Sales will continue to grow as major companies roll out new products with long-lasting flavors in a highly competitive market Wallace Chung looked as if he had just stepped off a movie set. Dressed in an electric blue jacket with matching ...
Tags: Chewing Gum, chewing gum market
Dutch brewer Heineken has agreed to purchase 51.11% stake in Slovenian brewery Pivovarna Lasko in a deal that will value the company at around $237m. Heineken and Lasko's largest shareholder Bank Asset Management Company (DUTB) ...
Tags: Slovenian Brewer Lasko, Heineken
With a growing number of Chinese cell phone makers taking giant strides in overseas markets, Africa, with its huge population, is also in its sights. OPPO, a Chinese producer, has unveiled two smartphones, OPPO N3 and OPPO N5, in Morocco, ...
Tags: Cell Phone, African Market
Instant noodles are an essential part of life for many people in China and other Asian countries, thanks to their convenience, cost and taste. Chinese people consume more than 40 billion packets of instant noodles annually, accounting for ...
Tags: Instant noodles, junk food
Australia based Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB) has agreed to acquire the everyday cheese business (EDC Business) of Lion-Dairy & Drinks (LDD), in a A$137.5m ($107.3m) deal. With this transaction, WCB will boost its ...
Tags: Cheese, Butter, Lion Dairy
East China Fair (ECF) is the largest regional trade fair in China with the most traders, great variety of exhibits and the most onsite deals. With an annul 5-day session from March 1st in Shanghai, ECF is supported by Ministry ...
Tags: Footprints
US-based wine company Sazerac is set to expand its Taaka vodka brand with the introduction of two new flavors. The new Taaka Watermelon and Taaka Pineapple vodkas will be available across the country, beginning this spring, The Spirits ...
Tags: Pineapple vodkas, vodkas
Dutch brewing company Heineken has opened a new €110m greenfield brewery in Kilinto, Ethiopia, in a move to cater to the increasing demand for beer in the country. This development comes after the Ethiopian government invited ...
Tags: beer, brewery, Agriculture
Hawaiian Host, US-based producers of Hawaiian chocolate covered macadamia nuts, has agreed to acquire Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut from The Hershey Company. An agreement to this effect was signed by Hawaiian Host and Hershey, reports ...
Tags: Macadamia Nut, Hawaiian chocolate
Orkla has agreed to divest its confectionery producer OJSC Orkla Brands Russia to Slavyanka-Lyuks JSC, a member of the Russian confectionery group Slavyanka. The agreement signed will require the company to sell 100% of its shares in ...
Tags: confectionery, Agriculture
Chinese dairy producer Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial has announced plans to invest around CNY2bn ($327m) in its Oceania Dairy production base in Waimate, South Island, New Zealand. So far, the company has already invested around CNY1.2bn ...
Chinese dairy producer Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial is planning to invest around CNY2bn ($327m) in its Oceania Dairy production base in New Zealand. The proposed investment will be employed in the construction of a raw milk ...
Tags: Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial, Oceania Dairy production, Agriculture
The Thailand Textile Institute (THTI) has joined hands with Rajamangala University of Technology (RMUT) to promote the local Muslim fashion industry in Thailand. The Ministry of Industry, Thailand, has successfully started using local ...
A new study commissioned by International Apparel Federation (IAF) explores the increased relative power of the garment industry in developing countries vis-à-vis the global apparel system. IAF says its truly global membership is a ...
Tags: Apparel, garment industry
Owens-Illinois, the world's largest glass container manufacturer recently completed a line extension for Lucas Bols, the world's oldest distilled spirit brand. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI), the world's largest glass container ...
Tags: food packaging, packaging, glass container