The pricing predicament – food brands in an inflationary climate
The evidence suggests consumers facing a cost-of-living crisis are trading down, with discount grocers and private-label the beneficiaries.
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Flowers Foods braces for possible “shift in behaviour” as price increases mount
CEO Ryals McMullian said price elasticities have “been lower than even we anticipated”.
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Flowers Foods eyes “pipeline” of M&A amid pivot to branded bakery
“We continue to monitor the deal market, which remains active" - president and CEO Ryals McMullian
By Flowers Foods results emphasise pressure on US private-label sales
Flowers Foods branded sales rose 4.8% as private label declined.
Flowers “begun Koffee Kup Bakery takeover talks in April”
The acquisition by the US giant has frustrated a rival that thought it was set to buy the closed Vermont…
Mrs Dunster’s “shock” at Koffee Kup Bakery sale to Flowers Foods
The Canadian group thought it was set to buy regional US peer Koffee Kup Bakery.
Flowers Foods moves in for local US peer Koffee Kup Bakery
A rival had said it was the “preferred purchaser” of the closed Koffee Kup Bakery.
Covid-19 and the food industry in 2021 – daily updates, Wednesday 10 March (free to read)
As we enter 2021, just-food continues to provide daily updates on how Covid-19 is still affecting the world's packaged food…