American confectionary giant Mars has unveiled plans to combine merge chocolate and wrigley segments to form a new company aimed at unifying its chocolate and candy business. Named as Mars Wrigley Confectionery, the new company will help ...
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Connage Highland Dairy is recalling unpasteurised (raw milk) organic smoked Dunlop cheese as a precautionary measure. Product testing has detected E. coli O157 in a batch of unpasteurised Dunlop cheese not yet on the market. Risk: E. ...
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Global food processing company Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has acquired the assets of Illinois based Caterina Foods for an undisclosed sum. Based in Lake Bluff in the US state of Illinois, Caterina Foods is a toll manufacturer of ...
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Ice cream cone brand Joy Cone has acquired BoDeans Baking Group for undisclosed sum in a bid to expand its business. BoDeans Baking is a major player in the novelty ice cream cone, wafer, and inclusion market. Joy Cone president and CEO ...
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Technically Incorrect: A Chinese pharmaceutical firm that's against the purchase of foreign products reportedly enacts draconian measures against Apple. This isn't the first time this has happened. These aren't perfect times for foreign ...
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Apple Vía Santa Fe will showcase Apple’s latest store design with terrazzo floors, quartz walls and oak tables. Mexico City — Apple will open its first store in Mexico Saturday at Mexico City’s Vía Santa ...
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BHS is set to relaunch in the UK as an online retailer with a range of lighting and home furnishing products that constitute around 75% of the most popular online items sold before it went into administration earlier this year. BHS.com ...
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT: NYSE) today announced completion of the company’s acquisition of Jet.com, Inc., following expiration of the waiting period under federal regulations. The news was initially shared on Instagram by Walmart ...
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Estonia-based Printcenter Eesti has purchased a five-colour KBA Rapida 164 press, as part of its effort to expand its manufacturing operations. In order to enter the large-format sheetfed offset market, Printcenter Eesti has bought a ...
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Gallium arsenide (GaAs) IC foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) of Tainan Science-based Industrial Park, Taiwan has announced plans to repurchase five million shares (3.56% of its outstanding stock) at between NT$36 ...
Born Licensing's David Born looks at why more and more firms are turning to iconic toys and games, like G.I. Joe and Operation, to help drive advertising campaigns. It’s not uncommon to see toys and games in advertising. In fact, ...
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Arla has unveiled a series of milk-based drinks with fruit, tea and an energy drink rich in protein. The products are part of Arla’s Good Growth 2020 Strategy to maximize opportunities outside of standard liquid milk and triple the ...
Mondelez International has bought the remaining 20% stake in Vietnamese food company Kinh Do’s snack unit for VND 2tn ($90m) as part of its expansion strategy in emerging markets. In November 2014, Mondelez had agreed to buy 80% of ...
COFCO has reached an agreement to acquire the remaining minority stake in Nidera Capital to gain full ownership of the company. The minority stake has been bought by COFCO International from Cygne to gain 100% ownership in Nidera. The ...
US based flexographic label and packaging printer FlexoIne has bought in two servo presses from Nilpeter in a bid to boost production capacity. The firm has invested in both a 7-colour and a 4-colour FB-press to provide enhanced service ...
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