This week Premier Foods announced plans to axe 900 jobs and to close two bakeries,while Dutch meat group Vion revealed the sale of its UK food businesses?raising doubts about the future of 13,000 employees.Here,we capture a flavour of the ...
Tags: beef, lamb, BSE, food exports
News that debt-laden giant Premier Foods plans to axe 900 jobs,close two bakeries and restructure its distribution system was greeted with fury by unions and applause by City analysts. Unite the union and the Bakers Food and Allied ...
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Grain prices held mostly steady Monday night and Tuesday morning with limited news to drive prices off their strong close from Monday's session. USDA reported a slightly lower than expected winter wheat crop condition on Monday ...
Tags: winter wheat, grain prices, USDA
Nutri-Grain debuts Fruit Crunch granola bars made with whole grain and real fruit New@Special KUS snacks help you stay on your weight management track:Honey Barbecue cracker chips and 100-calorie Blondie Bites@Pringles re-launches ...
Tags: Kellogg, Pringles, snacks, Grain brands
Britain's pig producers are hopeful of a brighter future as Tesco follows Waitrose's example in entering a dedicated deal with farmers. Tesco announced today(November 8)that it would work directly with UK beef and pig farmers in a new ...
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US-based restaurant chain Pizza Rustica has introduced its new creation-the Skinny Pizza.The skinny pizza is a personal size,super thin crust margarita pizza that is only 390 calories,the company said. It is made with fresh buffalo ...
Tags: Skinny Pizza, personal size, gluten free crust, whole wheat crust
Shares in cereal and snacks giant Kellogg rose today(1 November)after the Special K and Pringles owner reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings. However,the US group still reported a slide in internal operating profit,which ...
Tags: Kellogg, cereal, snacks, Pringles, Third Quarter Result
First, ethanol use of corn is running behind the seasonal pace to meet current USDA expectations. Our models are indicating that if the current use of corn for ethanol continues we will fall about 125 million bushels short of current USDA ...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s petroleum products import increased by 8.15 percent to $2.71 billion, whereas textile exports raised by 2.95 percent to $3.272 billion during the first quarter of the current fiscal year against $3.178 billion in ...
Titan Machinery Inc. (NAS: TITN) announced today that it has received approval from CNH International SA to form a subsidiary of Titan Machinery Inc., "Titan Machinery Ukraine, Ltd.," to serve as a CaseIH distributor of agricultural ...
UK-based supermarket chain Morrisons has recalled a celery,fruit and peanut salad because it has been incorrectly packaged with pesto pasta,which contains wheat and gluten,according to the UK Foods Standards Agency(FSA). The presence of ...
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Kellogg has decided to enter the UK category with its Special K brand following similar moves in the US and Canada. The company insisted Special K Cracker Crisps had "game-changing incremental sales potential" for the sector in the UK. ...
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WHEAT:The 2012/13 U.S.wheat balance sheet is unchanged this month;however,small by-class adjustments are made to projected exports and stocks.Projected exports for Hard Red Winter wheat are lowered 25 million bushels with Hard Red Spring ...
Hodgson Mill,the US-based manufacturer of whole wheat and gluten-free foods,has begun manufacturing its own line of whole wheat pastas. For the production of its whole wheat pasta,the company has added 40,000ft2 and installed two ...
Tags: whole wheat pastas, pasta lines, shelf life, food safety
IHOP,an American family restaurant chain,has partnered with Quaker Oats resulting in the creation of a proprietary blend of oatmeal,and the first jointly developed breakfast item between the two iconic brands. IHOP plans to introduce ...