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.
Lotus Bakeries
Lotus Bakeries’ venture fund buys stake in D2C granola firm Oot
Lotus Bakeries in Belgium has marked the fourth investment under its venture-capital fund launched in 2019 with a deal in the Netherlands.
Lotus Bakeries takes full control of Italian joint venture
Belgium-headquartered Lotus Bakeries has taken full control of a joint venture in Europe set up a few years ago.
New products – Lotus Bakeries-owned Bear snacks moves into ice lollies; Litehouse’s Purely Balanced dressings; Serenity Kids rolls out grain-free puffs; Nestle eyes vegan KitKat
This week's selection of new products that caught the eye include the first vegan baby-food brand from Nestlé, and plans for a vegan KitKat, and salad dressings from Litehouse.
Lotus Bakeries to invest in US, Belgium plant expansion
Lotus Bakeries plans to add new production lines at plants in the US and Belgium over the next three years.
Lotus Bakeries takes minority stake in allergen-free biscuit maker Partake Foods
Beglium-based Lotus Bakeries has made a third investment via its venture fund with a minority stake in US allergen-free biscuit maker Partake Foods. Lotus, which owns snack brands including Bear and…
2020 – The year in food industry M&A
As this year has been dominated by Covid-19, it is impossible to examine M&A activity in the global food industry without doing so through the prism of the virus. For…
Lotus Bakeries invests in US snack maker Love Brands
Lotus Bakeries, the Belgium-based manufacturer home to brands including Trek snack bars and Kiddylicious baby food, has invested in US business Love Brands. The deal, disclosed today (14 August) alongside Lotus…
New products – Lotus Bakeries enters chocolate; Glanbia takes its SlimFast Keto range to UK; Else Nutrition claims plant-based formula “leap forward”
The pick of this week's new products includes Lotus Bakeries' move into chocolate and the debut line from fledgling child-nutrition firm Else Nutrition. Lotus Bakeries enters chocolate The Belgium-based food manufacturer…
New products – Gerber claims first in US with A2 baby formula; Lotus Bakeries takes Biscoff into sandwich biscuits; Kerry takes Naked Glory into ready-to-eat
This week's batch of new products includes Ireland's Kerry Group taking its Naked Glory brand into a new category and Unilever's Graze entering the kids cereal bar segment. Gerber claims first in…
New products – Biotiful branches into cheese; Nestle rolls out dairy-free Drumstick cones; Kind breaks into breakfast snacks; Lotus Bakeries takes Urban Fruit in new direction
Our coverage of new products this week includes Kind branching out into the breakfast snacks segment and Nestle's dairy-free Drumstick launch. Biotiful Dairy branches out into cheese category Biotiful Dairy, a UK-based producer…
