US food giant General Mills has outlined a number of its global growth plans for its current fiscal year. Company executives yesterday (10 July) discussed plans that the company hopes will fuel growth in the US and beyond at a meeting ...
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Irish retailer Musgrave Group has launch a price cut campaign across its Superquinn stores. Prices will be cut by up to 40% on around 200 fresh food products across bakery, fresh meat, fruit and vegetables and cheese, the retailer ...
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By optimizing its product flow, weigh batching and mix-handling systems, Dawn Food Products Inc. decreased the time and labor needed to handle food mixes while containing dust at its facility in Evesham, U.K. Dawn is one of the world's ...
Tags: Dawn Food Products Inc, 55-lb bags, emptying bags, Flexicon
Frutarom Health BU, Switzerland, has forayed into the Latin American market with its portfolio of ingredients for the functional food, dietary supplement, pharmaceutical and cosmetics markets. Frutarom noted that Latin America is an ...
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PTI Inspection Systems is displaying a range of packaging solutions, including packaging machinery and testing systems, at trade show Pack Expo in Chicago. The company's Packaging Systems business unit is introducing a new rotary form, ...
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Posted by Jenni Spinner, Senior Editor -- Packaging Digest, 11/26/2012 9:21:59 AM Polska Foods Pierogi, a leading provider of authentic Polish pierogi made with organic ingredients, announced today its new product labels that can now be ...
Viscri, a village in Transylvania (Romania) that became famous for the properties The Prince of Wales owns here, launched one of the world's most exclusive jams. The jam will make its world debut at Salon International de l'Agroalimentaire, ...
Tags: Eco-Tourism, fortified churches, jam, jams, luxury food, Maramures
US-based super market chain Whole Foods has launched a new labeling system, which is capable of identifying health foods within store locations. According to Food Navigator USA, the newly introduced color coded system will rate the food ...
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American Lorain has booked a 14% increase in second-quarter sales, driven by increased sales of its convenience and frozen food products. In an announcement today (14 August), the company said sales increased 14.2% to US$35.7m in the ...
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Barry Callebaut, the Swiss B2B chocolate manufacturer, today (5 July) reported a 2% increase in sales for the first nine months of its fiscal year, with contracts in the Americas helping revenue. Sales were up 2.3% to CHF3.59bn ...
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Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has reaffirmed its mid-term guidance, depsite booking a drop in full-year profit. In the 12 months to the end of August, the company reported a net profit of CHF142.6m (US$151.7m), down from CHF178.6m ...
Tags: chocolate maker, chocolate, gourmet business, chocolate products
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has released a new study, which revealed that more than 95% of sauces, marinades and dressings tested had no detectable levels of undeclared allergens or gluten. For the study, the agency ...
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UK-based retailer Sainsbury's has called for the introduction of a single method of displaying nutritional details on printed labels for food products to help public make informed decisions. Over the years, many systems have been used to ...
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The warning comes ahead of a seminar that Age UK will be hosting on 5 May which will explore accessibility of packaging for older people. An Age UK survey, published last year, shows that nearly half of over-65s can struggle to take lids ...
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US Foods, a food company and distributor based in Rosemont, Illinois, has agreed to acquire Glover Wholesale, a leading foodservice distributor based in Americus, Georgia, for an undisclosed amount. Glover Wholesale serves nearly 2,500 ...
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