Thick-It, a provider of dysphagia nutrition solutions, has launched new packaging to better reflect the brand positioning and its promise to consumers. Among the goals of the package redesign were to increase a point of differentiation ...
US meat processing company Tyson Foods is exploring the sale of TNT Crust, its pizza crust business, as part of its strategic focus on protein. Tyson Foods Prepared Foods group president Sally Grimes said: “We’re focused on ...
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Hearthside Food Solutions has agreed to acquire Standard Functional Foods Group (SFFG), a unit of Standard Candy Company, subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions. SFFG is a contract manufacturer of nutritional and ...
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South African food company Pioneer Foods has announced that it would buy a 49.89% stake in major FMCG manufacturer Weetabix East Africa for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is expected to establish a strategic beachhead for Pioneer ...
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Premium Brands Holdings has acquired 100% of the shares of Ontario based Belmont Meat Products for $50m. The purchase price of the acquisition is subject to certain customary adjustments. Premium Brands will be paying $49.2m in cash ...
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Freedom Foods Group has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with its Guangzhou based partner Shenzhen JiaLiLe Food (JLL) to set up a new company for expansion of its Australia’s Own (AO) brand in China. The new company ...
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Post Holdings, a consumer packaged goods holding company, has announced its Michael Foods business will be converting its egg layer farm located in Bloomfield, Nebraska to a cage-free operation. In response to increasing customer demand ...
Kent Precision Foods Group (KPFG), a operating subsidiary of family-owned food products and animal feed manufacturer Kent, has signed an agreement to acquire US-based flexible packaging supplier PouchTec Industries. PouchTec Industries, a ...
Rastelli Foods Group announced a partnership with Bubba's-Q and Three Jerks Jerky. Rastelli will be assisting its new partners with products and other important areas of businesses. Headed by former NFL player Al 'Bubba' Baker, Bubba's-Q ...
2 Sisters Food Group has purchased the former S&A Foods site, just days after it had entered into discussions to acquire the East Midlands site that was owned by the Indian snack maker S&A, which fell into administration in October. 2 ...
Specialty foods producer Premium Brands, through its subsidiary Hempler Foods Group, has acquired sausage brand Isernio's. Valued at around $12m, the acquisition will bring together two of the US Pacific Northwest's specialty packaged ...
Kraft Foods Group brand Kool-Aid has introduced a new liquid concentrate beverage mix in three varieties. The three varieties include Tropical Punch, Cherry and Grape. They are available in 18.2 fl. oz. bottles at grocery stores across ...
H.J. Heinz and Kraft Foods Group have announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to create The Kraft Heinz Company. The merger will form the third largest food and beverage company in North America and the ...
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Who are the world’s biggest polluters? A report by non-profit environmental and social responsibility organisation, As You Sow, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), examined the packaging practices of forty-seven fast ...
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St. Louis-based Post Holdings has posted results for the first quarter of 2015, recording net sales of $1,073.9m, an increase by 261.6%, compared to the previous year. Gross profit of the company increased $134.6m to $249.1m for the first ...
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