tax on …
Cyber-hit Asahi’s food sales dip again in December

Asahi Group Holdings has reported another month of falling sales from its food division, although the trend line appears to …

Beyond dips toe outside alt-meat and into drinks

Beyond Meat has made the surprise announcement that the US plant-based meat group has developed a range of drinks. The Beyond …
EU auditors reveal “shortcomings” in olive-oil checks

The EU’s auditor has called for more robust checks on olive oil after identifying “shortcomings” in the bloc’s monitoring systems …
Mission Produce plucks avocado rival Calavo Growers

Mission Produce has struck a deal to buy fellow major avocado supplier Calavo Growers. The transaction, which values Calavo at around …
US advocacy body claims conflict of interest in latest dietary guidelines

An advocacy body in the US is calling for the removal of the latest government dietary guidelines because of an …
Brazil’s JBS to exit Jack Link’s meat-snacks venture

Brazil’s JBS plans to quit a meat snacks joint venture formed in 2010 with US jerky maker Jack Link’s. JBS has …
Nestlé CEO puts stress on “food safety and trust” after formula recall

Nestlé CEO Philipp Navratil has emphasised “food safety and trust come first” in a videoed apology for the recent infant-formula …
Hispanic-foods firm Tropical Cheese enters meat with Cibao purchase

Investor-backed Tropical Cheese has added animal protein to its dairy portfolio with the acquisition of fellow Hispanic producer Cibao Meat …
US snacks firm The Good Crisp Company gets new owner

US snacks brand The Good Crisp Company has changed hands, with New York-based asset manager MPearlRock acquiring the business. Financial terms …
Müller UK production plan puts jobs at risk

Müller has warned up to 90 roles are at risk at a site in England under plans to reshape the …
Impossible Foods eyes bread, pasta amid alt-meat pressure

Impossible Foods has formed a "strategic partnership" with food tech firm Equii to expand its protein offering beyond plant-based meat. The …