Brasil Foods has booked a 75% drop in third-quarter profits as higher feed costs more than offset sales gains in the period. The Brazilian meat company said net income fell to BRL91m (US$44m) in the three months, down from BRL365m in the ...
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Swiss meat processing company Bell Group said it is "holding up well", despite booking a drop in first-half profits today (9 August). The company said it faced a "difficult" trading environment in the six-month period as net profit ...
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Sonic, a US-based restaurant chain, has launched two new chicken sandwiches - Asiago Caesar Chicken Sandwich, Classic Chicken Sandwich, available in either grilled or crispy. The limited time Asiago Caesar Chicken Sandwich is made with ...
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Posted by Jenni Spinner, Senior Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/7/2012 8:27:10 AM McCormick & Company Inc., a global leader in flavor, today unveiled its McCormick Flavor Forecast 2013. Now in its thirteenth year, the report is an annual ...
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Odra Deli and Wholesale Meat is voluntarily recalling Krakowska Sausage in Canada as the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The affected product, Krakowska ...
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Nualight, an Ireland-based clean-tech company specialising in LED lighting for food retail outlets, has introduced two new lighting solutions for food displays. The new lighting solutions not only bring out the natural colours of food ...
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US meat giant Tyson Foods has booked a drop in full-year profits as the company battled increasing grain and feed ingredients costs. In the 12 months ended 1 October, net profit slumped to US$576m from $733m in the prior year, the ...
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Scottish farmer-owned co-operative ANM Group has announced plans to sell its Scotch Premier Meat and Yorkshire Premier Meat businesses following a strategic review of its operations. In a statement yesterday (19 July), the company said ...
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Dutch retailer Ahold is to team up with US meats firm Vantage Foods on a processing project in Pennsylvania. Ahold, which owns chains including Stop & Shop and Giant Food in the US, will build a plant in Lower Allen Township in ...
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Aunt Bessie's has launched what it claims is the first frozen gravy product in the UK. The food group has developed Aunt Bessie's Homestyle Gravy, cubes of "frozen fresh gravy" that can be microwaved in under two minutes or cooked on the ...
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Associated British Foods today (10 September) revealed it had taken an impairment charge of A$150m (US$155m) on its Australian meat business as it battles "difficult" trading conditions in the market. The UK-listed group announced the ...
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Chinese meat processor Zhongpin saw its half-year net profits slump 36% despite posting a rise in revenues. Net income attributable to Zhongpin shareholders for first six months of the year ending 30 June was US$23.2m, compared to $36.2m ...
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The ethnic cuisine arm of Associated British Foods, AB World Foods, has extended its Patak's range with a range of Indian stir fry sauces. Available in three variants; Bengali coconut (mild), Punjabi 5 Spice (medium), and Goan Hot & Sour ...
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Chinese meat firm Zhongpin is set to be taken private by its chairman and chief executive. Nasdaq-listed Zhongpin announced today (26 November) chairman and CEO Xianfu Zhu had agreed to pay US$13.50 a share for the company. Zhongpin ...
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Suzanna's Kitchen, a producer of prepared meat products, is recalling 35,800 pounds of breaded chicken products as they may contain pieces of plastic, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service ...
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