US-based baking company Flower Foods has signed two agreements to acquire certain bakery assets of Hostess Brands. The value of the total deal is approximately $390m. One of the agreements includes purchase of the Wonder, Nature's Pride, ...
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US-based Fairytale Brownies is set to introduce gourmet products, including new Fairytale cookies and half-Size brownies. The company noted that the new individually wrapped cookies - Caramel Pecan, Double Chocolate, Peanut Butter ...
UK-based Premier Foods plans to shut down its Glasgow flour mill by the end of the first quarter of 2013,in response to low milling volumes. The closure of the facility is expected to lead to a loss of 15 jobs.This decision comes after ...
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Penford Food Ingredients, a division of US-based Penford, has introduced PenNovo 00 - an enzyme-treated starch that can be used for food coatings and bakery applications. The new enzyme-treated starch is designed for coating systems for ...
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Britain’s biggest food manufacturer Premier Foods plans to close its Glasgow flour mill, casting doubt over the future of 15 jobs at the Dunaskin Street site. Premier Foods plans to close its Glasgow flour mill, putting 15 jobs ...
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Indian food giant Britannia Industries has appointed Vinod Menon to the role of CFO as part of a management shuffle. Menon will take up the role of CFO and vice president with the bakery and dairy group with effect from 1 February, the ...
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Samworth Brothers’ is building a new food manufacturing facility that will create up to 700 jobs in Leicestershire. Samworth Brothers claims to be the UK’s biggest savoury pastry producer The food manufacturing giant has ...
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Liquid food and drink processor and packager Framptons is to create at least 30 jobs at its site in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Liquid food packaging will create at least 30 jobs in Somerset A spokeswoman for the firm told ...
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British baking firm Warburtons is set to shut down its Blackpool bakery facility,a move that is expected to result in 55 job losses. Production at the facility will be suspended by the end of January.Factors such as challenging economic ...
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Warburtons is to close its Blackpool bread roll bakery with the loss of 55 jobs. Warburtons is to close its Blackpool bread roll bakery The plant’s 84 workers have been in a 90-day consultation period, which came to a close ...
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Hillshire Brands has announced that Brian Davison has joined the company from Kraft Foods as VP of corporate strategy and development. Hillshire, formerly the North American meat business of Sara Lee, said Davison began his role on 2 ...
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Almost all of the branded products had more than 90%share when compared with private label products in Brazil's Bakery&Cereals market,finds a report by Canadean–Food. The report titled'Consumer Trends in the Bakery&Cereals Market in ...
Canada-based dairy cooperative Agropur has acquired Foremost Farms USA's dry blending business, as part of its efforts to strengthen its presence in the baking and blending industry. With the acquisition, Agropur gains control of brands ...
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The easy handling and safe packaging patterns in diary industry is making more consumers in India to turn towards packaged Liquid Dairy Products (LDP), according to the study by market researcher rncos.com. The research report, Indian ...
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Appearing on BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den helped Yorkshire cake entrepreneur Allison Whitmarsh secure the backing she needs to build cake factories across the UK. Deborah Meaden invested £50,000 in ProperMaid cakes On the ...
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