Gum-industry veterans invest in plastic-free brand Milliways
Plastic-free chewing gum company Milliways has raised $3m from a group of veterans in the category as it seeks to …
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Calidad Pascual revamps business model led by new CEO
Calidad Pascual is restructuring its operations, with César Vargas promoted to CEO to lead the “transformation” of the Spanish food …
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Campbell’s to close US snacks plant
The Campbell’s Company plans to close its Massachusetts snacks plant and consolidate potato-crisp production across other sites in the US. In …
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EU regulator to establish formula recall threshold for cereulide toxin
At the request of the EU, Europe’s food-safety regulator plans to set safety thresholds for the cereulide toxin, which is …
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New reality: cultivated meat recalibrates as funding pool shrinks
After a period of relative quiet, the cultivated-meat industry is waking up again but for the wrong reasons. Recent months have …
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Lantmännen bakery jobs in Finland at risk
Lantmännen has started change negotiations with workers at a bakery plant in Finland that could lead to changes in employment …
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Paulig plans to end operations at Sweden spices factory
Paulig is intending to cease production at a spices factory in Sweden and move operations to a plant in Estonia …
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PepsiCo jobs in Spain at risk
PepsiCo has outlined plans to cut more jobs in Spain. The US giant is making changes to the way it distributes …
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Hilton Food mulls options for assets outside “core” meat business
Hilton Food is assessing the “strategic options” that might be available to the UK-based private-label protein supplier outside of its …
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Western Smokehouse buys US meat-snacks peer Junior’s Smokehouse
Western Smokehouse Partners has acquired fellow US meat snacks producer Junior’s Smokehouse. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Set up in 1985, El Campos, Texas-based Junior's …
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Dutch industry “tightens” advertising code
Food and drinks manufacturers operating in the Netherlands have agreed to “stricter rules” on the marketing of products to children. Local …
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MK Group buys Fortenova’s Dijamant oils business in Serbia
Conglomerate MK Group has agreed to purchase Serbian edible oils manufacturer Dijamant from Croatia’s Fortenova Group. The deal was announced in …
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Marico snaps up India snacks firm Zea Maize
Marico, one of India’s largest consumer-goods groups, has acquired more than 90% of Zea Maize, home to the 4700BC snacks …
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Rise Baking names industry veteran McNeil CEO
Private-equity-backed Rise Baking Company has appointed Mark McNeil as its CEO. McNeil has more than 30 years of experience across retail, …
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PE-backed Violet Foods buys Muir Glen from General Mills
US tomato-products firm Violet Foods has acquired the Muir Glen brand from General Mills. In a statement issued yesterday (27 January), …
