US-based snacks providing firm Giants Snacks has introduced a new resealable packaging designs for many flavors of its Giants Sunflower Seeds. The new resealable packages were developed by packaging services provider Zip-Pak in ...
Tags: Zip-Pak, Resealable Packaging
Resealable, flexible zipper packages provider Zip-Pak has partnered with flexible packaging converter Technipac to develop a new packaging for Giants Sunflower Seeds. Developed using a heat score technology, the packaging is claimed to ...
PepsiCo, Inc. today reported core earnings per share of $1.24 for the third quarter and organic revenue growth of 3.3 percent for the quarter. Organic revenue grew 3.9 percent year to date and core constant currency EPS increased 12 percent ...
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US meat giant Tyson Foods has acquired local tortilla, salty snack and pretzel maker Don Julio Foods. The deal expands Tyson's presence in the retail channel. Tyson is the second-largest tortilla maker in the US, although the majority of ...
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A new analysis from Symphony Consulting, a division of SymphonyIRI Group Inc., reveals that claim sales for "Better for You" and "Dietary Restriction" lead among five macro health claim categories, accounting for 36 percent and 33 percent ...
Tags: Symphony Consulting, analysis, report, Food and Beverage
There were, despite continued economic uncertainty in many Western markets and concerns over slowing growth in the East, signs that M&A activity rebounded in the food sector this year. Data for the whole of 2012 has not yet been published ...
Tags: European M&A advisors, food sector, Food
Looking behind the headlines is just-food's signature dish and this year we looked at the major stories in-depth, including the possible suitors for United Biscuits' salty snacks business; the work ahead for China's Bright Food after it ...
Tags: Agriculture Food, Just Food, Bright Food, Kraft Foods
Former TescoCEO Terry Leahy will take up the post of chairman at B&M Retail after private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice acquired a majority stake in UK discount retailer. B&M, owned by the Arora family, will continue to be managed ...
Tags: Tesco, Clayton, acquisition, discount retail
US speciality food group Inventure Foods has attributed its third-quarter profits to rising sales of its frozen natural and health food products. Net income in the three months to 29 September increased to US$1.7m, compared a loss of ...
Tags: Frozen sales, Inventure Q3 gains, natural and health food
Nick Bunker, the head of Kraft Foods' businesses in the UK and Ireland, is to become CEO of United Biscuits recently-separated snacks unit. United Biscuits said today (6 August) Bunker would become chief executive of KP Snacks on 1 ...
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The week's two major stories broke within hours of each other on Wednesday - Tesco admitted it was "likely" to leave the US and Germany's Intersnack snapped up United Biscuits' salty snacks business. Elsewhere, ex-Tesco CEO Terry Leahy led ...
Tags: salty snacks, Intersnack, Hula Hoops, McCoy's, Skips, dairy, pork sector
Private-equity firm Wind Point Partners has snapped up US snacks group Shearer's Foods in a takeover backed by former Sara Lee executive C.J. Fraleigh. Wind Point Partners has acquired what it called "the largest producer of private-label ...
UK-based United Biscuits has completed the separation of snacks division from the rest of the operations, as a part of its plan to sell the company in parts. To lead the snacks division, United Biscuits has appointed the current president ...
Tags: snacks division, biscuits and cakes, domestic and international markets