Food Lion has issued a recall of all code dates of its Food Lion brand Homestyle Buttermilk Biscuits after being notified by its manufacturer that the product may have been contaminated with listeria monocytogenes. While there have been ...
UK’s fresh prepared foods manufacturer Bakkavor Group has agreed to sell its Belgian fresh prepared food business, Vaco, to Culinor Food Group for undisclosed sum. The sale is part of Bakkavor's restructuring strategy to focus on ...
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Low-fat snacks producer SnackWell's, which was recently acquired by Back to Nature Foods, is planning to reformulate its products by eliminating several ingredients, as well as expand its product range. The company plans to produce its ...
Back to Nature Foods has expanded into soup and cereal product categories with the introduction of 10 new artisanal soups and cereals range. Back to Nature's new soups include Beef & Barley Soup, Minestrone with Farro Soup, Chicken ...
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Netherlands-based company The Vegetarian Butcher has successfully expanded into new markets for its "strip steaks" and "smoked bacon" made entirely from vegetables in retail outlets across Europe. The latest meat substitute products, ...
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Six of France's largest retail chains have pulled products from their shelves amid concerns the lines could contain horse meat. Retailers including Carrefour and Casino have recalled SKUs supplied by Findus and by French supplier Comigel, ...
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About 21 companies in the US have voluntarily lowered salt content in pre-packaged or restaurant foods products, in response to a salt reduction campaign led by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. New York launched the National Salt ...
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International food retailer Delhaize has reported a rise in sales for 2012, but charges and lower profits dampened its performance. Delhaize said in an interim statement today (17 January) that net sales rose by 7.7% in 2012 versus 2011, ...
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Bringing together the world's leading retailers and their business partners, Retail's BIG Show is set to commence next week, offering a speaker lineup never seen before. The four-day convention, held January 13-16, 2013 at the Jacob ...
Belgian retailer Delhaize has appointed Roland Smith to head up its US division. Smith will take up the role of president and CEO of Delhaize America and executive VP of Delhaize Group with effect from 15 October. He will succeed Ronald ...
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Global snacks group Mondelez International has revealed an R&D site in New Jersey is still closed in the wake of the super storm Hurricane Sandy that swept across the eastern parts of the US this week. Food manufacturers that shut ...
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Canadian retailer Loblaw will start using Guiding Stars nutrition labels in its stores this week. From Friday (10 August), Loblaw outlets in Ontario will put the Guiding Stars tags on shelves in stores to highlight products that meet ...
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Spanish retailer El Corte Ingles is to join buying alliance AMS Sourcing. The retailer will join Netherlands-based AMS from 1 January, it announced today (31 July). Bert Swartsenburg, AMS managing director, said: "We are more than happy ...
Belgian retailer Delhaize has posted a drop in first-half profits and said it now expects to achieve the bottom-end of its full-year earnings guidance range. Profit in the six months to the end of June slumped 65.9% to EUR83m (US$103.5m), ...
Delhaize booked a decline in third-quarter earnings,which were hit by spending on pricing in Belgium and the US. The company announced today(7 November)that operating profit fell by 3%in the three months to the end of September,dropping ...
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