Post Foods has expanded its cereal stable in the US to include a Sesame Street line targeted at children. Post Sesame Street is a wholegrain oat-based cereal for toddlers available in two variants: A is for Apple and B is for Banana. Post ...
US meat giant Tyson Foods has acquired local tortilla, salty snack and pretzel maker Don Julio Foods. The deal expands Tyson's presence in the retail channel. Tyson is the second-largest tortilla maker in the US, although the majority of ...
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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 ...
Honey Stinger has released its first caffeinated protein bar, in a Dark Chocolate Mocha Cherry Pro flavor. The bars were released for the first time at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City late last month. The new bars have 10 ...
US snack manufacturer Snyder's-Lance has set 2013 forecasts below Wall Street consensus, hitting the company's shares. Shares in Snyder's-Lance closed down 3.26% at $25.25 yesterday (12 February) after an earnings forecast that lower than ...
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US-based snack company Snyder's-Lance has reported that its net earnings increased by 54.4% to $59.09m for the full-year 2012, compared to $38.26m in 2011. For the year ended 29 December 2012, the company posted 1.2% decrease in net sales ...
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US group Hillshire Brands has expanded its Jimmy Dean product range to include a number of savoury breakfast lines. The company has added to its Delights by Jimmy Dean range of frozen breakfast options to include a Flatbread Sandwich ...
Jimmy Dean, a brand owned by US-based Hillshire Brands, has introduced new flatbread sandwiches and savory products to its frozen breakfast line in the US. The new sandwiches include Delights by Jimmy Dean Turkey Sausage, Egg & Cheese ...
LesserEvil Healthy Brands, a US-based healthy snack food company, has introduced its Crunchy Dill Pickle and Southern Barbeque Chia Crisps at 150 outlets of Fresh Market, a gourmet supermarket chain, in the US. Crunchy Dill Pickle and ...
The firm describes the packer “as a flexible high speed system for vertical case packing quad bags, pouches and doy packs”. The new precision all stainless steel robot, which uses a Elau/Schneider control system, represents ...
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Robotic packaging line manufacturer in the UK, TekPak, has launched a pick and place case packer, a flexible high speed system for vertical case packing quad bags, pouches and doy packs. The new precision all stainless steel robot uses a ...
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Americans are expected to eat more than a billion chicken wings this Sunday, according to the National Chicken Council. But you don't have to abandon your New Year's resolution to slim down when Sunday's big game arrives. We asked a few ...
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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 ...
YoCrunch, a US-based yogurt brand, has unveiled a new range of strained Greek yogurt – Yopa! Yopa!, a farm-fresh dairy product, will be available in vanilla along with four fruit flavor combinations such as blueberry, strawberry, ...
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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 ...