AAA Travel reports nearly 46.3 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving weekend, the highest number for the holiday season since 2007. This is a 4.2% jump from last year. Almost 90 percent of ...
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Lebanese mineral water bottler Tannourine Water will install Sidel Matrix Combi line to increase its production. Developed by beverage packaging provider Sidel, the Matrix Combi water line has a capacity to produce 31,500 bottles every ...
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed the craft beverage law to ease the restrictions imposed on alcoholic beverage producers. Expected to come into effect by the end of this year, the law will allow farm distilleries to increase the ...
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US-based Newburyport Brewing has expanded its product presence to New Hampshire, under a partnership with New Hampshire Craft Alliance. A distribution agreement to this effect was signed between Newburyport Brewing and New Hampshire ...
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The European Union (EU) is planning to talk to Japan on opening the latter's beer market to the European countries prior to the signing of a free trade deal in 2015. The EU countries including France and Germany will ask Japan to alter ...
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Hiro Sake, the hand-crafted, premium spirit from Japan, announced expansion into three new major markets: California, Texas and Nevada. Hiro is a brand positioned to be the first premium Japanese sake to be recognized and ordered, easily, ...
Miami Bay Beverage, the makers of trimino sugar-free protein-infused water, have signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Farrell Distributing of South Burlington and Rutland, Vermont. Delicious trimino protein-infused water is ...
US-based Liqui-Box, a liquid packaging company, has opened a new facility in China. With this new 120,000-ft2 facility, Liqui-Box expects to reach its growing customer base in Asia markets. ChinaDaily quoted Liqui-Box Asia-Pacific ...
US-based WhiteWave Foods has acquired So Delicious Dairy Free, in a previously announced deal worth $195m. Earlier in September, WhiteWave Foods agreed to acquire So Delicious Dairy Free from its existing shareholders, led by Wasserstein ...
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Silk has expanded its offerings of plant-based alternatives to dairy milk with the introduction of Silk Creamy Cashew, a cashew-based beverage free of cholesterol, lactose, dairy, soy and gluten. With its smooth, creamy and mild taste, ...
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Australia-based beverage company Casella Family Brands will acquire Peter Lehmann Wines from the Hess Group for $49.5m. The Yellow Tail wine producer has offered $1.31 per share for Peter Lehmann's winery and brand. Upon completion ...
Chinese dairy major Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial has partnered with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) to establish a dairy plant in Kansas. The company owns 30% stake in the joint venture, which has a registered capital of around $100m. ...
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US-based buyout firm Lindsay Goldberg will sell German packaging company Weener Plastik for approximately $500m (€400m), as per a report by Reuters. Reuters quotes that rival buyout firms including CD&R, Ardian, Charterhouse and ...
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Gidue, an Italian manufacturer of printing and converting solutions for the labels and packaging industry, has installed a flexo press at the facility of India-based converter Speclabels. The 370mm, 8 colours wide printer is an MX, ...
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Liqui-Box, a world leader in flexible liquid packaging solutions celebrated the grand opening of their new facility in Taizhou, China with a public opening ceremony. The ceremony marks the grand opening of the Liqui-Box site that will ...