UK police have raided two meat firms as part of an investigation into how beef products containing horse meat have been sold. The UK Food Standards Agency issued a statement yesterday evening (12 February) to say its officials and police ...
Tags: meat firms, horse meat, Food
Italian kit manufacturer Industria Macchine Automatiche (IMA) has announced that it has made a strategic investment in the Ilapak Group Both firms did not disclose the amount of the investment. Swiss kit firm Ilapak has a current ...
Tags: Ilapak, IMA, Strategic Investment, Packaging
Automatic machines manufacturer IMA has signed an investment agreement with Transworld Packaging and its shareholders to acquire a 40% stake in the Ilapak Group, which manufactures primary packaging machines for the food sector. The ...
Simple actions by consumers and food retailers can dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tonnes of food lost or wasted each year and help shape a sustainable future, according to a new global campaign to cut food waste launched today by the UN ...
Tags: Campaign, Packaging, Cut Food Waste
A global campaign designed to help retailers and consumers cut down on food waste has been launched by the United Nations' Food & Agriculture Organisation and civil society partners. The 'Think. Eat. Save. Reduce Your Footprint' campaign, ...
Tags: global campaign, retailers, consumers, Food Waste Campaign
The UK food industry would face a labour shortfall, export uncertainty and a regulatory black hole if Britain walked away from the EU, experts have warned. Quitting Europe would bring ‘mind blowing’ consequences for the UK ...
Tags: Food Manufacturers, UK, EU
Italy-based Omet has installed the first Xflex X6 equipped with an offset group with sleeves at Masterpress in Poland. The 10-color Xflex X6 430 installed at Masterpress, located in Bialystok, Poland, has five offset (sleeve) groups, five ...
Tags: Masterpress, Packaging, Printing
Nearly 350 jobs are under threat at Vion's Welsh Country Foods' lamb processing facility on the Island of Anglesey, after the manufacturer warned today (January 11) that it could be forced to close the business. The firm has launched a ...
Tags: Welsh Country Foods, close, Vion, difficult, food
Analysts at Experian believe that overseas investment will maintain the momentum of mergers and acquisitions in the UK food sector. Last year saw the highest volume of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK food and drink sector since ...
Tags: UK, food sector, overseas investment, mergers and acquisitions
The brief: To target the on-the-go food market, Asda launched a dressing for salads. It needed a convenient format for consumers and shift away from the traditional bottles. It also needed an easy to open format. Client: Asda Brand: ...
Tags: food market, Asda, food preparation, culinary creations
From a sustainability standpoint, 2012 might be characterised as a year when the world went backwards - or at a pinch stayed still - but the food industry moved forward. There are plenty of campaigners who would beg to differ on the ...
Tags: CSR, Industry, Agriculture Food
There were, despite continued economic uncertainty in many Western markets and concerns over slowing growth in the East, signs that M&A activity rebounded in the food sector this year. Data for the whole of 2012 has not yet been published ...
Tags: European M&A advisors, food sector, Food
Vion has finalised a deal for an MBO of its UK pork arm, which is among a series of assets in the country the Dutch food group is looking to sell. The company today (13 December) confirmed UK private-equity firm Endless would back a ...
Tags: Vion, deal, MBO, UK pork arm
Dutch food manufacturing giant Vion has agreed a management buyout of its UK pork operations, safeguarding about 4,000 jobs. The new venture, backed by private equity firm Endless, will be led by Seamus Carr, md of Vion’s Pork ...
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One of the UK’s largest own-label cake and pastry manufacturers has been snapped up by a private equity firm in GBP 23.5M management buy-in deal (MBI). McCambridge's cake division bakes one in 10 of every retail pre-packed ...
Tags: cake, pastry, private equity, McCambridge