Bunge North America, a unit of food processing firm Bunge, has purchased the wheat milling business of Grupo Altex in Mexico for an undisclosed amount. Grupo Altex produces a wide range of products from wheat including, bread flour, ...
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The way in which consumers view and interact with packaged products is changing. With a growing focus on convenience and sustainability, traditional pack types are being replaced by innovative and flexible options designed to meet these ...
Food processor Michael Foods has commenced work on a $33m expansion at its Wakefield, Nebraska, farm and processing plant. The two-phase project includes expansion of the facilities and installation of new equipment. In the first phase, ...
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Post Holdings is set to acquire Golden Boy Foods and Dymatize Enterprises in two separate transactions, to further expand into the private label and active nutrition segments. Golden Boy is a North American manufacturer of private label ...
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Sysco Corporation and US Foods today announced an agreement to merge, creating a world-class foodservice company. The total enterprise value of the transaction is approximately $8.2 billion and the combination has been approved by the Board ...
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Terra Tech Corp (TRTC) subsidiary Edible Garden, a hydroponic herb and produce cultivator, signed a distribution deal with GroRite Greenhouse and Garden Centers in May of this year. Under the terms of the agreement Edible Garden and ...
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The deal is part of Huhtamaki's strategy to expand its product offering in Europe. BCP is based in Blackburn and specialises in corrugated packaging. The company serves the cosmetics, foodservice and confectionery markets. "I am extremely ...
Finnish packaging products supplier Huhtamaki has acquired the UK-based corrugated packaging manufacturer BCP Fluted Packaging for a purchase price of about €20m. The transaction is part of Huhtamaki's plans to improve the quality as ...
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Hormel Foods Corporation today reported its performance for the fiscal year 2013 fourth quarter and full year. All comparisons are to the fourth quarter or full year of fiscal 2012. The company reported fiscal 2013 fourth quarter net ...
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Material neutral European Association Pack2Go Europe, representing major foodservice packaging manufacturers, met EU officials in Brussels last week to discuss action against packaging imports from China and elsewhere that don’t meet ...
US-based Wild Flavors has bought Alfrebro, a manufacturer of natural extracts and aroma chemicals, advanced proprietary technologies, and expanded processing capabilities. With this deal, the company will expand into the production of ...
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In conjunction with a presentation today at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer Conference, General Mills reaffirmed its key financial targets for the 2014 fiscal year. The company said that for the fiscal year ending May 25, 2014, it ...
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Campbell Soup Company today reported its results for the first quarter of fiscal 2014. Denise Morrison, Campbell's President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "I'm disappointed in Campbell's first-quarter performance. We are confident in ...
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Pentair announced that it received an Aquatech Innovation Award for the Memthane Anaerobic Membrane Bio-Reactor (MBR), a joint innovation between Pentair and Veolia Biothane. Aquatech Amsterdam is the world s top trade exhibition for ...
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Reser's Fine Foods of Beaverton, Ore., is voluntarily expanding its October recall of refrigerated ready-to-eat foods due to possible Listeria, officials say. The recalled products -- various sizes of refrigerated ready-to-eat salads were ...
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