US baker Flowers Foods has reported a slight lift in third-quarter earnings, which were boosted by "solid" sales gains. In a regulatory filing yesterday (8 November) the company said net income rose to US$31.2m in the three months to 6 ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has expanded the recall of Spice Kingdom brand dried Egyptian Basil products because they may be contaminated with Salmonella. The latest recall includes Spice Kingdom brand dried Egyptian Basil ...
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By optimizing its product flow, weigh batching and mix-handling systems, Dawn Food Products Inc. decreased the time and labor needed to handle food mixes while containing dust at its facility in Evesham, U.K. Dawn is one of the world's ...
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Australasian food company Goodman Fielder has agreed to sell Champion Milling in New Zealand for NZ$51m ($42.43m) to Nisshin Flour Milling, a leading miller in Japan. This deal is a part of the company's plan to focus on core categories ...
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US baker Flowers Foods has changed its forecast for annual earnings, pointing to "heightened" competition and "challenging" trading conditions. Flowers expects adjusted earnings per share to increase by 3.5% to 8% in 2012, including the ...
Hostess Brands has won permission from the US Bankruptcy Court for the wind down of its business and the sale of its assets. A New York judge yesterday (21 November) approved the company's motion for the wind down after the firm was ...
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Boparan Holdings has agreed to sell its Avana christmas pudding unit to Sargents Bakeries to settle competition concerns over its acquisition of Brookes Avana from Premier Foods plc. In January, the Office of Fair Trading indicated it ...
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Associated British Foods today (10 September) revealed it had taken an impairment charge of A$150m (US$155m) on its Australian meat business as it battles "difficult" trading conditions in the market. The UK-listed group announced the ...
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Associated British Foods has said it expects "substantial" growth in full-year earnings after its first-half results benefited from a strong performance by its sugar division and Primark. For the six months to 3 March, pre-tax profits ...
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Allied Bakeries, the UK bread arm of Associated British Foods, has extended its Kingsmill portfolio in the UK with the launch of a breakfast products range. Kingsmill Fruit and Fibre comprises three products: Kingsmill Fruit and Fibre ...
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Associated British Foods has secured an own-label bread contract with UK retailer The Co-operative Group previously held by rival Premier Foods plc. The contracted, confirmed today (25 October), will take effect from the "middle part" of ...
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US-based B&G Foods has completed the acquisition of New York Style and Old London snack brands from Chipita America for approximately $62.5m in cash. The acquisition includes a manufacturing facility at Yadkinville, North Carolina, which ...
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Globe Food Equipment has introduced Digital Compact Five-Pound Portion Control Scale with Ingredient Bowl, a new addition to its weighing systems range. Economically designed for applications requiring correctly weighed ingredients, the ...
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One of the UK's largest own-label cake and pastry manufacturers has been snapped up by a private equity firm in£23.5M management buy-in deal(MBI). McCambridge Group's cake division–which bakes one in 10 of every retail ...
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The technology group SCHOTT has been supplying special glass to the Swabian manufacturer of baking ovens WIESHEU since 1979. To celebrate their long relationship, Thomas Nieraad, Senior Vice President Sales, Marketing Innovation SCHOTT Flat ...
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