Bread and snack food manufacturer Goodman Fielder has announced it expects its earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in the 2014 financial year to be approximately 10 to 15 per cent lower than the previously expected $180 million. The ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Australian food manufacturer Patties Foods, which produces the iconic Four N' Twenty pie, has announced the appointment of Mr Steven Chaur as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, commencing on 15 April 2014. Patties Foods said ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
American private equity firms Goldman Sachs and Vestar Capital Partners will buy Hearthside Food Solutions, from Wind Point Partners for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, Hearthside Food Solutions is a ...
Tags: Goldman Sachs, bakery, contract food
Kellogg Australia has reformulated Special K Food manufacturer Kellogg Australia has launched a new recipe for its breakfast cereal brand Special K. The new three-grain recipe includes added ‘wholegrain’ oats and ...
Tags: breakfast cereal, live an active lifestyle, Agriculture&Food
The new Goulburn Valley Perfect Fruit snack, strawberry flavour Food manufacturer SPC Ardmona has launched a new soft-serve frozen fruit snack under its Goulburn Valley brand. SPC Ardmona said the Goulburn Valley Perfect Fruit snack is ...
Tags: frozen fruit snack, healthy alternative, similar to soft-serve ice cream
Global food manufacturer, the Kellogg Company (Kellogg), has announced a global commitment to work with palm oil suppliers to source “fully traceable palm oil, produced in a manner that’s environmentally responsible, socially ...
Tags: traceable palm oil, transparent sourcing, Palm oil debate
Norwegian food manufacturer Fjordland has unveiled the new ConviTray concept ready meal packaging tray in collaboration with Swiss packaging development company Comvince and UK-based Nicholl Food Packaging. ConviTray, which has ovenable ...
Tags: Ready Meal, Packaging
Rawsome adds new 'raw treats' to its range Australian raw food manufacturer Rawsome has released two new product lines for 2014, adding to its range of sweet treats. Made without any cooking or baking from raw ingredients such as nuts, ...
In the first month of 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued 11 warning letters to food manufacturers and processors. The first two warning letters of the year were delivered to a seafood processing facility in Hawaii and a ...
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KLN Family Brands, an American snack food manufacturer, has purchased the former Troyer Farms potato chip plant in northwestern Pennsylvania. The company will begin the manufacturing of kettle-cooked potato chips, popcorn and other snacks ...
Tags: snack food, new plant
New South Wales-based dairy company Bega Cheese Limited (Bega) has announced its intention to sell its 18.8 per cent shareholding in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB) to Canadian dairy company Saputo. The move makes a Saputo takeover of ...
Tags: interest grows, Sell WCB Shares
Organic food manufacturer Pastry Smart has introduced Jack Crisps, an all-natural cracker cheese brand at the Specialty Food Association’s 39th Annual Winter Fancy Food Show 2014 in San Francisco. The trans fat and wheat free cheese ...
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January 15, 2014 Sophie Langley Mundella Foods has been acquired by China-based Bright Food Group China’ Bright Food Group Co Ltd (Bright Food) has agreed to buy Western Australian dairy company Mundella Foods, expanding the ...
Tags: Bright Future, Mundella Food, Wa Cheese, international interest
The new Slendier "high dietary fibre" drink Australian health food manufacturer D'lite Food Pacific has launched a new range of drinks called Slendier Drinks in Australia, which it says are "high in dietary fibre" and designed to "keep ...
Tags: D'lite Food Pacific, Slendier Drinks, dietary fibre, low calorie
Growing investor interest in the Australian processed food sector and divestments by large Australian food manufacturers are becoming more frequent. The recent drop in the Australian dollar and export market opportunities may be driving ...