Biodiversity loss – why food companies should say something
Biodiversity loss may finally begin to receive something like the attention the gravity of its consequences demands. How can food companies engage with consumers?
Associated British Foods
Associated British Foods buoyed by Australia’s post-lockdown consumers
Australia has not seen a post-lockdown "consumer recession", the chief executive of Associated British Foods...
ABF stays pragmatic amid recent Covid-assisted grocery growth
Covid-19 has helped drive Associated British Foods' grocery arm and the UK group is keen to build on that growth but, for all the recent gains, remains judicious in its thinking.
New products – Danone enters organic baby-milk segment with Aptamil and takes its Two Good yogurt range to Australia; Kellogg debuts Just Right Fusion cereal Down Under
This week's selection of new products include Jammie Dodgers muffins from UK firms Speedibake and Burton's Biscuits and dairy-free cheese snacks from ParmCrisps of the US.
Covid-19 food industry updates – Friday 18 September (free to read)
just-food is providing daily updates on how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the world's packaged food sector.
ABF FY grocery sales rise, books bakery writedown
Associated British Foods is to see annual sales from its grocery business increase but the UK group has posted a write-down related to its domestic bakery arm. In a pre-close…
ABF’s bakery unit Allied Bakeries to “exit” Co-op retailer
Associated British Foods (ABF)'s Allied Bakeries unit will not be renewing a contract with UK retailer The Co-op from April next year. London-listed ABF explained in a stock-exchange announcement this…
ABF refrains from proffering guidance, dividend amid fatal Covid-19 cases
Associated British Foods has refrained from providing financial guidance for the year and will not declare a dividend as the impact from the coronavirus crisis is expected to ramp up…
ABF-owned bakery firm Speedibake plans to call time on fire-damaged site
Speedibake, a bakery business owned by the UK's Associated British Foods, said it is proposing not to revive a facility ravaged by fire earlier this month because the cost is…
ABF rules out sale of UK bread arm Allied Bakeries
Associated British Foods remains "committed" to its under-pressure UK bread business Allied Bakeries after another year of losses from the unit. John Bason, ABF's finance director, told just-food today (5…
Who might be in the race for UK sports-nutrition business Grenade?
Dean Best weighs up the possible runners and riders for Grenade, the UK sports-nutrition business that could be set for fresh ownership. Alan Barratt, the founder and CEO of Grenade,…
