Orville Redenbacher's, the brand owned by ConAgra Foods, has introduced new Pop Up Bowl in Canada. The new Pop Up Bowl eliminates the need for a bowl. The Pop Up Bowl flavors will include Buttery, Smart Pop!, Extra Buttery, Light Buttery ...
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The Canadian Competition Bureau has confirmed that it does not intend to challenge US-based ConAgra Foods’ acquisition of Ralcorp for $6.8bn. This decision by the agency satisfies one of the conditions for the completion of the ...
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Focus Products Group International, which owns the West Bend brand name, is recalling several hot cocoa drink makers today. According to the Food and Drug Administration, the small appliances have internal parts that may leach heavy metal ...
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The number of eco-labels in the food industry is expected to continue to proliferate in 2013. More than 200 seals and logos represent some ecological, ethical, ingredient or sustainability attributes in the global food industry. Organic ...
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Consumers can now buy Hershey's Bliss chocolates made with 100 percent certified cocoa. The rollout of certified Hershey's Bliss chocolates builds on The Hershey Company's programs in West Africa to increase the income and livelihoods of ...
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From a sustainability standpoint, 2012 might be characterised as a year when the world went backwards - or at a pinch stayed still - but the food industry moved forward. There are plenty of campaigners who would beg to differ on the ...
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Volatility in global commodity markets remained a significant factor for the food industry during 2012. On the one hand, adverse weather conditions hit grain harvests causing prices to spike, while on the other, over-supply has meant cocoa ...
US chocolate manufacturer Hershey has announced it will be launching certified Hershey's Bliss chocolates, which are made with 100% certified cocoa. The products will hit the shelves this holiday season. In January, the company announced ...
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Mining companies and investors including some heavyweight industrial combines in China are pouring into the region in a quest for iron ore, driving a railway building and mining boom whose worth JPMorgan Chase & Co recently estimated at USD ...
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The top two stories on just-food's pages this week included Barry Callebaut's deal to buy Petra Foods' cocoa ingredients business and the European Commission's warning it will come forward with ideas for a grocery code adjudicator next ...
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STAGE The Christmas Schooner Have yourself a City of Big Shoulders Christmas at the Mercury Theater, the current home of the beloved Chicago musical, “The Christmas Schooner.” Created by John Reeger and Julie Shannon, ...
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Swiss chocolate products manufacturer Barry Callebaut has agreed to acquire cocoa ingredients unit of Singapore-based Petra Foods for $950m. The proposed acquisition is expected to expand Barry Callebaut's cocoa sourcing and processing ...
Back in December, I was contacted by the people who manufacture the Daycraft series of notebooks and planners to see if I would try out some of their products and review them here. At first I was a bit reluctant because they were not yet ...
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Divine Chocolate, a Ghana-based manufacturer of Fairtrade chocolate products, has introduced new products to its Easter range. The new additions in the range include chocolate chickens & eggs and chocolate bees with a honeycomb crunch, ...
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Barry Callebaut said today (12 December) it had become the world's largest cocoa processor after agreeing to buy Petra Foods' cocoa ingredients business for US$950m. The Switzerland-based group, which supplies cocoa and chocolate ...
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