It’s the world’s largest manufacturer of carton packaging for the food and beverage industry. Toronto private equity firm, Onex Corporation, the largest buyout firm in Canada, has agreed to buy SIG Combibloc from Rank Group New ...
Sunny Queen Farms launches new gourmet egg dishes for foodservice Australian egg supplier Sunny Queen Farms has launched a range of new gourmet egg dishes for foodservice outlets. Sunny Queen Farms said it developed the new flavours to ...
Tags: Gourmet Egg Dishes, Agriculture
Dairy and meat industry boost from new China FTA deal A new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been finalised between Australia and China, with the Australian dairy and meat industries expected to benefit. Australian Prime Minister Tony ...
Tags: Dairy Industry, Meat Industry, Agriculture
The global producer of specialist food ingredients and products, Chaucer has announced its new corporate branding and website, to mark the Company’s transition to a truly market leading specialist food ingredient and now consumer ...
Tags: Corporate Branding, Website, Agriculture
Packaged food company ConAgra Foods has opened a new potato processing facility in Shangdu, Inner Mongolia, China for its Lamb Weston brand. Located in one of the largest potato growing regions in the country, the plant will be capable ...
Canadian buyout firm Onex is said to be leading the bidding for Switzerland-based juice-box maker SIG Combibloc Group. Onex is competing against Swiss private-equity firm Partners Group Holding in the final round. It is being speculated ...
Israeli dairy processor Tnuva is looking at the possibilities of exporting cheese to Russia, with a hope to fill in the gap created due to the one-year ban on food imports from Europe and the US. In 2013, Russia imported 250,000 tons of ...
Tags: Israeli dairy processor, exporting cheese, Agriculture
Fresh Promise Foods,a Georgia-based natural and organic health and wellness company, announced today that their wholly owned subsidiary Harvest Soul's inaugural brand, Harvest Soul Organic Chewable Juices, received permitting from the ...
Fresh Del Monte Produce has reported a surge in profit for the third quarter, driven largely by higher sales and prices for bananas. Coral Gables, Florida-based Fresh Del Monte's third-quarter profit rose to $19.9m from $6.4m last year. ...
Tags: Fresh Del Monte, banana, pineapples
Southeast Asia has become a hotbed of activity in the oleochemicals production space. This is due to a combination of factors: the abundant availability of raw materials, escalating consumer preference for vegetable-based products, and low ...
UK-based food ingredients specialist Chaucer has agreed to acquire 65% stake in American freeze-dried fruit and vegetable brand Crunchies Food, for an undisclosed amount. The investment is said to form a part of Chaucer's commitment in ...
Global food and drink launches that carried a vegetarian claim doubled between 2009 and 2013, increasing to 12 per cent, up from 6 per cent, according to new findings from global market research organisation Mintel. Further to this, ...
Tags: Vegetarian Food, Vegetarian Drink
October 22, 2014 Sophie Australian consumers are buying potatoes for taste and convenience, and are keen to purchase more, according to new industry research carried out as part of a potato research study funded by potato levies with ...
Tags: Spud Consumption, Potato
A majority of UK consumers are distrustful of food and drinks products that offer a ‘magic bullet’ health solution, instead opting for ‘traditional’ health foods such as fruit and vegetables, according to new ...
Tags: Vegetables, Health Cure Products
Approximately 50,000 tones of sugar stored in a warehouse operated by Cargill and Biosev at Brazil's Santos port, affected by fire in the Teag terminal, has been destroyed. The terminal, known as TEAG sugar terminal, is a 50-50 joint ...