Russian meat and feed producer Cherkizovo has agreed to acquire domestic grain producer Napko for around RUB5bn ($88m). Cherkizovo will also assume the net debt of the grain producer which stood at RUB751m ($13m) as of 31 March 2017. ...
Tags: meat, feed producer
Charoen Pokphand Foods' (CPF) subsidiary CPF Investment has agreed to acquire Westbridge Food Group (WFGL) for approximately THB2.6bn (£60m). WFGL is a UK-based company expertizes lie in sales of meat and ready-made products to ...
German private equity firm, Deutsche Beteiligungs (DBAG) is looking to have a major presence in the European chilled convenience product market after agreeing to acquire Abbelen and Oscar Mayer through its top-up fund, DBAG Fund VII. ...
Tags: ready meals, snacks
Sonoco has launched the ClearGuard packaging, which can be used as a substitute to aluminum foil or metalized films. The ClearGuard portfolio of flexible packaging is designed to offer improved barrier properties for product protection. ...
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New Zealand exporters will soon be allowed to send chilled meat to China under a new agreement signed by the two countries. Significant revenues are expected to be made by the New Zealand meat sector following a Memorandum of Cooperation ...
Tags: chilled meat, frozen meat
JBS USA has agreed to acquire Plumrose USA, the bacon and deli-meats business of Denmark's Danish Crown, for $230m. The acquisition is in line with JBS' plans to diversify its product portfolio and expansion of prepared foods and branded ...
Tags: deli-meats, bacon
Sanderson Farms has selected sites in Smith and Wood Counties for building a new feed mill, hatchery, poultry processing plant and waste water treatment facility. These facilities will comprise a state-of-the-art poultry complex with the ...
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US Foods has agreed to acquire Birmingham, Alabama-based SRA Foods, a meat processor and distributor having yearly sales of around $80m. Family owned since 1940, SRA started out as a butcher shop in Birmingham. Today, SRA Foods occupies a ...
German packaging equipment manufacturer Multivac is planning to demonstrate new chamber belt machine designed for packing food products in film pouches, at the upcoming Interpack 2017 event planned to take place in Germany. At the event, ...
Meat-based food manufacturer Home Market Foods has acquired nutrition brand Perfect Fuel, which produces the Perfect Fuel Dark Chocolate Energy Bites. In 2011, Perfect Fuel Co-founders, Nicolas Warren and Miles Masci, launched their ...
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American food giant Conagra Brands has agreed to acquire Thanasi Foods, which makes Duke's meat snacks and BIGS seeds. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed by the parties. Based in Colorado, Thanasi Foods is a small ...
Tags: Seed Snack, Meat
Yamato Scale Dataweigh UK will be launching its innovative new Epsilon multihead weighing machine at interpack 2017 in Dusseldorf in May. The Leeds-based firm will also be demonstrating the world-beating capabilities of its other leading ...
Yamato Scale Dataweigh UK will showcase its new Epsilon multihead weighing machines at the 2017 interpack to be held in Düsseldorf, Germany. The company is readying itself to demonstrate the important role of multihead weighers, ...
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Ajinomoto has agreed to invest $15m in Israeli plant-based protein company Hinoman. Ajinomoto has also agreed to acquire the exclusive sales rights in Japan for Mankai, Hinoman Ltd.’s high-protein plant material with extraordinary ...
Impossible Foods has launched its first large-scale production facility, which could allow the company to make about 1 million pounds of meat a month, directly from plants, when fully ramped up. The goal for the East Oakland site is to ...