French dairy giant Danone has entered into an agreement to acquire WhiteWave Foods in an all-cash deal worth $12.5bn. The acquisition is expected to double the size of Danone's business in the US, while helping the company to move towards ...
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SnackWell's, a pioneer in the low-fat snack category, has expanded into the breakfast product category with new better-for-you Biscuit Thins, which are now available nationwide in select retailers, including Walmart, Jewel, Lunardi's, Food ...
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US-based ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston and its Netherlands-based partner Meijer Frozen Food have announced to form a new joint venture to cater to the Russian market. The establishment of the joint venture is subject to approval from Federal ...
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Kering chairman and chief executive Franis-Henri Pinault told the Financial Times that Puma was not for sale for the time being. He further said the company, which also owns a number of luxury brands including Gucci, Bottega Veneta and ...
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McCain Foods (Canada) announced a major investment in its Florenceville-Bristol French fry plant that will expand capability and create 40 to 50 new jobs. The company is adding a new production line to meet growing demands for hash brown ...
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American sprits firm Sazerac has selected Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits (MBWS) as distributor for three of its brands in France. The agreement includes Benchmark, Fireball, and Southern Comfort brands. The brands add to MBWS' existing ...
Konica Minolta has made major advances made into new industrial printing markets such as labels and packaging, as well as numerous sales of digital printing and software services during drupa. Initial results from the trade fair have even ...
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French biotech company Meiogenix has entered into an agreement with Lesaffre to develop improved industrial yeast strains using Meiogenix’s recombination technologies. Meiogenix's PhoeniX technology helps in controlling the process ...
ConAgra Foods has announced that it would invest $200m to expand operations at its Lamb Weston’s facility in Richland, Washington, US. The expansion will see an addition of a new french fry processing line at the plant. While the ...
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The Confucius Institute at Abomey-Calavi University in Benin has celebrated the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional Chinese festival that falls on June 9 this year. On the occasion, four mixed teams of the Confucius Institute ...
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Belgian farmhouse ales producer Brasserie Dupont, along with brewery Lost Abbey announced the release of a new collaboration, Deux Amis, in the US this summer. French for "Two Friends," Deux Amis brings together two esteemed brewers who ...
The French Cheese Board (FCB), the umbrella organization for the French dairy products, is opening the first concept store for cheese in the US. At the intersection of food, design and culture, this first-of-its-kind venture opened its ...
French spirits company Pernod Ricard has announced the new structure of its US unit, making several changes at the senior management levels. According to Pernod Ricard's chairman and CEO Alex Ricard, the US marketing team, which is ...
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ParTech, a global provider of point-of-sale (POS) and food safety solutions to the restaurant industry and wholly owned subsidiary of PAR Technology Corporation has announced that Graeter’s Ice Cream has completed the deployment of ...
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At drupa, the stage will be set for Konica Minolta to officially launch KM-1, underscore its commitment to the label and packaging markets, unveil more plans in its cooperation strategy with MGI across the globe as well as break new ground ...
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