The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced two new rules which will require calorie information be listed on menus and menu boards in chain restaurants, similar retail food establishments and vending machines FDA claims that ...
Retail Food Group acquisition of La Porchetta collapses Australia’s largest multi-brand retail food franchisor and leading wholesale coffee roaster, Retail Food Group Limited (RFG) has announced that a deal to acquire the 70 ...
Tags: Retail Food, casual dining, Agriculture
Novolex, formerly known as Hilex Poly, will acquire Packaging Dynamics to form a new company that will have revenue of $1.9bn and will offer a range of paper and plastic flexible packaging products. The company will operate under the ...
Australia’s largest multi-brand retail food franchisor and leading wholesale coffee roaster, Retail Food Group Limited (RFG), has announced its entry into a Sale and Purchase Agreement to acquire the global business and intellectual ...
Tags: food franchisor, coffee roaster
Menasha Packaging Company, which specialises in graphic packaging and product merchandising solutions, is investing about $5m to expand its Hartford facility. This expansion will help the company create about 70 jobs. The Neenah-based ...
Tags: Menasha Packaging, Expansion, Packaging
Global speciality ice cream restaurants company Baskin-Robbins has announced plans to expand its Australian store network by over 25 per cent in the coming year, and has appointed a new Marketing Manager. Baskin-Robbins has appointed ...
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Australia’s largest multi-brand retail food franchisor and leading wholesale coffee roaster, Retail Food Group Limited (RFG) has announced a record Net Profit After Tax (NPAT) of $36.9 million for the 2014 financial year, an increase ...
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Packaging firm Delta Packaging plans to open a new 10,000m2 production facility in Katowice, Poland. Katowice facility will house rotary flexographic and sheet-fed lithographic printing technologies, in-line functional barrier coating ...
Tags: Delta Packaging, Operations, Packaging
The Portland City Council has voted in a bid to ban the usage of foam packaging in stores as well as restaurants so as to cut down trash that is polluting waterways. The two 6-3 votes will see the ban of foam packaging and enactment of a ...
Simplot launches new Birds Eye brand 'steamfresh' vegetables and cheese sauce Food manufacturer Simplot Australia has launched a new Birds Eye SteamFresh Vegetables and Cheese Sauce range in Australia. The Company said the latest ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Brazilian poultry meats exporter and dairy products processor BRF has increased its holding in Abu Dhabi-based Federal Foods for $27.8m. The acquisition is a part of the Brazilian firm's strategy to expand its reach across the ...
Belgian frozen food firms Ardo and Dujardin Foods have entered into an agreement to merge their activities. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The move is aimed at creating a strong working platform that ...
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Private label products are helping some retailers in Western Europe Times are changing for Europe’s retail food market, and operators are consequently finding it increasingly difficult to boost sales, according to findings from ...
Specialty Packaging Technologies poised to be the leading flexible packaging manufacturer, today announced their doors are officially open for business. Specialty Packaging Technologies focuses on customized premade pouches, including ...
February 10, 2014 Sophie Langley Retail food sales and manufacturing growth strengthening in Australia Year-on-year growth in retail food sales is at its strongest since early 2010, according to a report from food manufacturing industry ...
Tags: Manufacturing Growth, Food Sales, CHEP, AFGC