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Scotland Becomes First Country to Implement Minimum Unit Alcohol Price

May 3, 2018

The minimum unit price (MUP) for alcohol has come into force in Scotland, making it the first country in the world to implement such a law. The legislation has been welcomed by several health organisations including the Royal Society for ...

Tags: minimum unit price, alcohol

RAP Develops New MA Carton Food Tray for Poultry Meat Producer Moy Park

Apr 12, 2018

UK-based food-to-go packaging manufacturer RAP has developed a new modified atmosphere (MA) carton food tray for Moy Park, a poultry meat producer in England and Northern Ireland. The new RapTray, which is claimed to be the world’s ...

Tags: RAP, Carton Food Tray

Dolco Develops New Processor Trays for Meat and Poultry Products

Dec 11, 2017

Tekni-Plex firm Dolco Packaging has developed new processor trays for meat and poultry products. The custom-designed trays will enable meat and poultry processors to be used for different products such as premium brats or sausages, meat ...

Tags: poultry products, Packaging

Genstar Capital Acquires Us Firm Tekni-Plex

Oct 19, 2017

Private equity firm Genstar Capital has acquired US-based Tekni-Plex from American Securities for an undisclosed sum. Based in Wayne of Pennsylvania, Tekni-Plex produces products, components and materials for healthcare, specialty ...

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Dawn Meats and Dunbia Finalize Partnership Deal

Oct 9, 2017

Dawn Meats has closed its strategic partnership and acquisition agreement with Dunbia after securing all relevant regulatory approvals. Dawn has agreed a strategic partnership with Dunbia to establish a joint venture in the United Kingdom ...

Tags: Dawn Meats, Meats

Pilgrim's Pride to Buy UK Poultry Processor Moy Park From JBS for $1.3bn

Sep 13, 2017

Chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride has agreed to acquire JBS’ British poultry unit Moy Park for $1.3bn to expand its portfolio of prepared foods. By adding Moy Park’s operations in the UK and Continental Europe, Pilgrim's Pride ...

Tags: poultry meat, prepared foods

UK Watchdog Reveals Plans for Food Regulation in Future

Jul 24, 2017

The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revealed its future plans on how it will monitor the food industry in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In this regard, FSA Chairman Heather Hancock has released a document titled ...

Tags: Watchdog, Food Regulation

The Entertainer Enjoys Positive Christmas Sales

Jan 16, 2017

The Entertainer has smashed sales during the Christmas 2016 trading period, the retailer has revealed. In the five weeks leading up to December 31st 2016, the company reported an increase in total sales of 13.5 per cent, with December ...

Tags: Entertainer, Cyprus

AB InBev and C&C Group Sign New Distribution Agreements

Dec 15, 2016

AB InBev and C&C Group have expanded their partnership with new distribution agreements and extended brewing contracts for the UK and Irish markets. Under a new distribution contract, AB InBev agreed to distribute C&C Group's cider ...

Tags: AB InBev, brewing

Cranswick Acquires Northern Irish Pork Processing Business Dunbia Ballymena

Nov 21, 2016

UK food producer Cranswick has acquired Northern Irish pork processing business Dunbia Ballymena for an undisclosed amount. Cranswick purchased the entire issued capital of Dunbia Ballymena’s pork business for cash. Dunbia ...

Tags: Cranswick, food producer

The Entertainer Enjoys Successful Northern Ireland Debut

Aug 30, 2016

The retailer's store opened in Belfast on August 13th, where guests enjoyed meeting LEGO Ninjago and Star Wars characters. The Entertainer’s first Northern Ireland store officially open on August 13th, and has proved a success with ...

Tags: The Entertainer, LEGO Ninjago, Star Wars

KD UK and OSS Announce Sales Partnership

Aug 30, 2016

''We are delighted to have partnered with OSS who will provide us with a team of committed and experienced sales agents,'' says KD UK's Seth Bishop. KD UK is hoping to bolster its independent channel sales resources, thanks to a new ...

Tags: KD UK, OSS, partnership

Brexit: What Next for EU and Britain

Jun 30, 2016

The decision of the British people to leave the EU has shocked many people. Even those fearing that the referendum may result in the undoing of the work of many previous years for a stronger union of the European nations, had a sense of ...

Tags: leaving EU, referendum

Commission Approves Sysco's Acquisition of Brakes

Jun 14, 2016

The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Brakes, the largest UK food distributor, by Sysco, the largest US food distributor. The Commission found that the takeover would not adversely ...

Tags: Commission, Sysco's acquisition of brakes

Europe's TOP-HIT Transfer Printing Consortium to Boost Large-Scale Heterogeneous Integration of Diverse Materials and Devices

Jun 3, 2016

Ireland's Tyndall National Institute (based at University College Cork) is leading the European consortium TOP-HIT (Transfer-print OPerations for Heterogeneous INtegration) to develop novel technology that will address the challenge of ...

Tags: Transfer Printing, integrating components

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