Global branding and design consultancy Pi Global has created new packaging and 'iconnector' for Norwegian company S?tre's Ballerina biscuit brand. The new packages have been designed with two different expressions to allow for maximum ...
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Asda, the UK's second-largest retailer, saw its underlying sales slow in the last three months of its financial year. The company today (21 February) reported its like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, increased by 0.1% in the 14 weeks to 5 ...
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Acquisitions and growth in markets outside the EU have helped dairy giant Arla Foods report higher annual sales and profits. The company said today (20 February) its consolidated net profit jumped by more than a third in 2012 to DKK1.9bn ...
Tags: M&A, Emerging Markets, 2012
Last year was packed with surprises for the food and drink manufacturing sector, according to business guru Paul Wilkinson. Paul Wilkinson reviewed a year of food and drink manufacturing surprises Here we capture the highlights of his ...
Winning Sainsbury’s liquid milk contract has put Dairy Crest on track to reach its dairies division target of 3% operating profit margin, according to City analyst Panmure Gordon. Dairy Crest is on track to deliver 2.8% operating ...
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UK firm Dairy Crest has announced it is reorganising its business to focus on "consumer-driven growth" and to build an "integrated" supply chain. The move reflects the increasingly "more focused" and "less complex" nature of Dairy Crest's ...
A three-year contract to supply liquid milk to Sainsbury has been won by Dairy Crest after a competitive tender. Dairy Crest has retained its contract, which will run into 2017, to supply the retail giant. The firm said that while the ...
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Spanish food group Ebro Foods has acquired a stake in Italian rice producer Riso Scotti. Ebro, which last year told just-food it would look to make further acquisitions and expand its geographic reach, purchased the Scotti Group-owned ...
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“Cold Dews” is the 17 solar term of the 24 solar terms and falls on October 8 or October 9 each year. It means that it’s colder than “White Dews” and the dews are becoming frost. During this period, most of the ...
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The Alaska Division of Public Health (ADPH) and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) have issued a health advisory relating to a recent ongoing outbreak of Campylobacter infections that have been associated with consuming raw ...
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Weighing in at just 32g, the bottle – which is currently undergoing trials with a number of Nampak’s customers – represents a 20% material saving on the standard four-pint version found in most supermarkets today (which ...
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Canadian dairy co-op Agropur has booked what it claimed are "remarkable" annual financial results, with higher sales and core earnings. Agropur posted a 5.1% rise in sales to C$3.7bn for the year to 3 November. The co-op did not provide ...
Better management of input costs and higher sales in emerging markets have helped global snacks giant Mondelez International report higher underlying profits in 2012. The Cadbury owner booked a 4% increase in operating income to US$3.64bn ...
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Dean Foods' share price was down 9% today (13 February) after the US dairy giant issued a cautious outlook for the year. Shares in the group were down to US$16.73 in early morning US trading today, despite the firm booking earnings of ...
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Hawaii's original chocolate-covered macadamia candy manufacturer unveiled its new holiday tin items and stand-up bags of macadamias at the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT), Winter Fancy Food Show being held January ...
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