Ice Cream
Battle wages on US food volume recovery with holding ground key line of defence
Reluctant to cut prices with inflation proving sticky to some observers, US packaged food manufacturers are delving into their war…
Kroger, Albertsons to sell more stores in push for merger approval
Kroger and Albertsons have set out plans to sell more stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers in a bid to get…
Unilever dials down sustainability targets for more “focused” green strategy
Unilever has dialled down some of its sustainability targets in order to become more focused on “allocating resources”. Setting out…
US updates WIC federal food aid programme for mothers, children
The US Department of Agriculture has updated its federal nutrition programme to promote fruit and vegetable consumption but less assistance…
Valio to close two Finland plants
Valio has announced plans to close two food and drinks manufacturing facilities in Finland. One of these, located in the…
OECD food inflation eases to lowest level since October 2021
Food inflation across OECD countries reached its lowest level in February since October 2021, according to a new report. The…
Mengniu names new CEO, posts mixed 2023 results
China Mengniu Dairy has promoted Gao Fei to CEO, a move announced alongside a set of mixed 2023 financial figures.…
Little Moons nabs Graze and former Unilever executive Joanna Allen as CEO
Little Moons has appointed former Graze snacks and Unilever executive Joanna Allen as the new CEO of the UK-based mochi…
Unilever plots ice-cream path, limp General Mills’ sales, cocoa gloom – Just Food’s week in data
Alongside our daily news coverage, features and interviews, the Just Food team sifts through the week’s most intriguing data sets…
Unilever ‘hires advisers to explore private-equity deal for ice cream’
Unilever has refused to be drawn on a media report the FMCG giant has contacted private-equity firms to gauge interest…
