Tesco tests Loop reusable packaging push in stores
The scheme will involve 88 branded and own-label products including pasta, rice, oil and sugar.
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No jab, no job? Food groups broach sore subject of vaccine mandates
A clutch of food companies has publicly announced vaccine mandates for workers. The issue is likely to prove controversial but it’s one companies are chewing over.
Kraft Heinz, former execs charged by SEC over improper accounting
The ketchup and soup giant has agreed to pay a US$62m penalty, with two ex-Kraft Heinz executives also hit with fines.
Big Food’s stake in the future – in-house venture-capital funds
A guide to some of the in-house, corporate-venture arms operated by the world's major packaged-food companies.
Kraft Heinz lays down vaccine mandate
The US-based ketchup and soup giant has announced the introduction of measures for a section of its domestic workforce.
Plant-based priorities – dairy companies also in dairy-free
In the same way that large meat companies are increasingly offering plant-based protein alternatives, the world's leading dairy businesses, or food majors with a significant position in dairy, are becoming…
Hatching new ideas – Big Food’s incubator and accelerator programmes
Our guide to some of the main food accelerator and incubator programmes operated by the industry's major manufacturers. As with in-house venture capital funds, for big food companies looking to…
Kraft Heinz to buy Turkey sauces firm Assan Foods
Kraft Heinz has acquired Assan Foods, a Turkey-based condiments supplier that has been one of the US giant’s co-manufacturers. Assan Foods, set up in 1998, has worked with Kraft Heinz…
Bega Cheese agrees settlement with Kraft Heinz in peanut butter dispute
Bega Cheese will get AUD9.25m (US$7.1m) from US food major Kraft Heinz in a long-running dispute the Australian dairy and spreads business won last year over the labelling on its…
Kraft Heinz to invest in UK factory
Kraft Heinz said the move, which is subject to “final US approvals” from senior management later in the year, would see the factory, based in north-west England, manufacture Heinz-branded sauces.…
Kraft Heinz hires workers to address ketchup shortage
Coronavirus has created jobs at Kraft Heinz's US factories as the Chicago-based food major adds "multiple" production lines to cater to increased demand for ketchup as restaurants adapt to lockdown…
