Chinese food and beverage firm Wahaha is in a leading position to acquire United Biscuits' snacks business, KP Snacks, for £520m. This move comes after the owners of United Biscuits, US private equity firm Blackstone and the French ...
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Bega Cheese,an Australia-based dairy company,is planning to upgrade its Ridge Street facility in order to reduce energy costs and greenhouse gas emission. Bega Cheese chief executive officer Aidan Coleman said that the company plans to ...
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Oberto Brands, a US-based meat snacks producer, plans to open a new production facility in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2013, a move which will create 310 new jobs. This is part of the Oberto Brands' effort to meet the growing demand for its ...
United Biscuits, a leading manufacturer of biscuits, snacks and cakes in the UK, has launched McVitie's Cheddars Crispy Bacon. The new Crispy Bacon flavor addition to the McVitie's Cheddars range will be available in the same 150g roll ...
UK-based food company United Biscuits has invited year 10 students from Manchester-based Parrs Wood High School to visit its McVitie's factory in Manchester, as a partner in the government-led initiative to encourage young people to take up ...
Popcorn, Indiana, a maker of gourmet snacks in the US, has announced the return of its Decadent flavor line, in time for the holiday season. It has also added two new flavors to the line - Chocolate Peanut Butter Kettlecorn and Dark Fudge ...
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Popchips, a US-based producer of popped snacks, has launched a new line of popped tortilla chips. The new range will be joining the line of popped potato chips and sweet potato chips. Popchips claimed that the new line features lower fat, ...
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For more than 5,000 years, people have been celebrating the Chinese New Year. The two-week festival marks the start of the lunar calendar and is the most important of Chinese holidays. Festivities start with the new moon on the first day of ...
At a recent beach clean, SAS (Surfers against Sewage) volunteers uncovered several plastic litter and packaging items at Saunton Sands, North Devon, which reportedly included 1968 and 1967 Wonder Crisp packets, and 1990 Snickers Bar ...
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Packaging company in the US Bemis is set to close its two twin cities plants in the US, one in St Louis Park and the other one in Minneapolis by 2012 end. The plants which manufacture flexible packaging for food under the Curwood brand ...
KP snacks–the maker of Hula Hoops,KP Nuts and McCoy's–has been bought from United Biscuits by German firm Intersnack for an undisclosed sum. KP Snacks has been bought by Intersnack for an undisclosed sum Analysts had long ...
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Following the success of the K Town pilot project in Göttingen, Karstadt opened a second K Town store in Cologne on 14 September. This new shop concept forms a key part of the "Karstadt 2015" strategy. K Town will contribute further to ...
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The Beijing Health Inspection Institute has announced that a new food safety standard will be enforced for food caterers from June 2013. The standard will be applicable for restaurants,bakeries,shops selling snacks,drinks and ...
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US investment firm Trian Fund Management, which is headed by activist investor Nelson Peltz, has acquired 1% stake in Danone - the French dairy company which is estimated to have a market capitalization of approximately $37bn. Trian Fund ...
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US food and beverage company Del Monte plans to introduce fruit-based packaged snacks in India through FieldFresh Foods - its 50:50 joint venture with India's Bharti Ventures. The snacks, which are being launched after six months of field ...
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