US dairy firm Land O'Lakes has booked an increase in full-year profit, boosted by initiatives to build its value-added, branded business. In the 12 month period, net earnings totalled US$241m, a 31% increase on the prior year period. ...
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World leading industrial thread and consumer textile crafts business, Coats plc announced the launch of Coats Insectiban, the world’s first anti-bed bug sewing thread and zips. Coats have developed an anti-bed bug chemical ...
The Muffin Mam, a US-based wholesale baked goods distributor, is recalling its Strawberry Crème Cake as it contains undeclared whole eggs ingredient. The product subject to the recall include all lot codes of The Muffin Mam brand ...
In January, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.0 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.0 percent in cities and 2.2 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 2.9 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.6 ...
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Like all organic materials, textiles will decompose under the influence of water and microorganisms in the ground. Under comparable environmental conditions, it depends mainly on the raw materials used whether the decomposition process ...
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The market continued its correction and pulled back to a low of 80.05 cents in March and 81.35 cent in May, but there were plenty of buyers waiting to buy on dips. Volume was heavy all week long due to the Goldman roll, but overall open ...
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Kia Australia is hopeful of a late 2013 launch for the Kia pro_cee’d GT after formally requesting the car for import from Europe. The 1.6-litre turbocharged three-door hot hatch will go into production at the Korean company’s ...
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Cake maker Finsbury Food Group has reported relatively flat sales for the half year to December 29, up marginally to 103.3M compared with 102M for the same period of the previous year and in-line with management expectations. Finsbury's ...
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Packaging design and sourcing company New Vision has created a new packaging solution for the UK-based Kinnerton Confectionery’s Easter product, which will be stocked in retailers nationwide. The product contains a series of small ...
Thousands of consumers surveyed across four European Union countries have said they want country of origin labelling on more foods. An average of 70% of consumers surveyed in France, Austria, Poland and Sweden believe country of origin ...
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Editor's note: The following article appeared in the January 2013 issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News. WASHINGTON, D.C. (BRAIN) — While the industry’s three prominent advocacy groups decided to continue to work ...
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Taiwan Food Products is voluntarily recalling Fish Tempura Sticks in Canada as it may contain egg that is not mentioned on the labeling, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The product subject to recall was sold ...
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Norway's largest food company Nortura has appointed Arne Kristian Kolberg as CEO. Kolberg, VP and executive director of production and processing for Nortura, will take up the post from 15 February. He succeeds Runar Larsen who recently ...
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What On Earth, a UK-based organic company, has unveiled its new range of large organic eggs, which will be available at Ocado by the end of January 2013. The company said that this move comes after it received requests to sell organic ...
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In the year of 2012, in face of the increasingly complicated and severe international situation and arduous tasks of domestic reform, development and stability, the Central Party Committee and the State Council took scientific development ...