The premises in Belfast and Co. Waterford see the long established supplier of used, refurbished and new equipment position itself firmly at the heart of the major food industry growth. BOYD now has offices in Scotland, Northern Ireland and ...
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SunOpta, a leading global company focused on natural, organic and specialty foods, announced financial results for the first quarter ended April 5, 2014. All amounts are expressed in US dollars and results are reported in accordance with ...
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Bunge North America, a unit of food processing firm Bunge, has purchased the wheat milling business of Grupo Altex in Mexico for an undisclosed amount. Grupo Altex produces a wide range of products from wheat including, bread flour, ...
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Swiss food giant Nestlé has unveiled plans to sell its 10% stake in Swiss flavorings maker Givaudan in a deal worth over $1bn, as part of its efforts to focus more on its core food businesses. The company has launched the sale of ...
Bunge North America, a unit of food processing firm Bunge, is set to acquire wheat milling business of Grupo Altex in Mexico. Grupo Altex produces a wide range of products from wheat including, bread flour, prepared flours for baked ...
Tags: Wheat Milling Business, Bunge
Anglo–Dutch multinational consumer goods company Unilever plans to make an investment of $152.5m at its New Century spreads manufacturing facility in Johnson County, Kansas, a move which will create 100 new jobs. The investment will ...
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Welsh Country Foods (WCF) is closing its lamb processing business in the Island of Anglesey, UK, with immediate effect, a move which will result in 310 job losses. The plant closure comes after the completion of a 90-day consultation ...
Dutch food firm Vion has completed the sale of its red meat and poultry activities to UK-based 2 Sisters Food. The sale included 11 processing facilities, including those in Coupar Angus, Cambuslang and Portlethen. The deal is expected ...
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2 Sisters Food, a UK-based chicken meat processing company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Dutch food firm Vion's red meat and poultry activities for an undisclosed sum. Under the terms of the deal, 2 Sisters Food will acquire ...
Vion has finalised a deal for an MBO of its UK pork arm, which is among a series of assets in the country the Dutch food group is looking to sell. The company today (13 December) confirmed UK private-equity firm Endless would back a ...
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Dutch food manufacturing giant Vion has agreed a management buyout of its UK pork operations, safeguarding about 4,000 jobs. The new venture, backed by private equity firm Endless, will be led by Seamus Carr, md of Vion’s Pork ...
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Shares in Canadian retailer Loblaw fell today (25 July) after the company, which had warned of lower earnings in 2012, reported a 21% drop in first-half profits. Loblaw said in February spending on its supply chain and market ...
Sainsbury's, the UK's third-largest grocer, today (9 May) reported a 7% increase in annual underlying profits, ahead of City forecasts. The company booked underlying pre-tax profits of GBP712m (US$1.15bn) for the 12 months to 17 March, a ...
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The Australian food industry has recently claimed substantial progress for its self-regulatory measures aimed at restricting children's exposure to advertising of foods high in salt, sugar and fat. Health campaigners are less impressed. Ben ...
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Metro Inc has announced the sale of its foodservice division, Distrago, as it looks to increase its focus on its core food stores. In an announcement today (22 October), Metro said that it has sold the unit to Sysco Corporation for an ...
Tags: Metro, sale, foodservice division, core food