O-I, the world´s largest glass container manufacturer and preferred partner for many of the leading food and beverage brands, introduces VersaFlow carafe, an innovative packaging concept for the food industry. The VersaFlow carafe has ...
Olenex, a joint venture between ADM and Wilmar International, has signed an agreement with New Britain Palm Oil (NBPOL), to supply ADM and Wilmar with fully traceable, certified sustainable palm oil from NBPOL’s Roundtable on ...
The Honeygate scandal is over; or at least the latest incarnation of honey laundering has come to a close. Two major U.S. honey packers, Groeb Farms in Michigan and Honey Solutions in Texas, confessed to importing million of dollars in ...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will oppose the proposed acquisition of Rafferty's Garden by Heinz. Heinz and Rafferty's Garden are the two largest suppliers of wet and dry infant food in Australia. A merged ...
Tags: Service
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) authorities have opposed US-based food giant HJ Heinz's proposed acquisition of organic baby food producer Rafferty's Garden. This decision follows a review of the transaction for ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, baby food
Far Eastern food firms could snap up UK crisp brand Tyrrells, which is reportedly up for sale for £100M. Tyrrells is up for sale for £100M Food industry commentator Julian Wild, of legal firm Rollits, told ...
Tags: Tyrrells, Hain Daniels, Kellogg, Agriculture Food
Linden Foods plans to invest £5m to expand operations at its meat processing facility in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK, creating 179 new jobs. A majority of the new positions created by the expansion will be in ...
Tags: Meat Processing, Linden Foods
French dairy firm Danone has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake of over 90% in Happy Family, a leading firm in the US baby food market, for an undisclosed amount. Happy Family, established in 2006, holds more than 4% ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, baby food
Goya Foods Inc., based in Secaucus, N.J., the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the U.S. and a leader in Latin American food and condiments industries, has undertaken a major redesign of its marinade product line, converting 12-oz ...
Tags: Goya Foods, Marinades Line, Pet Packaging
Redundancy notices have been issued to the entire workforce at the Crown plant in Worcester. The firm confirmed the decision this week following a 90-day consultation process which began in January. The Worcester site, which is one of ...
Tags: Packaging, Packaging industry
Holland’s, a manufacturer of pies, puddings and pastries based in Lancashire, England, has announced that it has secured a national listing with the UK’s independent online grocer, Ocado. The company noted that with the online ...
Tags: pies, puddings, food market
The Eindhoven-based firm said it has developed the pack for semi-liquid food and it is designed for the on-the-go baby food market. The pack includes a milk powder dispenser, spring water and a ‘baby nipple’. In a statement, ...
Tags: self heating packaging, packaging, Dutch
The Commission is today able to report about some success in its strategy to fight global trade barriers. The efforts of the European Commission to fight protectionism over the last year bear fruit and could create better trade and ...
Tags: EU Reports, economy
Intertek, a provider of safety solutions, has announced that it has completed a European Union (EU) 10/2011 testing program involving about 30 grades of food contact stock shape materials for Quadrant. Within the EU, all plastic food ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Britain’s fourth largest supermarket Morrisons has revealed plans to start selling food online by the end of the year and open more convenience stores in its latest financial results, which reported profit before tax down by 4% to ...
Tags: Morrisons, Online, Convenience