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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David Brown, vp of retail sales for Allens Vegetables, talks about why the company's packaging of choice is metal cans. Q: Why do you adore cans as the packaging for your vegetables? A: There are many reasons to adore cans as the ...
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In January, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.0 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.0 percent in cities and 2.2 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 2.9 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.6 ...
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Cans Get You Cooking is a national, integrated multi-year campaign launching in February to drive center store sales by getting cans out of the pantry and onto the table. The integrated Campaign launch coincides with National Canned Food ...
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Underperforming open industrial waste water treatment lagoons are on the way out after more than a century, as industry counts the cost of their pollution, odours, leakage, energy wastage and relative inefficiency in fixing the problems ...
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The GuZang Festival is a great occasion for the Miao people to worship their ancestors. They sacrifice bulls, beat drums, and hold other exciting ceremonies. In the Chinese language, the word Gu means a bull, while Zang means viscera of an ...
After the “Slight Snow”, it’s the “Heavy Snow”, which is around December 7 or December 8 each year. “Heavy Snow”, just like it’s meaning, indicates more snow days and snowfalls. Most of the ...
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Twin City Foods, a US-based food processing company, is set to expand its plant in the city of Pasco, Washington. As part of the 32,000ft2 expansion, the company will add a general warehouse for storage of packing materials, parts storage ...
Costa, an Australia-based fruit and vegetables producer, marketer and exporter, in collaboration with private equity investment firm Paine & Partners, has entered into an agreement to acquire Adelaide Mushrooms for an undisclosed amount. ...
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UK-based Princes has introduced two Best of British cooking sauce ranges under its Crosse & Blackwell brand. The first range of cooking sauces feature four varieties - creamy mushroom, honey & mustard, sausage casserole and ham & leek. ...
'Slight Cold' is the 23 solar term and happens on January 5 to January 7 when the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 285 degrees. To China, “Slight Cold” indicates the weather starts to enter the coldest days. When ...
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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 ...
When Norfolk vegetable processor Pinguin Foods set itself an aim to increase throughput by a fifth, it looked to Ishida to upgrade its ageing checkweighing set-up. Philip Chadwick finds out more about the installation Who Pinguin Foods ...
Tags: Veg Firm, Production Boost, Packaging
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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A new organic plush toy range is on show at Spring Fair 2013 this week. Best Years' line - targeting children from birth - arrives in stores in March. It is produced in Egypt using soft Egyptian organic cotton. The designs range from ...