B&G Foods, US-based manufacturer of shelf-stable Mexican food, has reported that its net sales for the first quarter of 2013 has increased 8.8% to $171.2m. The net sales of the New York Style and Old London brands, which B&G Foods ...
Austin Packaging (APC) is all set to cease the frozen pizza manufacturing sector of its business, which accounts for about half of its business, owing to the decline in customer demand within the pizza industry. The company, which ...
US food group Campbell Soup Co. has recorded a drop in first-half profits as costs related to its acquisition of Bolthouse Farms hit earnings. Earnings in the six months ended 27 January fell to US$430m, a 7.3% decline on last year, the ...
Bolthouse Farms, a manufacturer and processor of salad dressing and carrots, has opened a new US innovation centre. The US$5m facility will accelerate NPD across the group's portfolio and will "integrate marketing and research" to create ...
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The brief: To target the on-the-go food market, Asda launched a dressing for salads. It needed a convenient format for consumers and shift away from the traditional bottles. It also needed an easy to open format. Client: Asda Brand: ...
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Wm. Bolthouse Farms Inc., headquartered in California's fertile San Joaquin Valley, recently introduced a completely revamped line of premium refrigerated salad dressings that contain at least 55 percent fewer calories and 75 percent less ...
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T.H.E.M.,the exclusive North American representative for Sanko Machinery Co.,recently introduced the FP500 and Zero1 machinery lines to attendees at Pack Expo in Chicago,IL on October 28-31. MARLTON,NJ,November ...
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US own-label group Ralcorp Holdings, which today (27 November) agreed to a takeover bid from ConAgra Foods, returned to profit in its fiscal 2012 year, boosted by acquisitions made during the year. In the 12 months to the end of ...
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Ralcorp Holdings has acquired Italian private-label frozen ready meals maker Gelit for an undisclosed sum. Gelit, based in Cisterna di Latina, employs around 130 staff and produces frozen ready meals for sale in the US and Italy. The ...
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US food manufacturer Lancaster Colony has booked a drop in full-year profits. In the 12 months to the end of June, earnings slid 9.9% to US$95.8m. Operating profits in the period dropped 2.5% to US$143.3m. Lancaster's speciality foods ...
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Old South Foods, a leading bottler and co-packer of restaurant foods, has converted its 16-ounce barbecue sauce decanter from glass to hot fill polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles from Amcor Rigid Plastics, the world's leading producer ...
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Campbell Soup Co. has acquired US salad dressings to beverages firm Bolthouse Farms for a cash consideration of US$1.55bn. The firm said the move would provide it with a "significant presence" in the "rapidly growing" market for packaged ...
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Thai Taste, a UK-based food company, has launched three new salad dressings for BBQ and picnic season. The firm claimed that its three flavors include Chilli & Garlic, Coriander, Lime & Chilli, and Sweet Mango, that are made from fresh ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has released a new study, which revealed that more than 95% of sauces, marinades and dressings tested had no detectable levels of undeclared allergens or gluten. For the study, the agency ...
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Ken's Foods, a US-based producer of salad dressing, prepared sauces and mayonnaise, is voluntarily recalling its own branded foodservice dressings and sauces over Listeria monocytogenes contamination, according to the US Food and Drug ...
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