Africa-China Relations The State of relations between the Chinese nation and the continent of Africa is steadily growing. The 21st-century has seen a significant paradigm shift of the world's largest trading nations. China is by far the ...
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Coca-Cola has set a goal to collect and recycle every bottle or can it sells by 2030. The company announced the new packaging commitment as part of its ‘World Without Waste’ campaign which looks to make all its packaging 100% ...
Orkla Foods Sweden, through its Anamma division, has developed a new vegan burger for international fast-food chain McDonald's which will be launched in Sweden and Finland later this month. The jointly developed burger from Anamma and ...
Technology giant IBM has collaborated with food giants across the globe over a blockchain solution in an effort to reduce food borne illness and get rid of food contamination. The consortium includes food companies Dole, Driscoll’s, ...
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New York-based farming startup BrightFarms has raised $30.1m Series C funding to expand its presence in the US by introducing more commercial-scale fresh, healthy, local and sustainable produce. The funding is led by equity firm Catalyst ...
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Global supply chain risk Q2 2016. Global supply chain risk climbed in the second quarter of 2016, reaching the highest levels since records began in 1995, according to the CIPS Risk Index, powered by Dun & Bradstreet. The Index, ...
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Researchers from the US Department of Agriculture are developing a packaging film made of milk proteins. The researchers presented their work at the 252nd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Researchers ...
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McDonald’s global turnaround is coming to fruition. The global re-vitalisation is being driven by the new management headquartered in Chicago. There are numerous lessons that can be learnt on how big companies can successfully ...
A new study has found that metal from the almost 5 trillion cigarette butts littered annually across the world may be leaching into the food chain. Published late last week by the online journal, Tobacco Control, Iranian scientists ...
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The partnership now in its 11th year will allow consumers the chance to pick their own prizes through the Monopoly game, including a trip to California. Hasbro has re-launched a partnership with the fast-food chain McDonald’s to ...
The Google Cardboard-like goggles will be able to be assembled from the Happy Meal packaging, allowing kids or parents to place a mobile phone within to experience VR. Virtual Reality is continuing its play for the toy space as McDonald's ...
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Fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), in partnership with foodservice packaging specialist International Paper Foodservice Europe, has developed a plastic-free paperboard food bucket in the UK and Ireland. Designed to replaces ...
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To Coincide with the 15th anniversary of the Foot and Mouth Crisis on 19 February Devised by Gloucestershire farmers with widespread support from across the food industry, Happerley Passports empowers farmers to control provenance at the ...
Ten defendants representing the Shanghai and Hebei branches of Husi Food Company, a former supplier to McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut, have stood trial on charges of producing and selling shoddy products. The ten people and the two ...
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Australian ASX-listed fast food chain Domino’s Pizza has announced it is acquiring Germany’s largest pizza chain Joey’s Pizza. Following the October purchase of Western French chain Pizza Sprint, increasing the presence ...
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