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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B&G Foods has announced a 49.2% increase in net sales for the July-September quarter of this year. Highlights (vs. year-ago quarter where applicable): Net sales increased 49.2% to $318.2 millionNet income increased 63.6% to $32.4 ...
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Australia’s Nutrano Produce Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Seven Fields and Abbotsleigh Group businesses to strengthen its position in the fresh produce sector. However, the financial details of the transaction were ...
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United Natural Foods (UNFI) announced that its president and CEO Steven Spinner, was appointed chairman of UNFI’s Board of Directors, effective following the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders in December 2016. Mr. ...
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Bord Bia has launched an Irish beef promotion this month with the Maredo steakhouse chain, a major player in the German market. The Maredo publicity declares Irish beef to be “wholesome, juicy and Irish” and the month-long ...
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US-based Berlin Packaging has closed the acquisition an Italian company Bruni Glass to expand its presence in European glass markets. The combined company is expected to have annual sales in excess of $1.2bn by the end of 2016 and a ...
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Print and packaging solutions provider Multi Packaging Solutions International (MPS) has acquired UK-based AJS Labels and US-based i3 Plastic Cards, expanding its range of products. AJS Labels is engaged in manufacturing of self-adhesive ...
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Honda has announced $53m investment in Central Ohio facilities to strengthen North American operations. The 38,000 square foot Ohio Data Center will join a similar facility near Denver, Colorado, in housing key information technologies ...
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UK based Paramount Labels has purchased PicoColour UV inkjet digital label press from Dantex Digital to strengthen its business. The firm also invested in a newly built in-house digital printing department as part of its £1m ...
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Starbucks has unveiled its 2016 Holiday Red Cups to welcome the holiday season, which will feature designs created by customers. Since 1997, Starbucks has welcomed the holidays with a special red cup that celebrates the spirit of the ...
Germany based KBA-Sheetfed has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Flint Group for the worldwide use of latter’s conventional sheet-fed ink series on high-performance KBA Rapida presses. The agreement will see installation ...
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Pro Mach, a provider of integrated packaging and processing products and solutions for food, beverage, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, and other diverse companies, will field the largest collection of packaging machines at Pack Expo 2016. ...
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Austrian-based Agrana Fruit has expanded its presence in the South East Asian region and India with new facilities and local partnerships. In Bangkok, the food company opened a new representative office along with a product development ...
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Food distribution giant US Foods will implement a real-time load tracking platform from FourKites for advanced logistics operations. The refrigerated food supply chain company evaluated various players before opting for Chicago based ...
Beverage industry veteran Edward (Ed) Maletis' Limnes Bottling Acquisition Company has completed the acquisition of historic Portland Bottling Company from its existing ownership group, including majority shareholder Harry Merlo. The ...
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