The Chinese bakery and cereals market – already the largest in volume – is set to become the second most valuable by 2018, as more urban dwellers consume pick-me-up snacks on-the-go, according to new findings from global market ...
Tags: bakery market, cereals
Campbell Soup Company today reported its fourth-quarter and full-year results for fiscal 2014. The company reported earnings from continuing operations for the quarter ended Aug. 3, 2014, of $137 million, or $0.43 per share, compared with ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Hain Celestial Group has reported strong fourth-quarter and fiscal-year sales and higher profits, mainly aided by distribution gains, new products and international acquisitions. Net sales for the fourth quarter ended 30 June totaled ...
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Cargill has doubled the size of its food innovation center in Plymouth, Minnesota, with an investment of $5.5m. The expansion has increased the research facility size by 40,000ft2, equipping it with latest research equipment and a fully ...
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(Boston) – The U.S. EPA announces that BJ's Wholesale Club is the first wholesale club and the most recent participant in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge, a national initiative aimed at encouraging businesses and institutions to ...
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ArNoCo, an organisation created by Denmark’s Arla Foods Ingredients and German dairy co-operative Deutsches Milchkontor (DMK), has started production of whey and lactose at the new facility in Nordhackstedt, Germany. The facility, ...
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Food manufacturing company Kellogg's plans to shut its bakery operations in Columbus, Georgia, US. This move could result in the loss of 325 jobs at the facility. The company intends to close the entire bakery by the end of 2015, ...
Schwebel Baking Company today announced it has voluntarily withdrawn certain products from the marketplace after Listeria was discovered during a scheduled environmental assessment of its Youngstown bakery. "Although there is no evidence ...
Hovis Bakery plans to shut its production facility in Leicester, UK, by 2015. The move could result in the loss of 200 jobs at the facility. Members of the Bakers and Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) will meet with company ...
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UK-based Linpac Packaging is all set to add new portion packs to its LeanBake bakery packaging range later in 2014 for the sweet confectionery food to go market. According to the company, the new LeanBake portion packs include ...
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Swedish-Danish company AarhusKarlshamn (AAK) has acquired Fabrica Nacional de Grasas, a Colombian company that specializes in vegetable oils and fats for the bakery segment. The company reported revenues of approximately SEK270m in 2013, ...
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American food establishment Campbell Soup has introduced spoonable spaghetti SpaghettiO’s in snack-size microwaveable tray. The new SpaghettiOs MicrOs are available in four variant flavors including SpaghettiOs Original, SpaghettiOs ...
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Lofthouse Cookies, a brand of ConAgra Foods, has recently transformed its main bakery in Ogden, Utah, US, into a nut-free facility. The move is expected to minimize the potential for accidental cross-contact with nut containing products, ...
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Maplehurst Bakeries, a unit of Canada-based Weston Foods, is planning to invest $77.8m in the expansion of its production plant in Lebanon, Indiana. The investment will be used to renovate and equip a new plant in Lebanon which will ...
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US-based United Natural Foods (UNFI) has completed the acquisition of Tony’s Fine Foods for total consideration of about $195.3m subject to certain post-closing adjustments. Tony's will now become a wholly-owned subsidiary of ...
Tags: UNFI, Tony's Fine, Food