Arkansas-headquartered Tyson Fresh Meats will invest $47m for a new boxed beef warehouse in Lexington, work for which, will begin this spring. To be built on the southeast corner of the existing beef complex, the 50,000ft2 warehouse, ...
Waterloo based food processor DC Foods is set to expand its manufacturing capacity to strengthen its business and create 50 new jobs in the region. The company will receive a grant of $800,050 from the Southwestern Ontario Development ...
DuPont Nutrition & Health has unveiled an Innovation Application Center in Gurgaon, India, to serve the food industry. The facility with advanced equipment and capabilities will offer protective cultures for dahi and yogurt, soy ...
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Snack food maker Pure Foods is planning to build a new manufacturing facility in the city of Kingsport, Tennessee, a move that could create 273 new jobs. The proposed 88, 000ft2 facility will see an investment of around $22m and will ...
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South African food company Pioneer Foods is planning to buy more assets in African countries following the acquisition of major stake in Nigerian firm Food Concepts. The South African firm, which recently completed the $7m purchase of ...
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Sinton Dairy Foods, a unit of Borden Dairy, is looking to exit fresh fluid milk business and focus on making extended-shelf-life milk in the US, a move which could put around 120 jobs at risk. The transition will be carried out over ...
US based Red Bone Alley Foods is set to invest $3.5m in order to expand its food production operations in Florence County, South Carolina. This new investment will be used in to establish sauce, marinade and spice production ...
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Bolstered by a £28.5m investment, Alpro, a European pioneer of soya-based drinks and food products, launched the first phase of its Burton Latimer production facility’s new extension, creating 35 new jobs while doubling ...
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Who are the world’s biggest polluters? A report by non-profit environmental and social responsibility organisation, As You Sow, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), examined the packaging practices of forty-seven fast ...
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Food Concepts Plc, the Nigerian parent company of Free Range Farms, Butterfield Bakery and Chicken Republic, has partnered with South Africa based Pioneer Foods. Deji Akinyanju, Food Concepts Chairman, said: "The partnership will benefit ...
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Arkansas-based poultry producer Tyson Foods Inc. has cut out gentamicin, a key human antibiotic, from its hatcheries. The US' largest chicken producer told Reuters that gentamicin and other similar antibiotics had been removed from its 35 ...
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The merger date of Sysco Corp. and US Foods Inc. has been extended by 60 days from March 8 to May 7 because of the scheduled anti-trust hearings to be held in May, said food distributor Sysco in a filing with the US Securities Exchange ...
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UK based Exponent Private Equity is contemplating sale of its meat-free food brand Quorn and has already held preliminary talks with an American food firm, the WhiteWave Foods Company. WhiteWave Foods Company is targeting the rapidly ...
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Agribusiness and food company Bunge’s North American operating unit has acquired the assets of Heartland Harvest, the manufacturer of die cut pellets used to make extruded foods. The financial details of the transaction have not ...
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Protanica-fortified Heartbar oatmeal squares, Heart Brand Foods’ newest heart-healthy snack bars, were launched at Natural Products Expo West held last week. The latest formula now contains a sustainably harvested, organic and ...
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