US-based Flowers Foods has completed the acquisition of organic bread producer Dave's Killer Bread (DKB) for approximately $275m in cash. The acquired entity will run as an independent subsidiary of Flower Foods. In August, the company ...
Tags: Flowers Foods, DKB, packaged bakery foods
US-based Medifast has expanded its existing line of healthy products with the launch of two new snacking options. The new Rosemary Sea Salt and Multigrain crackers are said to be naturally flavored with no artificial colors, sweeteners or ...
Tags: Medifast, Snack Products
Arla Foods Ingredients has developed a natural milk protein-based solution which claims to offset complaints about dry, crumbly gluten-free bakery products. The market for gluten-free products is going through the roof in both Europe and ...
Bunge Brasil, a subsidiary of global agribusiness and food company Bunge, has reportedly agreed to acquire Moinho Pacifico, a wheat processor in Brazil. With this acquisition, Bunge would increase its share in wheat flour and other ...
Tags: Wheat Processor, soybean, corn
Luxury spirits company Aristocrat Group (ASCC), which has developed its Big Box Vodka in a bag-in-box packaging, will be launched in stores in California, Nevada, Florida, Louisiana and Texas, targeting over 90 million people in the US. ...
Tags: Luxury spirits, Vodka
Food company Kellogg has expanded its product range with the introduction of new offerings just in time for fall this year. The new products include Frosted Mini-Wheats Pumpkin Spice cereal and Special K Apple Cinnamon Crunch cereal. ...
DHL Express has opened its new Melbourne gateway facility to better support regional businesses operating in and out of Australia. The new facility took a total investment of AUD 20 million, the largest infrastructure amount invested by DHL ...
Tags: service, gateway facility, DHL Express
Dell's 2020 Legacy of Good program helped it score highly in the Large Communications and Electronics category of the APC awards, with its focus on delivering social and environmental benefits as a key part of its business objectives. ...
MGP Ingredients has reported results for the second quarter period ended June 30, 2015. "We continue to be very pleased with our results through the first half of 2015 as we aggressively implement our strategic plan," said Gus Griffin, ...
Researchers from China are collaborating with a crop eco-physiologist with the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde toward the goal of improving cotton production in south central Texas, AgrilLife said in a press ...
Tags: cotton, corn, wheat crops
Though they remain below year-ago ratings, the U.S. corn and soybean ratings show an improvement on a week-to-week basis, according to the USDA. In its Crop Ratings Report Monday, the USDA pegged the corn good/excellent condition at 69%, ...
The U.S. soybean crop continues to deteriorate, while corn maintains its condition rating, according to the USDA Monday. In its weekly Crop Progress Report, the governmental agency rated the U.S. soybean crop as 62% good/excellent vs. 63% ...
Tags: Soybean Crop, corn
A consortium led by the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University, UK, is working on the use of lignocellulosic feedstock to produce bio-based, biodegradable plastic packaging for consumer ...
Tags: Bio Plastic, Packaging
Luxury spirits company Aristocrat Group (ASCC) has begun the production of bag-in-box packaging for premium vodka to be launched in the US. The company is preparing to launch its new Big Box Vodka in the bag-in-box packaging that contains ...
Tags: packaging, packaging machine, pacakging carriage, box
The Chinese government will allow prices of several agricultural goods to float freely in the market in an "historic adjustment," state media reported Tuesday, as high domestic prices struggle to cope with a downtrend in the global ...