Australasian food company Goodman Fielder plans to sell or shut down nearly 15 factories across Australia and New Zealand over the next three years,as a part of its efforts to generate A$100m($102.56m)in savings. In an investor ...
Tags: savings, factories, closures, bakery division, product lines
Genius Foods,a UK-based producer of gluten-free baked goods,has partnered with Bako,as a part of its plan to foray into the foodservice sector. Bako,a bakery products and ingredients wholesaler,will initially market Genius Foods'products ...
Tags: gluten-free baked goods, foodservice sector, bakery products
US food company Smart Balance has completed the acquisition of Udi's Healthy Foods,a producer of gluten-free products,for$125m in cash. Smart Balance has acquired Udi's Healthy Foods from majority shareholder Hubson Acquisition,an ...
Greggs, a bakery products makes in the UK, has partnered with Sherwood Press Group to create new packs for cupcakes. A Korsnas Artisan board was used for print while Gratterpalm designed the graphics. Sherwood Press packaging design and ...
US-based ConAgra Foods, the packaged food provider, has announced the acquisition of Ralcorp, the manufacturer of private label food in the US, for approximately $6.8bn, which includes the assumption of debt. ConAgra Foods CEO Gary Rodkin ...
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Sunblest,a brand owned by UK-based baker Allied Bakeries,is rolling out price-marked packs to its bakery range. Allied Bakeries noted that as most shoppers are more likely to buy a product on impulse if it is price marked,the new packs ...
Tags: bakery, packs, price marked
Snack Pack, a brand owned by US packaged foods company ConAgra Foods, has introduced new bakery-inspired pudding varieties with its Bakery Shop range. Snack Pack Bakery Shop pudding is available in five flavors: banana cream pie, ...
Tags: Snack Pack, banana cream pie, chocolate cupcake, frosted sugar cookie
US food company Rich Products plans to invest $18m to expand and revamp its customer innovation center at its headquarters in Buffalo, New York. The expanded customer innovation center will facilitate customer interaction from across the ...
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Foxtail Foods, a US-based bakery products manufacturer, is set to introduce gluten free products. The range, which will be launched on 1 August, will include 1.5oz gluten free chocolate chip cookie dough pucks and 40oz gluten free brownie ...
Tags: bakery products, gluten free products, food-service operator, pies
US-based baking company Flower Foods has agreed to acquire certain bakery assets and trademark licenses from BBU, a subsidiary of Mexico-based Grupo Bimbo, for an undisclosed amount. The deal has received clearance from the United States ...
Tags: certain bakery assets, Flowers Foods, breads and rolls
Dutch food ingredients firm CSM expects to make a major progress on the sale of its bakery unit by early 2013. The company is currently undertaking preparatory work to divest the unit. CSM's bakery unit, which supplies ready-made muffins ...
Tags: ready-made muffins and croissants, bread and pastry mixes
Dutch food ingredients firm CSM has developed a new bread ingredients technology, which is said to lower rework and waste during production, to generate cost savings of nearly 10%. CSM said that the Dough Control Technology (DCT), which ...
ConAgra Mills, the food ingredients brand of US packaged foods firm ConAgra Food, has launched Ultragrain High Performance (HP), a new addition to its Ultragrain family of flours. The company noted that the new product offers whole wheat ...
Tags: wheat gluten reduction
Ditty's Bakery,a bakery business based in Castledawson,Northern Ireland,has entered into an agreement to supply oatcakes to Tesco stores in Ireland. Under the agreement,the bakery will supply oatcake and sweet oat biscuit products to ...
Brain Corporation has developed a new POS (point of sale) system, which can identify all kinds of baked goods in a tray in one second - an innovation which can help bakeries and retail stores expedite the sale process. The new system, ...
Tags: new POS point of sale system, bakeries and retail stores