Brazilian investment firm 3G Capital Partners is mulling to acquire food and beverage firms, after investors pledged about $5bn to form a new takeover fund. The Wall Street Journal reported that the company is discussing the possibility ...
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Spain-based Emsur will start operations at its first American production facility in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, from January this year. Spread over 77,000ft2, it was opened in December 2014, reports FoodProduction daily.com. The ...
Mondelez International, the maker of Oreo biscuits and Cadbury's chocolate, posted a 11% decline in earnings in the third-quarter of fiscal 2014 compared to the same period a year ago, as a result of weaker revenues and higher expenses. ...
MamaMancini's, a manufacturer and marketer of specialty pre-prepared, frozen and refrigerated "all natural" food products (as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture), announced today that, effective October 24, 2014, Matthew ...
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Kraft Foods Group has reported a decline in profit for the third quarter, owing to higher commodity costs that offset a marginal climb in sales, with weak operating margins pronounced at the cheese, and meals and desserts segments. The ...
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US-based Kraft Foods Group is voluntarily recalling 260 cases of Velveeta Original Pasteurized Recipe Cheese Product as it does not contain appropriate levels of sorbic acid, a preservative ingredient. As a result, the product could spoil ...
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US-based Kraft Foods Group is recalling around 96,000 pounds of Oscar Mayer Classic Wieners, due to the potential presence of Classic Cheese Dogs in the Classic Wieners’ packages. According to the US Department of Agriculture's Food ...
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Kraft Foods Group is set to recall around 96,000 pounds of Oscar Mayer Classic Wieners due to incorrect packaging labels. According to the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service, the product labels are not ...
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The 19th Young Package awards open for entries on March 14. The competition, for young designers up to 30 years of age, has been promoted by Model Obaly, one of the largest package manufacturers in the Czech Republic, since 1996. The ...
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British-Dutch multinational company Unilever is looking at options to sell its Ragu pasta sauce brand for $2bn. The company has appointed Morgan Stanley to manage the sale process, reported Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the ...
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Robotics address the need for speed for product placement into packaging. Bosch Packaging TechnologyEnergy and raw materials are becoming more expensive, and consumers want to do more for the environment. This is forcing manufacturers of ...
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Major food companies are keeping their word by removing 6.4 trillion calories from the U.S. marketplace in an effort to promote healthy weight, a new report says. The report, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), a ...
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A look back through our archives sees that DuPont, Dr Pepper, Post Holdings and Ralcorp Holdings, Kraft Foods and Dow Chemical Company have all had issues to address. General Mills is working to undo the impact of poor waste disposal more ...
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It comes after three years of work by the GFSI Auditor Competence Working Group, tasked by the GFSI Board to define generic food safety auditor competencies underpinning GFSI benchmarked schemes, and the mechanisms they can be assessed and ...
Costa has signed an agreement with big data analytics firm Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) to license APT's Test & Learn Management System. Costa will use the system to test strategic initiatives across its network of over 1,600 ...
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