US-based food processor and distributor Golden State Foods has acquired a majority stake in Groenz through a joint venture agreement. Groenz is a manufacturer of sauces, dressings, condiments and powders for the quick service restaurant ...
Convenience is one of the fastest-growing categories in retail and the market for chilled convenience food is estimated to be worth euro 145bn (pound 125bn) across Europe, with the UK market in the sector forecast to grow to euro 20bn by ...
Tags: New Linpac Division, Chilled Retail, Convenience Sector
A consortium of two private-equity firms has emerged as the lead bidder for the majority of Hostess Brands' cake business, including the Twinkies brand. Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos submitted a US$410m offer for the Hostess ...
Canadian baker Canada Bread, in which Maple Leaf Foods has a 90% stake, has announced plans to close two bakeries, affecting around 120 jobs. The facilities are located in Grand Falls in New Brunswick and Edmonton in Alberta. The ...
Tags: Canada Bread, baker, Maple Leaf Foods
UK bakery and ingredients firm The Real Good Food Co. said trading activity in its third quarter had been "lower than anticipated", with December proving "particularly challenging". Shares in the company were hit after the company ...
Tags: Food, ingredients, Good Food
UK-based bakery, dairy and Healthy Super Foods manufacturer Linwoods has rolled out new packaging across its Super Foods range, as part of its sales strategy for its Healthy Super Foods division in 2013. Linwoods stated that its Healthy ...
Tags: Linwoods, new packaging, Super Foods range
Hostess Brands, the bankrupt producer of bakery products in US, has selected affiliates of Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos as stalking horse bidders for majority of its snack cake business, including Twinkies brand. Apollo Global ...
Linpac Packaging, a UK-based food packaging manufacturer, is set to introduce Freshware range under its new Freshform division, marking its entry into the chilled retail prepared and convenience foods segment. The new launch complements ...
Hostess Brands has named McKee Foods and United States Bakery as the stalking horse bidders for its Drake's cake business and various bread brands. In a statement released late yesterday (28 January), Hostess said that McKee Foods has ...
Tags: Hostess Brands, McKee Foods, Horse Bidders
One-off costs have caused profits at ingredients group CSM to fall in 2012, but sales growth and better-than-expected underlying earnings saw the firm's share price jump following its results announcement. CSM's share price rose by 4% in ...
Tags: share price, CSM, net sales
Hostess Brands, the bankrupt producer of bakery products in US, has selected two stalking horse bidders, McKee Foods and United States Bakery, for its Drake's snack cake brand and Sweetheart, Eddy's, Standish Farms, and Grandma Emilie's ...
US retailer and distributor Spartan Stores has struck a deal making it the primary wholesale grocery supplier to Chief Super Market. Chief operates 12 stores in north western and central western Ohio under the Chief and Rays banners. As ...
Tags: Spartan Stores, grocery supplier, dairy, frozen
The latest batch of reports from the just-food research store includes health claim strategies for food and drinks firms, social media strategies for food companies and super grains. Bakery Cookies (Sweet Biscuits) Market in United ...
Tags: Bakery, Confectionery, Online
Spar International has entered into a partnership agreement with Abu Dhabi Co-operative Society (ADCOOPS) that aims to boost the retailer's presence in the Middle East. ADCOOPA has opened, under licence, a flagship store for each format - ...
Tags: Spar International, ADCOOPS, Middle East
The UK government is anti-organic and is therefore failing “to promote its benefits” to the public, the boss of an organic and free-from bakery has claimed. Lise Madsen, md at Honeyrose Bakery in London, made the remarks in ...
Tags: UK government, anti-organic, bakery