Mizkan America Food Ingredients Division has announced the addition of Hatch Valley Roasted chiles to its line of pepper products. Sourced from the famous farmlands of Hatch Valley in New Mexico, where the perfect blend of soil and ...
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Branding and packaging design firm Parker Williams has designed label for Sarson’s new pickling vinegar. The new label has been designed for Sarson’s Specialty Pickling Blend, in a bid to increase the value of the vinegar ...
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Unilever is planning to spin off its North American and European spreads business into a standalone company, as its sales have declined in recent years. The business, which includes Flora and Bertolli margarine, will be named Unilever ...
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Japanese firm Mizkan foods has revealed a plan to cut 66 jobs in Bury St Edmunds, one of its three food plants in the UK. Around 350 people are employed at the Bury plant, which produces Branston Pickle, Sarson's Vinegar and Haywards ...
Tags: Slash Jobs, Food Factories, Agriculture
Unilever has signed an agreement to divest its North America pasta sauces business under the Ragu and Bertolli brands to Mizkan Group for nearly $2.15bn. The annual turnover for Ragu and Bertolli brands is more than $600m. The sale ...
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Half of all jars will have a new label reading ‘Bring out’, replacing the traditional ‘Branston’ so that when on shelf, the jars will read ‘Bring out (the) Branston’. For minimal financial investment ...
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Pork Farms owner Vision Capital is fishing for prospective buyers for the chilled savoury pastry manufacturer, FoodManufacture.co.uk can exclusively reveal. Pork Farms makes chilled savoury pastry products The private equity firm, with ...
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UK-based Premier Foods has completed the sale of its sweet pickles and table sauces business to Japanese food firm Mizkan for pound 92.5m in cash. The companies had entered into an agreement over the deal on 30 October 2012. This move is ...
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Britain’s biggest food manufacturer Premier Foods has confirmed the completion of the sale of its sweet pickles and table sauces business to Mizkan for pound 92.5M in cash. Premier Foods has completed the sale of its sweet ...
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There were, despite continued economic uncertainty in many Western markets and concerns over slowing growth in the East, signs that M&A activity rebounded in the food sector this year. Data for the whole of 2012 has not yet been published ...
Tags: European M&A advisors, food sector, Food
Japanese food group Mizkan has said it wants to make further acquisitions in the UK condiments market followings its deal to buy Premier Food plc's vinegar and sour pickles business last month. Speaking exclusively to just-food, Mizkan ...
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Premier Foods plc has sold ethnic flour business Elephant Atta to UK rival Associated British Foods, the latest disposal in its move to cut debts. The GBP34m (US$52.8m) deal includes the Elephant Atta brand, which Premier described as the ...
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Premier Foods plc has offloaded another of its brands, this morning (30 October) announcing the sale of Branston pickle to Japanese group Mizkan. The UK food manufacturer has agreed to sell its sweet pickles and table sauces to Mizkan for ...
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A chunk of Dole Food Co.'s business could end up in the hands of one of Japan's largest trading houses it was announced this week - and China appears to be central to the potential deal. On Wednesday (12 September), Dole, which is in the ...
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UK-based Premier Foods has entered into an agreement to sell its sweet pickles and table sauces business to Japanese food firm Mizkan for£92.5m in cash. The sale includes production,distribution,sales,marketing and licensing of the ...