Brazilian investment firm 3G Capital Partners is mulling to acquire food and beverage firms, after investors pledged about $5bn to form a new takeover fund. The Wall Street Journal reported that the company is discussing the possibility ...
Tags: 3G Capital Partners, food, beverage, Agriculture
Two baby and toddler food companies: Beech-Nut is 123 years old, Rafferty’s Garden is 7. Both lead with peak nutrition claims. Beech-Nut makes glass packaging part of this. Rafferty’s Garden uses flexible pouches. Let’s ...
Tags: glass packaging, baby food, Packaging
Melbourne-based warehouse business Supply Warehouse has launched an online grocery shopping service in Australia, making its cheap supermarket items available to shoppers across the country. Supply Warehouse Online offers monthly $1 and ...
Brands from the Asia-Pacific region have emerged as major players in the global packaged food industry over the last decade, according to market research organisation Euromonitor International. Euromonitor has released its 2014 list of ...
Tags: Asia-Pacific region, Food Brands
HJ Heinz has announced plans to divest its frozen ready meals manufacturing site in Dundalk, Ireland, to The Authentic Food Company for an undisclosed sum. The Dundalk factory employs 155 people and produces the WeightWatchers from ...
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HJ Heinz has opened its new $70m infant cereal production plant in Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China, a move that will create 200 new jobs. The new plant, which is the company's largest infant cereal production plant across the ...
Tags: Infant Cereal, Agriculture
CEO of Germany based Advansa, Heinz Meierkord has been named the new president of CIRFS, a trade body representing Europe’s €10 billion man made fibres industry. Heinz Meierkord succeeds Giulio Bonazzi, CEO of Aquafil, whose ...
Tags: fibres industry, Textile
Convenience food producer Amy’s Kitchen is planning to expand production capacity by acquiring Heinz's former site in Pocatello, Idaho. The move in the wake of double-digit growth registered by the company in the past year. The ...
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To celebrate the centenary, Ardagh formally opened its new factory extension. Since 1914, metal packaging solutions were manufactured at the Sutton‐in‐Ashfield site, originally for the production of printed fancy metal ...
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HJ Heinz Australia has recalled its canned beetroot over possible microbial growth in the products, according to the Food Standards Australia New Zealand. The recalled product is 450g Golden Circle Beetroot Slices that is packed in a tin ...
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BASF is changing the organizational set-up of its paper chemicals business to strengthen its competitiveness and better meet the needs of the paper industry. BASF is a leading global supplier to the paper industry and offers a comprehensive ...
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US-based food company HJ Heinz is introducing a new Heinz Tomato Ketchup 50% Less Sugars, a stevia-based version, alongside its regular Heinz Tomato Ketchup. The new variety has 50% less sugar as well as 25% less salt, claims Heinz. It ...
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Lead scare causes Heinz recall of infant cereal products in China US-based food manufacturer H.J. Heinz Co. (Heinz) has said it will tighten controls over ingredients suppliers in China after it was forced to recall some infant food ...
US-based food company HJ Heinz has recalled four batches of infant food in eastern China, citing the presence of excessive amounts of lead. The move came in the wake of discovery of excessive lead in Heinz AD Calcium Hi-Protein Cereal by ...
Tags: HJ Heinz, Contamination, Food
Sika is expanding its presence in the Asia/Pacific Region with the establishment of Sika Sri Lanka. This represents another milestone in Sika‘s ambitious growth strategy, with a clear focus on the accelerated build-up of operations in ...
Tags: Sika, Opens, Construction