Swiss food company Nestle is planning to invest over €25m for expansion of its research and development center in Askeaton, Ireland. The expanded facility will be located at Nestle's current plant in Askeaton. The facility ...
Tags: Nestle, Investment, Expansion, R&D
Nestle USA has recalled around three million boxes of DiGiorno, Lean Cuisine, and Stouffer’s products saying they might contain glass pieces. The company said that the source of glass could be spinach which was a common ...
Finnish food company Atria is entering Swedish poultry business by acquiring Lagerberg i Norjeby (Lagerbergs). The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Through this deal, the company is purchasing the entire share ...
Tags: Atria, Swedish Poultry, Aquisition
Nampak Plastics, the UK based producer of plastic milk bottles, is planning to set up a new plant in Stirling, Scotland, to manufacture a range of plastic milk bottles. As part of this effort, the firm has signed a lease deal on 20,000 ...
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KING'S HAWAIIAN has launched brand new product line of four Hawaiian-inspired BBQ Sauces at its South by Southwest interactive media lunch hosted by Mark Dacascos. Hawaiian-native Mark Dacascos is an actor, director, martial artist, and ...
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Artisola, a company based in Benicia, California, has launched the industry's first Non-GMO Project Verified line of refrigerated pastas and sauces. The new, handcrafted Artisola line offers home cooks an inspired assortment of great ...
Tags: Artisola, Non-GMO Project, Pastas
Furniture was again the top-performing category and the main contributor to retail growth in February, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. After hitting a record of +16 in January, GfK’s Major Purchase Index ...
Tags: Furniture, retail sales
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 ...
Tags: McDonald's, Meal Boxes
Murray Goulburn says it is feeling the impact of a troubled dairy industry, revealing a slump in net profit to shareholders. The dairy company, which owns the Devondale brand, announced a net profit of only AUD$10 million for the six ...
Tags: low milk prices, Murray Goulburn
A report released by the Australian Parliament’s joint standing committee on Northern Australia last week is recommending that all food-service industry providers be forced to declare the country of origin (CoOL) of seafood served. ...
A higher proportion of Australians living in rural and regional parts of the country are more likely to purchase cheese than consumers living in the bigger Australian cities says a new report from Roy Morgan Research. In the 12 months to ...
Tags: Cheese, Cheese-buying habits
Australians are tired of food trends and fad diets says new Galaxy research released this week. The Galaxy Research study reported that 94 per cent of all Australians believe eating the latest fad food has become a ‘status ...
Tags: food trends
United Natural Foods has reported financial results for the second fiscal quarter and six months ended January 30, 2016. The Company also announced today that it has acquired certain assets of Global Organic/Specialty Source, Inc. and ...
Private equity firm Quad-C Management has invested undisclosed sum in rigid container and life sciences packaging distributor Inmark Packaging. Under the terms of the deal, which is structured as an owner-operator recapitalization, ...
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Smyth Companies, has acquired Pure Pack Technologies , which specializes in the conversion of flexible packaging materials. "Smyth's acquisition of Pure Pack Technologies immediately enhances our flexible packaging product offerings ...
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