US food company General Mills has completed the acquisition of Brazilian food firm Yoki Alimentos in a BRL1.75m($857m)deal,a move which will strengthen the company's presence in Latin America. Yoki produces more than 600 products ...
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Canadian food processing company Maple Leaf Foods plans to establish a new distribution center in Puslinch Township, in the County of Wellington, Ontario, Canada. The center will act as the company's prepared meats distribution hub for ...
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Hostess Brands, a producer of bakery products in the US, has received clearance from the US Bankruptcy Court in New York to shut down the business and sell its assets. US Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain authorized the liquidation process ...
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Britain's biggest food manufacturer has unveiled plans to close two bakeries and four distribution centres with the loss of 900 jobs from its bread division. Premier Foods plans to close its Greenford bakery site in west London and its ...
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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Food manufacturers in the US,including Hershey and Nestle,have kept sites closed after Hurricane Sandy hit the east of the country last night. Confectionery giant Hershey confirmed to just-food its facilities in Pennsylvania remained shut ...
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Nationwide retailer Postie Plus Group Limited (PPGL) reported a normalised full year net profit of $493,000 before one off restructuring costs (net loss of $183,000 including one off costs) relating to the sale of ...
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Amazon will create more than 2,000 permanent jobs in the next two years with the opening of three more distribution centres. Another 3,000 temporary jobs will also be created at the new centres during the Christmas peak period. Further ...
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A fall in the Brazilian real and a spike in soybean costs were key factors in the fall in half-year profits at Brasil Foods,the company has reported. Brasil Foods booked an 82%fall in first-half net profit to BRL160m(US$79.2m)for the six ...
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Swiss food and dairy giant Nestle has opened two production plants in South Africa. The facilities, based in the town of Babelegi in Gauteng province, will manufacture Milo and Cheerios breakfast cereals and Maggi noodles. This will be ...
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Ted Rogan, a co-founder of Group Newsagency Supplies, has retired as chairman of the newsagency buying group, effective 24 July. Rogan was one of a handful of newsagents who formed GNS in opposition to the then newsagency wholesaler ...
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The use of retrofit LED lighting has provided impressive first year savings in kilowatt hours,CO2 and electricity costs for a High Wycombe sports centre.Supplied by Surrey-based manufacturer LED Eco Lights,the new lighting system ...
Independent dealer Global Office Solutions has filed a lawsuit against the state of Michigan over claims that it had been shut out of a US$30 million office supplies contract. According to the Detroit Free Press, Global filed the suit on ...
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STATIONERY NEWS: The appointment to the select panel is something of a coup for COS, which up until now had only been appointed to NSW and Western Australian government business. Why is it so significant? DOMINIQUE LYONE: Our appointment ...