Tyson Foods has acquired a 5% stake in Beyond Meat, a Los Angeles-based producer of plant-based meat substitutes. The investment was provided via a fundraising initiative by Beyond Meat. It will provide additional capital to help the ...
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Hempco Food and Fiber has announced that September 2016 was the official launch of PLANETHEMP brand retail product distribution throughout Canada and the UK. Hempco has signed an agreement with Tree of Life UK - natural, health and ...
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Mix 1 Life announced that it has acquired 100% of the shares of Scottsdale, AZ based BrandMark Products. BrandMark is an international distributor and sales agency of snack foods, beverage products and sports nutritional products. Its ...
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US based Hispanic refrigerated foods company Del Real Foods has received an undisclosed investment from an affiliated private equity fund of Palladium Equity Partners. Del Real will utilize the investment to take its products into new ...
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Harmons has selected RizePoint compliance software to ensure food safety, occupational health and safety (OSHA) and quality standards are upheld across their 17 Utah stores. Since 1932, Harmons has been Utah's neighborhood grocer with a ...
Roland Foods, in cooperation with the manufacturer in Morocco, is voluntarily recalling specific lots of Roland Preserved Lemons due to undeclared sulfites in the product. People who have a severe sensitivity to sulfites run the risk of ...
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Garden Fresh Gourmet has introduced a new line of fresh refrigerated soups. Available in the refrigerated deli section of the grocery store, the new line of soups pushes Garden Fresh Gourmet into a new category and offers consumers a new ...
Nutrisystem Everyday, the retail division of Nutrisystem, is voluntarily recalling the Nutricrush Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough bar, manufactured by Noble Foods. This bar contains a chocolate chip cookie dough ingredient supplied by a third ...
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US-based sandwich producer AdvancePierre Foods has acquired raw and cooked beef and chicken Philly steak product maker Allied Specialty Foods from Steven Zoll for $60m in cash. However, the transaction amount is subject to certain ...
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Mac Papers, the merchant distributors in the Southeast US, announced Chris Streibig will be its new paper sales manager for the company’s Miami branch, effective 1 January. In this new role, Streibig will be responsible for managing ...
US firm JBT has signed an agreement to acquire Tipper Tie from Dover for around $160m. Based in Apex of North Carolina, Tipper Tie provides protein processing and packaging solutions, and related consumables to the food industry. The ...
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Canada-based organic food company SunOpta has raised $85m from funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management to reduce its debt. The company said that it will utilise the funds to repay its debt and to increase financial flexibility. The ...
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The European Commission (EC) has approved the joint acquisition of Slaney Foods JV and Slaney Proteins by ABP Group and Fane Valley. The proposal for acquisition of the stake has been cleared unconditionally by Europe’s competition ...
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Unilever has announced that it will invest undisclosed amount to establish a new global foods innovation center in the Netherlands. The innovation center is expected to be fully operational by April 2019. Located in Wageningen, the new ...
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Cargill has announced that its three food ingredients have been verified by Non-GMO Project. Cargill's erythrtol, cane sugar and high oleic sunflower oil are now Non-GMO Project Verified and commercially available. Cargill took this ...
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