UK’s Montezuma’s Chocolate scooped up by Paramount Retail Group
UK-based chocolate company Montezuma’s has been sold to local business Paramount Retail Group for an undisclosed fee. The deal sees the …
PHW-Gruppe to start supplies of alternative-protein ingredients
PHW-Gruppe, the German poultry group, is looking to support its meat-free business by setting up an ingredients division. The company, which …
Mars expands cat-food production in Australia
Mars is investing more than A$100m ($65.9m) to expand a pet-food facility in Australia. The project entails an additional 7,800 square …
UK dog food group Walker & Drake invests in new production line
Pet food manufacturer Walker & Drake has invested £900,000 ($1.1m) in a new production facility. Producing “cold pressed dog food” to …
What’s Cooking? backs out of Imperial-Stegeman deal struck in Ter Beke era
European sliced meats and ready-meals maker What’s Cooking? has walked away from a deal to buy Imperial Meat Products and …
Scotland pauses bill banning promotion of “less healthy” food
The Scottish government has postponed the bill that would restrict the promotion of “less-healthy” food and drinks in-store. Jenni Minto, Minister …
Hormel Foods defends pricing actions as further increases planned
Hormel Foods plans to increase prices again before the end of July, balancing margin recovery with maintaining customer relationships. “We're being …
Synlait intends to sell Dairyworks and Talbot Forest Cheese
New Zealand dairy company Synlait Milk has announced it intentions to divest its Dairyworks and Talbot Forest Cheese businesses. It said …
Bubs Australia reviews China baby-formula operation amid fight for control of board
Bubs Australia has revealed its China revenue has plummeted in a trading update as its sacked founder leads a team …
Optimism on food commodities as FAO index sinks to two-year low
Global food commodity prices have resumed an easing trend as an index compiled by the United Nations sank to its …
Jana ups the ante before Freshpet AGM with legal challenge
Activist investor Jana Partners has piled more pressure on Freshpet by filing a lawsuit alleging the pet-food company breached its …
Food industry pushes back on UK recycling scheme
UK retailers and food manufacturers are ramping up their efforts to delay the government’s launch of its extended producer responsibility …
US indoor lettuce grower Little Leaf Farms expands in Pennsylvania
Indoor lettuce grower Little Leaf Farms is to open a greenhouse in McAdoo, Pennsylvania this autumn, the US company has …
Eider Vertical Farming joins growing list of failing ag-tech businesses
Eider Vertical Farming has become the latest business in the controlled-environment agriculture space to collapse. FRP Advisory Trading said it was …
UK’s Vertical Future to develop alternative protein made of amaranth
UK vertical farming and research company Vertical Future is participating in a project to develop a new form of plant …