Kingsmoor Packaging, a Somerset-based thermoforming company, has developed food grade packaging solutions for Irish food company Greencore’s grab and go lunch options. Kingsmoor has provided around four packaging solutions for 11of ...
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Irish food company Greencore Group has announced the proposed acquisition of Peacock Foods for $747.5m to expand its presence in the US. The US based Peacock Foods is headquartered in Geneva, Illinois and is into producing frozen ...
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If you spend St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland, you’ll find a peaceful, quiet, reflective day spent with family. In Chicago, however, St. Patrick’s Day brings a week’s worth of festivities, parades and parties. This time ...
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Irish food ingredients company Kerry Group has acquired three U-based companies Red Arrow Products, Island Oasis and Biothera Inc’s Wellmune for $735m, a move that will usher the company’s growth in nutritional solutions market. ...
Bord Bia today launched its Export Performance and Prospects Report which reflects a 4% increase in exports for 2014 to reach a record high of almost €10.5bn. Aidan Cotter, Chief Executive, Bord Bia outlined the background to the ...
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Irish food company Greencore plans to strengthen its presence in the US with a new sandwich manufacturing facility in Rhode Island, with an investment of around £20m. The 100,000ft2 facility will enable Greencore USA to extend ...
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IFA President John Bryan said further findings from the DNA-testing Programme on pigmeat carried out by IFA show that consumers continue to be misled and there is a very disappointing level of support for Irish pig producers. From almost ...
Kerry, an Irish food ingredients and flavors group, has unveiled its new regional development and application center in Dubai, UAE. Located at the Jumeriah Lakes Towers, the new center will cater to the company's global and regional ...
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Kerry Foods, an Irish food ingredients and flavors group, has confirmed plans to expand its ingredients plant in Washington County, which would create 60 new jobs. The announcement comes after the receipt of local and county financial ...
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Irish food ingredients and flavors group Kerry Foods has teamed up with UK-based design agency Dragon Rouge to create a brand name and packaging for its new quick-to-heat meals range. The branding is designed to attract foodies by ...
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Kerry Group booked a double-digit increase in sales and earnings for fiscal 2012, with growth driven by its ingredients and flavours arm. In a regulatory filing released this morning (26 February), the Irish food and ingredients group ...
Three men have been arrested in the UK on suspicion of offences under the Fraud Act by police investigating allegations horsemeat was mislabelled as beef. Dyfed-Powys Police in Wales yesterday (14 February) made arrests at two plants that ...
John Moloney, managing director at Glanbia, is to also take a seat on the board of fellow Irish food group Greencore. Moloney, who became Glanbia MD in 2001, "adds deep sectoral and international experience to the board", Greencore ...
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UK police have raided two meat firms as part of an investigation into how beef products containing horse meat have been sold. The UK Food Standards Agency issued a statement yesterday evening (12 February) to say its officials and police ...
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Trading Standards officials have discovered poultry, beef and veal in products that were being sold as lamb kebabs. When is a 'lamb' kebab not a lamb kebab? When it contains poultry, beef and veal, said Trading Standards West Sussex ...
Tags: lamb, lamb kebabs, beef products