Deal of the week – another Saudi Arabia food security play
Each week, Just Food’s editors select a deal that illustrates the themes driving change in our sector. The deal may …
Mars, PepsiCo stop supply to Edeka over prices, German retailer says
Mars and PepsiCo products are not being supplied to major German retailer Edeka due to a dispute over pricing. Edeka has …
PepsiCo subsidiary Pioneer Foods buys remaining 50% of Future Life Health
PepsiCo-owned Pioneer Foods is set to acquire the remaining 50% stake in South African nutritional cereal maker Future Life Health …
Yili-owned Westland Milk buys out Ausnutria’s baby formula venture stake
Westland Milk Products has bought out a stake in an infant-formula joint venture the New Zealand dairy cooperative formed in …
GoodLife Foods destined for new private-equity owner IK Partners
GoodLife Foods, a frozen snacks maker in the Netherlands, will soon have a new owner in the form of UK-based …
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Fonterra launches nutrition science venture arm, invests in dietary supplements
Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, has today (9 June) announced the launch of a corporate ventures arm to invest …
French retailers Casino Group and Teract ditch supply-chain tie-up talks
Exclusive supply-chain tie-up talks between French retail groups Casino and Teract have been abandoned following four months of discussions. Debt-laden Casino …
Dutch Bakery, Coolback merge to create pan-European own-label bakery business
Dutch Bakery and Germany’s Coolback have combined to create a new European private-label business. Raoul Vorage, the CEO of Tilburg, Netherlands-based …
“People thought this was a dead industry. But milk inherently has great value” – Tim Doelman, CEO of Coca-Cola’s US milk business Fairlife
US-based milk brand Fairlife was founded by Mike and Sue McCloskey in 2012 as a partnership with The Coca-Cola Co. …
HyLife Foods to sell off bankrupt US pork plant
US-based pork company Premium Iowa Pork is reportedly set to buy a HyLife Foods facility in Minnesota. HyLife’s facility in Windom, …
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 …