Niagara based Vineland Growers Co-operative has opened doors of a newly expanded warehouse and storage distribution centre in Canada. Located at Virgil, the facility has been expanded to 30,000sqft and features a dozen new shipping bays ...
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First Milk has agreed to sell its Manchester-based CNP Professional business to The Protein Partners. The company took the decision after a full strategy review. First Milk said the move will allow it to focus more on its core product ...
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Roman Supersnack firm BRAMI has closed on a $1.5m Series Seed round of funding. The round was led by Lerer Hippeau Ventures, AccelFoods and Enlightened Capital. With this investment, the company plans to push retail expansion, pursue ...
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A group of farmers has accused The Dannon Company of using deceptive marketing claims on its new products made from non-GMO (genetically modified organisms) ingredients. Representing various ranchers, corn, soybean, beet sugar and dairy ...
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Chocolate and cocoa products maker Barry Callebaut has opened its first chocolate factory in Indonesia. The company had entered into a long-term agreement for out-sourcing with GarudaFood Group. As per the deal, GarudaFood will supply ...
Cargill reported financial results for the fiscal 2017 first quarter ended 31 August, 2016. Key measures include: Adjusted operating earnings rose 35 percent to $827 million in the first quarter, compared with $611 million in the ...
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Syngenta faces a major legal trouble as a US federal judge in Kansas ruled that the claims of hundreds of thousands of corn farmers can go ahead as a class action. The allegations against the Swiss based global agrochemical company are ...
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Food supply chain software specialist LINKFRESH has signed a major deal which could be worth up to $5m in joint revenues with Illinois-based FamilyFarms Group. FamilyFarms Group is a farmer-owned organisation focused on delivering ...
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Meadow Foods has raised funds from Paine & Partners to grow its business through organic expansion and acquisitions. While the US-based Paine & Partners is a global food and agribusiness investment firm, Meadow Foods is a UK-based ...
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A partnership between Cargill Animal Nutrition and Heifer International is enabling the expansion of 450 women-led, family-owned poultry farms in Qingshen, China. These farms will receive chicks, business training and access to nutrition ...
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At a time when dairy companies have struggled with the continued European oversupply of milk, Arla has strengthened the quality and profitability of its business. Arla’s strategic branded sales grew 6.1 per cent in the first half of ...
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Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) plans to showcase a wide range of farmer products and services designed to help attendees “keep their business on track” at the 63rd annual Farm Progress Show, Aug. 30 – Sept. 1, in Boone, ...
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Because consumer preferences are continuing to evolve and Dannon puts consumers at the center of every decision it makes, today the nation's leading yogurt maker is implementing the first of many major changes to provide more choice to ...
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Despite indications the poll would be close, the London financial community has been dumbfounded by the decision of a majority of British voters to leave the European Union (EU). However, advocates of the 'Remain Case' were not ...
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Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – has provided its CIS solar panels for a 'solar sharing' experiment on Sado Island, Niigata ...
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