US-based Bob Evans Farms has scrapped plans to sell or spinoff its sausage and refrigerated-food business. This comes after the company witnessed 18% decline in shares to $48.80. Sandell Asset Management, which owns over 7% of Bob ...
The government of Oman has announced plans to set up a dairy firm with an investment of around OMR100m ($258.8m) to achieve self-sufficiency in dairy production and food security The proposed project is being promoted by state-owned ...
Tags: dairy production, food security, Agriculture
The Government of Oman is planning to set up a dairy firm, which will see an investment of around OMR100m ($258.8m). The investment is in line with the government's strategy to achieve self-sufficiency in dairy production, reports ...
Tags: Dairy Firm, investment funds, private investors, Agriculture
Footfall in November was 2.4% down on a year ago, down on the 0.8% fall in October and below the three-month average of a 1.4% decline, reports the latest BRC/Springboard Footfall Monitor, which covers the four weeks to 29th November 2014. ...
Tags: Footfall, free car parking, Furniture
Fairfax Media claims supermarket growth focus on ‘Junk’ food and cigarettes – confidential data leaked Fairfax Media’s Sydney Morning Herald and The Sunday Age over the weekend have published their analysis of ...
Tags: milk, Cigarettes, Agriculture
Anchor Packaging, a manufacturer of rigid packaging, will add the new three-compartment 9” to its Gourmet Classics line of hinged RPET containers. Designed to keep the food fresh and appealing, the new product is best suited to pack ...
Tags: Anchor Packaging, Rpet Line, Printing
The government of India is planning to introduce comprehensive change in the laws and rules governing the weight of food packets owing to increasing sale of packaged items. A fine between Rs 5,000 to Rs 20,000 for first offence will be ...
Tags: Packaged Food Items, Packaging
Online sales of non-food products in the UK grew 10.6% in June versus a year earlier, according to the latest BRC-KPMG UK Online Retail Sales Monitor. Although this is the lowest online growth recorded since July 2013, online sales in ...
Tags: Online Sales, Furniture, Furnishing
In June 2014 total Scottish sales decreased by 1.1% compared with June 2013, when they had increased by 2.8%. Like-for-like sales decreased by 2.6% on last June, when they had increased by 0.3%. Taking account of shop price deflation, ...
Tags: UK, Apparel, Accessories
In June 2014 total Scottish sales decreased by 1.1% compared with June 2013, when they had increased by 2.8%. Like-for-like sales decreased by 2.6% on last June, when they had increased by 0.3%. Taking account of shop price deflation, ...
Tags: UK, Clothing, Apparel, Accessories
Germany-based self-adhesive technology provider Herma has introduced a new plasticizer-free, acrylate-based dispersion adhesive that is well-suited to be used on a variety of rough and otherwise difficult surfaces. The new 65Tpc adhesive ...
Culinary Software Services, which is the foodservice industry’s leading provider of back-of-the-house technology, announced that the freshly released ChefTec xt3 offers the add-on feature of Lot Tracking. The number of food recalls ...
UK retail sales were up 0.5% on a like-for-like basis from May 2013, when they had increased 1.8% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 2.0%, against a 3.4% rise in May 2013. Clothing was the best performing category, ...
Tags: Clothing, UK retail sales
Portland’s Transportation, Sustainability and Energy Committee has voted in favor of a proposal that would require retailers to charge shoppers with 5-cent fee on every single use of plastic or paper bags at grocery stores. The fee ...
Tags: Plastic Bag, charging fee
The packaging of food items is one of the key concerns for Europeans, according to an independent research commissioned by FEVE (The European Container Glass Federation). The research was carried out by an independent research agency, ...
Tags: Food Packaging, food items