What’s keeping the ketogenic diet alive?
‘Diet’ is arguably a misleading appendage attached to ketogenic, advocated as a weight-loss regime in a similar vein to Atkins …
Lifeway Foods shareholder calls for sale of the company
A shareholder of US kefir maker Lifeway Foods has urged the company to sell itself after not seeing the pursuit …
Meat group Vion rejigs structure to target “sustainable growth”
Vion, the Netherlands-based meat processor, has set out organisational changes in a bid to “stimulate sustainable growth”. The privately-owned business said …
Canadian agri-food company Courchesne Larose names new CEO
Courchesne Larose Group has named Michael Aucoin as CEO of the Canadian fruit and vegetable company. Aucoin’s appointment is effective immediately …
UK fresh food company MyFresh brings in administrators
UK fresh produce company MyFresh has entered administration less than one year after its acquisition by potato business Tuber Group. Previously …
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Get industry-leading news, data and analysis delivered to your inbox
Campbell Soup points to volume pick-up as pricing starts to subside
Campbell Soup Co. expects volumes to improve as pricing actions to offset inflationary pressures start to come down. The US soups, …
Nestlé partners with VC fund to invest in sustainable start-ups in Latin America
Nestlé is launching a partnership with The Yield Lab Latam, a specialist venture-capital fund investing in technology-based start-ups in Latin …
William Jackson Food Group’s Belazu buys Miso Tasty
Miso Tasty, a UK-based supplier of Japanese food, has been bought out of administration by local peer Belazu. Filings lodged with …
Around Noon snaps up The Soho Sandwich Company in all-UK deal
UK food business Around Noon Foods has acquired local peer The Soho Sandwich Company for an undisclosed sum. The deal will …
“Ongoing inflation” poses risk to J.M. Smucker’s sales, EPS outlook
J.M. Smucker has yet to see a “material” shift in input-cost inflation as the bakery to pet-food business highlighted risks …
Ireland’s Kepak to create 150 meat processing jobs in Wales
Ireland-based meat processor Kepak has announced plans to invest £16m ($19.9m) into its facility in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. The plans …
Unigrains Italia invests in Vivaldi Group of bakery-item SMEs
Unigrains’ Italian arm has invested in a group of regional bakery-item and ingredient manufacturers in a bid to consolidate the …
Freshpet postpones annual meeting amid Jana Partners pressure
US pet-food manufacturer Freshpet has pushed its annual meeting back to October as activist investor Jana Partners continues to press …
India’s DS Group snaps up owner of local confectionery brand LuvIt
India-based conglomerate DS Group has acquired The Good Stuff, the owner of chocolate and confectionery brand LuvIt. The deal expands DS …
Jobs at risk at UK’s Whitby Seafoods
Whitby Seafoods, the UK-based scampi supplier to major supermarkets, has warned up to 40 of its employees may be made …