Bahrain has lifted the restrictions on food imports from Japan, which were imposed after the nuclear disaster in March 2011, which was caused by a massive earthquake and tsunami that stuck the island nation. With this move, Bahrain has ...
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Ajinomoto is set to open a new manufacturing facility in Indonesia with an investment of JPY900m ($9.6m) for the manufacture of SAORI liquid seasoning products. P.T. Ajinomoto Indonesia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese food firm ...
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UK-based Premier Foods has completed the sale of its sweet pickles and table sauces business to Japanese food firm Mizkan for pound 92.5m in cash. The companies had entered into an agreement over the deal on 30 October 2012. This move is ...
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Japanese food group House Foods has snapped up US soy products firm El Burrito Mexican Food Products. The deal, announced for an undisclosed sum, will see the Japanese manufacturer expand its portfolio to include soy lines. "Adding ...
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Japanese food group Mizkan has said it wants to make further acquisitions in the UK condiments market followings its deal to buy Premier Food plc's vinegar and sour pickles business last month. Speaking exclusively to just-food, Mizkan ...
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Premier Foods plc has sold ethnic flour business Elephant Atta to UK rival Associated British Foods, the latest disposal in its move to cut debts. The GBP34m (US$52.8m) deal includes the Elephant Atta brand, which Premier described as the ...
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Nestle executive Stuart Irvine is to become CEO of Australian dairy-to-beer group Lion next year. Irvine will replace Rob Murray in January. Lion announced in February that Murray, himself a former Nestle executive, would leave the Pura ...
Benihana, a US-based operator of Japanese theme and sushi restaurants, has launched new menu items for the month of September. The new menu items include Filet Mignon & Chicken for Two, a five-course meal for $48, and Hibachi Mango Salmon ...
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Singapore conglomerate Fraser and Neave has booked a drop in annual profits from its dairy business after production was hit by the floods in Thailand late last year. F&N, which is the subject of a takeover battle, reported its results ...
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The European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, is set to ease restrictions on Japanese food imports beginning 1 November 2012. Import restrictions were imposed following an accident at the nuclear plant in Fukushima ...
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An oats sample imported from Japan was found to contain low level of radioactivity, according to a spokesman for the Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. The test result showed that a ...
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UK-based Premier Foods has entered into an agreement to sell its sweet pickles and table sauces business to Japanese food firm Mizkan for£92.5m in cash. The sale includes production,distribution,sales,marketing and licensing of the ...
The future of Fraser&Neave has become the subject of speculation in recent days,with the Singapore-based food and drink group the centre of takeover talk. Heineken today(27 July)extended the deadline for Fraser&Neave to consider the Dutch ...
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The Office of Fair Trading(OFT)–the UK's competition watchdog,has started an investigation into the proposed sale of Premier Foods'vinegar and sour pickles business to Japanese food firm Mizkan. In June 2012,Premier Foods announced ...
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