US-based AMF Bakery Systems has completed the acquisition of Tromp Bakery Equipment, a supplier of baking equipment based in Gorinchem, The Netherlands. Tromp designs and manufactures sheeting lines for pie, pizza, pastry, and bread ...
Linde North America, a member of The Linde Group has launched the new MAPAX modified atmosphere packaging solution that can extend the shelf life of consumer packaged foods. MAPAX uses a combination of gases including food-grade nitrogen, ...
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Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group announced the acquisition of a significant minority stake in Penti, a hosiery manufacturer and retailer of women's hosiery, lingerie and swimwear in Turkey. Equity for this investment ...
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Industrial group Famous Brands has entered into a joint venture with Coega Dairy, a dairy manufacturing business in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The joint venture will manufacture cheese products for Famous Brands. Famous Brands will ...
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White Oak Frozen Foods, a subsidiary of Cascade Specialities, plans to set up a new frozen food facility in Merced, California for an undisclosed amount. The new 70,000ft2 facility is expected to create 120 new job opportunities and buy ...
US food company Smart Balance has completed the acquisition of Udi's Healthy Foods,a producer of gluten-free products,for$125m in cash. Smart Balance has acquired Udi's Healthy Foods from majority shareholder Hubson Acquisition,an ...
2 Sisters Food Group,an England-based chicken meat processing company,has added Superiore pizza range to its Goodfella's pizza portfolio in the UK. The company said that the Superiore pizza range follows the success of the Flatbread ...
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Scottish food researchers have claimed to have created the world's first nutritionally balanced pizza,which provides 30%of an adult's recommended daily amount(RDA)of vitamins and minerals. The new pizza,which has been developed by ...
UK-based retailer Sainsbury has reduced the weight of its own-brand packaging by 7% to 12,000 tonnes in 2010, through new packaging design. The company said the reductions are part of its effort to reduce packaging weight by a third by ...
AMF Bakery Systems,a subsidiary of Markel Ventures,has completed the acquisition of Tromp Bakery Equipment and affiliated entities for an undisclosed amount. Tromp Bakery Equipment is involved in the design and the manufacture of sheeting ...
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PORTLAND, OR (BRAIN) — Dealer Tour riders set out on the third and final day of visits in Portland under foggy conditions and temps in the low 40s. But within hours, the clouds cleared bringing temps up to the mid 50s, but no rain. ...
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The death knell has rung for pizza manufacturer Paramount Foods,which will close its site in North Wales with the loss of a further 278 jobs. Paramount Foods is to close its site in North Wales with the loss of 279 jobs Staff will work ...
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Nutri-Grain debuts Fruit Crunch granola bars made with whole grain and real fruit New@Special KUS snacks help you stay on your weight management track:Honey Barbecue cracker chips and 100-calorie Blondie Bites@Pringles re-launches ...
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A U.S.district judge has approved a request for class action in a lawsuit against pizza maker Papa John's International for allegedly sending hundreds of thousands of text spam messages. Seattle law firm Heyrich Kalish ...
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The Bakkavor boss Agust Gudmundsson has reported, what he termed, “strong growth” in both revenue and margin revealed by the chilled own-label food company’s third quarter results released yesterday (November 8). ...
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