Funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Action Based Research programme, following a scoping exercise in 2014, Anthesis LRS is managing and coordinating trials, with cross-sector collaboration from ...
Global consultancy firm Anthesis LRS is leading a project in partnership with Nestlé UK and Ireland and Coca-Cola Enterprises to assess the feasibility of including flexible laminated packaging in household recycling schemes and ...
John Lewis continued to outperform the market in year ended 31st January 2015 with gross sales up 9.2% to £4.43b (7.5% on a 52 week basis), beating the BRC by 4.9%, combined with growth in operating profit, up 10.8% to £250.5m ...
Chicago based Levy Acquisition has agreed to buy Mexican-American fast-food chain Del Taco, in a $500m deal. The blank-check acquisition firm Levy Acquisition, which is controlled by restaurateur Larry Levy, will now change its name to ...
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Niman Ranch have added three more items—Smoked Uncured Honey Ham, Applewood Smoked Uncured Ham and Smoked Uncured Black Forest Ham—to its range of products. Niman Ranch provides hogs that are reared by a network of over 700 ...
Food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak has received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody (CoC) certification for all of its converting plants and market companies, making it eligible to supply FSC labelled packages ...
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Fully renewable food carton packaging on trial in Finland Global packaging company Tetra Pak has launched new carton packaging made entirely from plant-based materials, with the first product to use the packaging available in retail shops ...
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Cornwall based pasty maker Warrens Bakery has received £1.6m funding from Santander’s Breakthrough Programme to rebrand and expand its retail activities in the West Country and beyond. This comes amidst fears that the Cornish ...
Tags: cakes, scones, sweet bakery products, Agriculture
Dress Up By Design scoops award for Best Shell Scheme while Epoch Making Toys takes Best Designed Stand for its giant Sylvanian Families house. A giant Sylvanian Families house and a Winnie the Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood-inspired toy ...
Tags: minimalistic tone, sustainable wood, Toys
Koch Optics Inc, a subsidiary of Koch Industries Inc of Wichita, KS, USA, has completed its tender offer to purchase all issued and outstanding shares of common stock of optical communications component, module and subsystem maker Oplink ...
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The research also found that over half of all consumers (54%) consider certification labels as the most reassuring proof that environmental and sustainable development considerations have been taken into account. Other means of proof ...
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Indonesia’s ability to export sustainable forestry products has just been given an adrenalin boost. All products recognised by the Indonesian Forestry Certification Cooperation (IFCC) will receive automatic accreditation from the ...
Tags: Forestry Products, Packaging
Chemical company BASF and producer of industrial minerals Omya are working together to create coater-ready barrier solutions for paper and cardboard packaging to cater to an increasing demand. BASF said in a statement that this ...
Tags: pigments, additives, functional barrier, Agriculture
Manufacturers of flexible plastic, laminate packaging and technical films Bischof + Klein have been given a certification that it meets high hygiene requirements for the packaging of food products. This certification was confirmed by ...
Consumers who attended the Worcester Home Show, held in Worcester, Mass., got to visit Eddy’s World—a whimsical world created by Eddy’s Flooring America that showcased the company's latest flooring trends. Eddy’s ...