Icicle Seafoods, a US-based seafood company, has appointed Amy Humphreys as its new president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Amy Humphreys worked as a president of Delta Western, a leading petroleum marketing and ...
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In response to the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) announcement that it plans to develop a line of “smart” clothing, CAGW excoriate postal management for its misguided attempt to step into non-postal, commercial ...
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Currie Technologies has hired Daniel Shiau vice president of R&D and product engineering. Shiau has a background in the bicycle and electric bicycle industries. He worked for Giant Bicycle, most recently in the role of new product ...
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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 ...
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The British Fashion Council announces the appointment of Josef Jammerbund to Head of Events. He replaces Caroline Reader and will join the BFC's senior management team from 15th February 2013. Alongside Clara Mercer, Head of Marketing; ...
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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 ...
Barclays Corporate & Employer Solutions (C&ES) division has joined hands with Aegon and Zurich to offer a corporate pension platform, as part of its C&ES workplace savings offering. Aegon and Zurich will support the pension element of the ...
US meat giant Tyson Foods has acquired local tortilla, salty snack and pretzel maker Don Julio Foods. The deal expands Tyson's presence in the retail channel. Tyson is the second-largest tortilla maker in the US, although the majority of ...
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On the 3rd of January work began on the furnace repair of the G1 furnace at our Knottingley site. This is the first furnace to be developed by Allied's own in-house Engineering Project Management team. The old furnace had been built in 1999 ...
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Hundreds of bus stops in the Derbyshire region are set to be fitted with LED light bulbs as a way of saving money and energy. Indeed, nearly 400 shelters in the county will have fluorescent light tubes replaced by LED lighting in order to ...
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Heinz has agreed to be bought by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway fund and private-equity firm 3G Capital for US$28bn - the largest-ever takeover in the food sector. In a shock announcement today (14 February), the US food giant said ...
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US frozen-food firm Overhill Farms has seen its first-quarter profits slide after a shift in product mix, less favourable commodity prices and increased costs weighed on margins. Alongside the results, Overhill revealed it was in talks ...
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Lockton, a privately held insurance broker, has completed acquisition of Colin Smith's broker unit Strategic Insurance & Risk Solutions. Following the completion of the acquisition, Lockton's new Melbourne insurance and risk management ...
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City analyst Investec has criticised the “revolving door” at Premier Foods, after another key member of its management team left the firm this week. Room at the top: first ceo Clarke and now chief operating officer Eaton have ...
Supermarket giant Morrisons is under fire from its suppliers for the late payment of invoices, which, they say, the retailer is blaming on a faulty computer system, FoodManufacture.co.uk can exclusively reveal. Morrisons has been accused ...