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Danone buys meal-replacement firm Huel

Danone has snapped up UK meal-replacement business Huel. Hertfordshire-based Huel, set up in 2014, centres on ready-to-drink shakes but also markets …
Le Duff snaps up Spanish bakery peer Panamar

Le Duff Group, the French bakery and foodservice business, has swooped for Spain-based bread and pâtisserie company Panamar. In a statement, …
Applied Nutrition shares hit amid Middle East caution

Applied Nutrition saw its shares fall in early trading today (23 March) after the UK company signalled it expects its …
Synlait outlines “recovery roadmap” after H1 loss

Synlait Milk today (23 March) sketched out its plans for “recovery” after posting a half-year loss of more than NZ$80m …
Kraft Heinz to “upgrade” Canada plant

Kraft Heinz is making a multimillion-dollar investment at its factory in Montreal. In a statement, the company said it will invest …

This week: dairy leaders to convene for Amsterdam conference

Arena International, Just Food’s sister events business, is to host its annual dairy-industry conference this week. The two-day Dairy Innovation Strategies …
McCormick fires up M&A with Unilever move

Well, that’s spiced things up. In a week when it was reported Unilever was looking to, in the corporate parlance, …
Premier Foods ‘eyeing UK pizza business Crosta Mollica’

Premier Foods is reportedly eyeing up an acquisition of pizza business Crosta Mollicca but has refused to confirm the speculation. Just …
Unilever confirms talks to sell food assets to McCormick

In a week where speculation re-emerged over the future of Unilever’s food business, the CPG giant has confirmed it is …
Ex-Hovis boss joins UK rival Jacksons

Jon Jenkins, the former chief of UK-based bakery business Hovis, has been hired by local rival Jacksons Bakery. Jenkins will join …
Iran crisis: food volume recovery in jeopardy from new inflation wave

The Iran crisis could not have come at a worse time for packaged food companies, which are still rebuilding volumes …
GLP-1 drugs give dairy shot in the arm

The effects of GLP-1 drugs – dispensed under brand names including Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro – on eating habits are …
General Mills’ outlook for “improvement” fails to convince investors

An “improvement” was the operative word for General Mills as it peers into the fourth quarter and new fiscal year …
Ferrero adds to Brazil assets with Bold Snacks buy

Ferrero has moved to expand its presence in Brazil with a deal for protein-bar firm Bold Snacks. Daniel Martinez Carretero, the …
Valeo Foods buys Bulgaria snacks business Prestige-96

Ireland’s Valeo Foods has renewed its thirst for acquisitions with the purchase of Prestige-96 in Bulgaria. The deal for the biscuits, …