Members of the Natural Hydration Council (NHC), including Nestlé and Danone, have claimed that the amount of plastic in bottles has reduced by an average of 12% in the last five years In a survey conducted by the bottled water ...
Tags: Bottled Water, Packaging, Plastic
Avantium, a renewable chemicals company, and plastic converter specialist Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner have announced a joint development agreement for the development of PEF (polyethylene furanoate) bottles After The Coca-Cola Company and ...
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Avantium, a renewable chemicals company, and ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH, one of the world's leading plastic converters, have announced their Joint Development Agreement for the development of PEF bottles. After The Coca-Cola Co. and ...
Tags: PEF Bottle, Packaging, Coca-Cola
Dannon, a subsidiary of French food company Groupe Danone and a leading yogurt producer in the US, is using IBM cloud-based predictive analytics to ensure the delivery of the correct product mix at the right time to satifsy customers in the ...
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COFCO, the state-owned food company in China, has signed an agreement with Danone, under which the two parties will establish a joint venture. As part of the agreement, COFCO will sell 148,014,022 shares in China Mengniu to the ...
Tags: COFCO, Danone, Dairy Products
French dairy firm Danone has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake of over 90% in Happy Family, a leading firm in the US baby food market, for an undisclosed amount. Happy Family, established in 2006, holds more than 4% ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, baby food
Mexico's competition watchdog Cofeco has said that it has accepted a proposal by Nestlé to sell Pfizer’s baby food business in Mexico, in order to ensure that Pfizer's formula brands remain as an independent and viable ...
In times of plenty, consumers often trade up from canned and frozen food to chilled despite higher prices. They see fresh foods as the more healthful option. Brand owners sometimes leverage freshness as a quality that can elevate a product ...
French dairy firm Danone has announced plans to cut 900 jobs in Europe over a period of two years, in response to weak sales in the continent. For the full year 2012, the company's sales totalled €20.1bn, up 5.4% compared to the ...
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Danone today (19 February) revealed it plans to cut 900 jobs from its operations in Europe in a bid to revitalise its business in a region where sales fell in 2012. The Activia firm said in December it wanted to reduce its costs in Europe ...
The first increase in dairy sales volumes for nearly two years in the fourth quarter of 2012 has helped Danone round off a challenging year on a positive note. Danone, which was forced to issue a profit warning in June amid poor sales in ...
Tags: Danone, 2012, Dairy Boost
Global food group Nestle this morning (14 February) booked an increase in full-year profits but slowing underlying sales growth. The company also pointed to 2013 as looking every bit as "challenging" as 2012. Analysts gave a mixed view of ...
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General Mills has settled a lawsuit in the US questioning health claims associated with its YoPlus probiotic yoghurt. A spokesperson for the group today (12 February) confirmed General Mills has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit ...
French dairy giant Danone has relaunched its Silhouette line of yoghurt, removing "hidden nasties" and adding a new Greek variant, Silhouette Greek. Aspartame, gelatine, artificial flavours and colours will be removed from the range, ...
Tags: French dairy, yoghurt, artificial flavours
Ardagh Group, a global leader in glass and metal packaging solutions, today announced that it has made a binding and irrevocable offer and entered into exclusive negotiations with Compagnie de Saint-Gobain to purchase from it the entire ...
Tags: Ardagh Group, glass, metal, packaging solutions