North Yorkshire based pork supplier Karro Food Group is set to invest £10m into processing and production as part of its UK investment programme. Under this programme, Karro will invest £6.5m into new chilling and processing ...
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Weston Foods, a subsidiary of Canadian food processing firm George Weston Limited, has acquired cakes producer Starr Culinary Delights. The acquisition forms a part of Weston Foods' commitment to grow and offer quality bakery products ...
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John Bean Technologies Corporation (JBT) has secured a contract to supply a new juice processing line to a customer in the Middle East. The $7m contract will require the company to supply and integrate a new juice processing line for the ...
Canadian food safety organisation Prairie Diagnostic Services (PDS) has received a $549,278 funding from Harper Government to purchase new equipment to expand and modernise its testing efficiency. This new financial support will help PDS ...
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John Bean Technologies (JBT) Corporation has secured a contract to supply protein processing equipment to a North America-based food processor. The $6m contract will require JBT to supply cooking and freezing technology to process ethnic ...
Abu Dhabi based National Catering Company (NCC) has signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi Ports to secure a 25,000-sqm plot of land in the Khalifa Industrial Zone (Kizad). As part of this new development, NCC will invest around AED50m ...
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Foodservice equipment producer Middleby will acquire high speed slicing business unit of the UK-based Marel. The acquisition, which includes Marel High Speed Slicing business unit's assets and the manufacturing facility, is expected to be ...
Hormel Foods is in the late-stage talks to acquire Applegate Farms, a producer of organic hot dogs, bacon and sausages. This comes after the company acquired Muscle Milk maker CytoSport Holdings in August last year. The proposed deal ...
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Food processing company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has agreed to sell 50% stake in its export terminal in Brazil to Glencore. ADM has entered into an agreement to this effect. Located in Barcarena, in the northern Brazilian state of ...
Australian vegetable growers have said they support the Australian Greens’ Party Leader Christine Milne’s push for clearer Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) on food, claiming that the current system needs refining if consumers ...
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American meat processor Tyson Foods is planning to invest around $110m in the expansion of its poultry plant in Vienna, Georgia. This investment is expected to create 500 jobs in the region. Commenting on the expansion, Georgia ...
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Australia’s largest multi-brand retail food franchisor and leading wholesale coffee roaster, Retail Food Group Limited (RFG) has announced that it has partnered with Tian Jin Sen Yong Tai Co Limited, to establish a joint venture for ...
Canyon Creek Food Company has launched a new refrigerated, soup under a co-packing arrangement. The product is a hearty Moroccan style vegetable soup with sweet potatoes, chickpeas, kale and coconut milk. The soup is dairy and gluten ...
Tags: sweet potatoes, chickpeas, kale, coconut milk, Agriculture
Wells Food Processing has closed the acquisition of a food processing plant in Wells, Minnesota, US from Pioneer Bank of Mankato. The new ownership is currently in the process of evaluating the best way to commission the facility located ...
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Norwegian firm Tomra has launched the new Falcon sorter for baby leaf lettuce and spinach industry. The pre-sorting machine uses optical technology, which will enable quick detection of defects and its removal at the initial stage of food ...
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