Earlier in December 2014, Australian Food News reported that food manufacturing was one of four manufacturing sub-sectors to expand in November 2014, according to the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index ...
Tags: Food, Beverage, Agriculture
Amidst restricting food imports from various European countries, Russia is set to import food from Iran, starting January 2015. Citing Russian agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor representative Alexey Alexeyenko, Russian news agency ...
Tags: fish, seafood, vegetables, fruits, Agriculture
Brazilian poultry meats exporter and dairy products processor BRF has agreed to form a joint venture (JV) with PT Indofood Suskes Makmur in Indonesia. A binding memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed between both the ...
Tags: milk, ice cream, yoghurt drinks, Agriculture
A number of Québec's institutional investors and bankers have announced a $470m investment, in the form of preferred units, in Agropur Cooperative, Canada's largest dairy cooperative. The transaction supports the cooperative's ...
Tags: dairy product, Agriculture
Golden State Foods (GSF) owned KanPak US has finalized the acquisition of the Emmi Penn Yan Factory, a production facility for aseptic dairy products in Penn Yan, N.Y. KanPak U.S. is a joint venture partnership with Golden State Foods, ...
Tags: liquid products, dairy, meat, Agriculture
Parmalat Australia, a subsidiary of dairy firm Parmalat, has agreed to acquire Longwarry Food Park for $67m. An agreement to this effect was signed by the company. Longwarry Food Park, which operates in the state of Victoria, ...
Tags: milk, dairy products, fruit beverages, Agriculture
Mexican baking company Grupo Bimbo's subsidiary Canada Bread has agreed to acquire Saputo Bakery, a subsidiary of Canadian dairy company Saputo, in a C$120m ($103.27m) deal. This acquisition of Canada's leading producer of snacks cakes ...
Tags: Canada Bread, Saputo Bakery, snacks cakes
Mexican food firm Grupo LALA has agreed to acquire assets of Nicaraguan food company Eskimo for an undisclosed amount. An agreement to this effect was signed by both the companies, with the transaction to be closed after obtaining ...
Tags: ice cream, milk and yoghurt, Agriculture
Dutch food company Wessanen has agreed to acquire Italian organic drinks firm Abafoods for €52m. An agreement to this effect was signed between both the companies. Abafoods currently operates an advanced manufacturing plant in ...
Tags: rice, coconut, almond, Agriculture
Manufacturer of packaging solutions for the dairy and liquid food industry, Ecolean, has invested in a new facility in China to increase its production capacity of aseptic packaging material. The company stated that the new factory and ...
IMA Industria Macchine Automatiche will be acquiring 80% interest in five companies - Benhil, Erca, Gasti, Hamba and Hassia - which currently form the Oystar Group. The newly formed company will function under the name IMA Dairy&Food ...
Jason Barber, the West Dorset dairy farmer, who delivered Black Cow Vodka explains how important the right gift packaging is for the Black Cow brand: “The packaging has to be an extension of the story and the brand guidelines ...
The debate around raw milk continues after dairy company Mountain View Farm recalled its Organic Bath Milk product. The recall came after the product was implicated in the death of a three-year-old child, who had consumed it. ACCC to ...
Tags: milk recall, Food Science, Agriculture
Brazilian poultry meats exporter and dairy products processor BRF is planning to further expand its operations to Asian markets with partnerships or potential acquisitions. The company mentioned India, Malaysia and Indonesia as ...
Tags: chicken, turkey, pork, Agriculture
Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GII) is planning to open a new milk protein facility on its existing site in Virginia, County Cavan, Ireland on 15 December 2014. The new facility will process milk from neighbouring counties, on both sides ...
Tags: Glanbia Ingredients, Milk Protein