Dole Packaged Foods, a leading producer and marketer of high-quality foods, has deployed the procurementFreedomTM suite of mobile apps for a solution to mobile-enable and speed their SAP purchase order and approval process. Prior to ...
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US-based Stay Fresh Foods is planning to introduce its second high pressure processing (HPP) line in September 2013, in a move to meet the increasing consumer demand for meat and sausage production. As part of the expansion plan, the ...
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Bimbo Bakeries USA, the American arm of Mexican baking company Grupo Bimbo, has acquired the Beefsteak bread brand from Hostess Brands, the US-based bankrupt producer of bakery products, for $31.9m. The Beefsteak brand has been acquired ...
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US-based Dole Food has completed the sale of its worldwide packaged foods and Asia fresh businesses to Japanese firm ITOCHU for $1.68bn in cash. The sale included a major portion of Dole's operations and assets, including exclusive rights ...
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Canadian food processing and packaging company SunOpta has announced plans to add new aseptic packaging capacities at both Modesto, California and Alexandria, Minnesota processing and packaging operations. The company aims to address the ...
SunOpta International Foods is set to establish a new organic and speciality cocoa facility in Middenmeer, the Netherlands, as part of its efforts to expand its integrated processing capabilities. The facility will process internationally ...
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SunOpta, a Canada-based organic, specialty and natural health products manufacturer, has reported a 357.4% increase in net earnings to $24.2m for the year ended 29 December 2012, compared to $5.29m in 2011. The company posted 7% increase ...
Dole Food, a US-based producer and marketer of fruit and fresh vegetables, has unveiled new Banana Dippers, which feature frozen banana slices covered in dark chocolate. The company stated that the new product offers 120 calories or less ...
Honest Tea, the nation's top-selling organic bottled tea company, is launching a new beverage line called Honest Splash. The 70 calorie juice-based drinks are sweetened only with organic fruit juice and contain between 30-31% juice. ...
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US natural and organic food group Annie's has booked a drop in net profit in its third quarter. Earnings in the three months to the end of December dropped to US$1.4m compared to $2.2m last year. Annie's blamed the decline on charges from ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has unveiled the Nutrition Facts Label tool, which can be found on all packaged foods and beverages. The Nutrition Facts Label helps to track various nutrients that are available from the foods ...
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US-based All Natural Freshness has unveiled fully barrier free removable end cap High Pressure Processing (HPP) baskets that can reduce loading by up to 33% and unloading by up to 50% and boost the HPP manufacturing throughput. All ...
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The Canadian federal government plans to repeal the law that regulates the sizes of packaged foods sold in Canada. The United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Canada national president Wayne Hanley has written an open letter to Canadian ...
ConAgra Foods has announced the voluntary recall of specific lots of its 8oz Hunt’s Tomato Sauce (regular variety) and Hunt’s Tomato Sauce No Salt Added over packaging defect. According to the US-based packaged foods company, ...
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US-based Dole Food has received clearance from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce to sell its worldwide packaged foods and Asia fresh produce business to Japanese trading house Itochu for $1.68bn in cash. The two companies had signed an ...
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