Organic products manufacturer Hain Celestial has acquired 80% stake that it does not currently own in EK Holdings and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Empire Kosher Poultry for $57.6m. Empire currently offers a full range of kosher ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Organic products food
Natural food brand Doisy & Dam has launched a range of five handcrafted varieties of organic dark chocolate nationwide which are available at online food retailer Ocado. The new five variants of chocolates include Coconut & Lucuma; ...
Tags: Organic Dark Chocolate, Chocolate
Foodservice equipment producer Middleby will acquire high speed slicing business unit of the UK-based Marel. The acquisition, which includes Marel High Speed Slicing business unit's assets and the manufacturing facility, is expected to be ...
Hormel Foods is in the late-stage talks to acquire Applegate Farms, a producer of organic hot dogs, bacon and sausages. This comes after the company acquired Muscle Milk maker CytoSport Holdings in August last year. The proposed deal ...
Tags: Hormel Foods, Bacon
UK-based Tri-Star Packaging has added a new hinged hybrid pack to its portfolio for food-to-go operators. The Coalesce pack is said to allow retailers to showcase salads, sushi and baked products such as pastries, cakes and pretzels. ...
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Seattle-based Lime Green Grocer has issued a recall for 783 individually wrapped Thai Delight Burritos, as it may contain undeclared soy. People who are allergic or severely sensitive to soy run the risk of serious or life-threatening ...
Tags: soy, Agriculture
Canadian food establishment Premium Brands is planning to cease operations at its processed meats plant in Toronto, Ontario in December 2015, a move that may impact 200 jobs. The closure comes as the company thought that the plant's age ...
Tags: meats, foodservice customers, Agriculture
Pip & Nut has launched its nutty butters to Selfridges, Partridges and a raft of deli and health foods stores across the UK. From a range of three, Peanut Butter, Almond Butter and Coconut Almond Butter, the nut butters are designed to be ...
Tags: Peanut Butter, sea salt, Agriculture
Australia’s growing appetite for healthy, convenient, pre-packaged salads is seeing the construction of the largest fresh cut salad facility of its kind in New South Wales, thanks to a new deal between producer of value-added ...
Tags: deli salads, baby beetroot, avocadoes, Agriculture
Meat and greet: where Aussies buy their fresh meat Fresh meat is central to most Australians’ diets, with a growing proportion of us buying it in any given week. While this growth is evident among country and city residents, ...
Tags: fresh meat, Agriculture
For most new products it is hard enough persuading consumers to notice the product, let alone try it, become loyal to it, or start recommending it to friends and family. In the fleeting half-second between a shopper noticing a new product ...
Tags: repeat purchase rates, taste, Agriculture
EasyPak, a packaging thermoformer, plans to expand its facility in Massachusetts, US, with a total investment of about $7.5m. Out of the total investment, EasyPak plans to spend $2m on facility expansion. The remaining $5.5m will be spent ...
Premium Brands, a producer, marketer and distributor of branded specialty food products, announced its results for the third quarter of 2014. * Revenue for the quarter increased by 15.2% to $330.4 million as compared to $287.0 million for ...
Tags: Premium Brands, Adjusted EBITDA, Agriculture
US-based Jason’s Deli has introduced new gluten-free chicken nuggets called J.D. Nuggetz. The new nuggets are said to be free from antibiotics and gluten, which are exclusively produced for Jason's by Purdue. In addition, the ...
Tags: Chicken Nuggets, chicken breast
Restaurant chain McAlister's Deli has introduced a novel way for its customers to savor two of its popular items, the Pecanberry Salad and the Deli’s most liked McAlister's Club Sandwich. Customers can choose to have their favourite ...