Campbell Soup is launching a $125m venture capital fund, Acre Venture Partners, to invest in food startup companies, seeking new areas of interest for growth. The company will be the limited partner in the new venture capital fund and ...
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Canada-based organic food company SunOpta has entered into an agreement to sell Opta Minerals business to Speyside Equity Fund for CAD$6.2m ($4.4m), in order to focus on its core business of food distribution. The acquisition proposal has ...
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Glastonbury-based Indigo Herbs has rebranded its health and nutrition range while retaining the company’s core commitments of providing affordable, pure organic and raw products. The restructure includes streamlining of over 500 ...
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Chopt Creative Salad Company a pioneer in the fast casual salad segment, announced that Catterton, the leading consumer-focused private equity firm, led a significant investment in the Company, joined by The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., a ...
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Happy Family, a premium organic food brand delivering optimal nutrition for babies, toddlers and beyond, has launched the new Happy Mama Prenatal collection. Thoughtfully made with a variety of nourishing ingredients to nurture Mom and ...
Canadian organic food company SunOpta has completed the acquisition of Sunrise Holdings from investor group led by Paine & Partners for $444m, as part of its strategy to expand its portfolio of frozen fruit and fruit ingredient processing ...
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The Chinese central government released a guideline to make agriculture more intensive and environmentally friendly on Friday, as they seek to ensure adequate and safe food supply. The guideline, issued by the State Council, or China's ...
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Campbell Soup is planning to reformulate its products as part of its business restructuring strategy to bolster its core business. The company plans to remove ingredients such as added MSG from its existing range of condensed soups for ...
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Cargill will soon launch a program that will map all aspects of its North American high oleic canola supply chain through its Knowing Your Roots: from farm to table program. "Understanding where food comes from is a priority for ...
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Private equity firm North Castle Partners has acquired controlling stake in Sprout Organic Foods in a move to bolster its presence in the natural and organic nutrition industry. Sprout Organic Foods primarily serves the baby / toddler ...
Litchfield Fund has invested in Atlanta-based Harvest Soul, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresh Promise Foods. Litchfield is a family-owned joint venture making equity and venture capital investments in the natural and organic food and ...
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Organic health food product CO YO has won a Retailers’ Choice Award while celebrating new packaging at the Naturally Good Expo in Sydney. Picking up the award for Best Organic Food Product, founders Henry and Sandra Gosling have ...
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New Jersey-based food, beverage, and supplement consulting firm MetaBrand has planned to expand its suite of services for beverage and food into the Canadian and other international markets with a new division. Founded in 2011 by natural ...
SunOpta, an organic, specialty and natural health products manufacturer, has received Non-Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)/Non-Genetically Engineered (GE) US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Process Verified Program (PVP) Certification ...
Columbus Exploration Corporation has entered into a memorandum of understanding to acquire organic food company Agricola Nuova Terra Guatemala for more than $6.5m. Agricola currently offers fresh organic and conventional products to ...
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