Morrisons’ bid to profit from the horse meat scandal will provide a ‘short-term bounce’ rather than a long-term turnaround, say City analysts. Morrisons' gain from the horse meat scandal is likely to be short-term: City ...
Flowers Foods, a US-based producer and marketer of packaged bakery foods, has appointed Allen L Shiver as chief executive officer and president, effective 22 May 2013. Shiver has worked for over 33 years with Flowers Foods and currently ...
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The Newburn Bakehouse by Warburtons range, which is gluten and wheat free, includes a sliced white and brown loaf and white and brown rolls as well as lemon & poppy and blueberry & cranberry muffins, fruity teackes and spiced fruit loaf. ...
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Allen Shiver, president of US baker Flowers Foods, has been named the company's new CEO. Shiver, who has spent over three decades at Flowers, will replace George Deese in May. Deese, also Flowers chairman, will become executive chairman. ...
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Morrisons, the UK's fourth-largest grocer, has snapped up 49 former Blockbusters stores as it continues to expand its fledgling network of convenience outlets. The deal, struck for an undisclosed sum, follows Morrisons' move earlier this ...
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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 ...
US food group Campbell Soup Co. has recorded a drop in first-half profits as costs related to its acquisition of Bolthouse Farms hit earnings. Earnings in the six months ended 27 January fell to US$430m, a 7.3% decline on last year, the ...
Flowers Foods has expanded its market share in the wake of Hostess Brands move to wind down its operations. The US baker has been named the "stalking horse" bidder for the majority of Hostess Brands' bread business. While the assets will ...
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Australian dairy-to-bakery group Goodman Fielder has reported a mixed first half, with a jump in net profit but lower adjusted operating profit and sales. Goodman Fielder said today (13 February) that net profit more than doubled to A$51m ...
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Back Yard Burgers, a US-based franchise chain of quick serve restaurants, has introduced a meat-free offering, Bold and Crunchy, just in time for the Lenten season. The new fish sandwich is a crunchy tortilla-crusted tilapia fillet, ...
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Purac has announced that the company will offer high performance poly lactic acid (PLA) resins for brand owners, converters and compounders to speed up market introduction of bioplastics. According to the company, its biobased PLA ...
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Carton Edge has commissioned three new investments at its Coventry factory as the first stage in a five-year plan to make the trade converter more responsive to ever-shorter lead times The business has commissioned a Brausse TA110 ...
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McCain Foods has completed the acquisition of Kitchens of Sara Lee (KOSL) Australia from Hillshire Brands.The transaction is valued at A$82m. The acquisition of KOSL includes a manufacturing facility at Lisarow, New South Wales, as well ...
Associated British Foods has added to its Allinson bakery line in the UK in addition to launching a GBP1m (US$1.6m) marketing campaign, which includes the first TV ad for the brand for a decade. The new line, launched yesterday (4 ...
US food company Hillshire Brands has completed the sale of its Australian subsidiary Kitchens of Sara Lee (KOSL) to McCain Foods (Aust), a subsidiary of McCain Foods, for A$82m ($85m). McCain Foods (Aust) entered into an agreement to ...
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