US-based food company General Mills has embarked on a new journey with the launch of its 301 Inc., a new business venture unit that will focus on building partnerships with emerging food brands to come up with groundbreaking innovation in ...
Clear Labs, the new standard for molecular food quality, launched from stealth today and announced a $6.5m Series A financing round with participation from Khosla Ventures and Felicis Ventures, among other strategic investors. Clear Labs ...
Tags: Clear Labs, food, molecular, additives
Bacon processor SugarCreek is to open a new $120m facility in Cambridge City, Indiana later this month. The new 435,000ft2 facility with three cooking halls and a Sous Vide line will increase the company's cooking capabilities. It is ...
Tags: food manufature, Bacon processor, SugarCreek
Pizza and pie is not a usual match but Pizza Hut and Four’N Twenty are coming together to give it a shot. Announced by Pizza Hut yesterday, the iconic Australian Four’N Twenty pie will be featuring as part of a pizza called ...
Australian supermarkets Woolworths and Coles, along with food brands Kellogg’s, Vegemite and Milo are among the top 10 ‘meaningful brands’ for Australians, according to new findings from communications and marketing ...
Tags: Woolworths, Coles, supermarkets
SkinnyPop Popcorn has acquired the Paqui brand of better-for-you tortilla chips and tortillas for an undisclosed amount. Paqui sells tortillas and tortilla chips that are claimed to be made with unbleached, untreated flour, or by stone ...
Tags: SkinnyPop Popcorn, Popcorn
Removing parallel import restrictions would “promote competition and potentially lower prices for consumers”, according to one of the recommendations from the Harper Competition Review Final Report, released last week. ...
Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital Partners is in talks to acquire American Food Company Kraft Foods, in a deal potentially valued at more than $40bn. According to people familiar with the matter, the private equity firm would ...
Tags: Kraft Foods, market, brands
Rising India,a holding company focused in restaurant concepts and other ventures focused in meals and entertainment, announces today that it has entered official negotiations to acquire a food delivery company comprised of a consortium of ...
Tags: Rising India, Organic Food, Sustainable Food
Pip & Nut has launched its nutty butters to Selfridges, Partridges and a raft of deli and health foods stores across the UK. From a range of three, Peanut Butter, Almond Butter and Coconut Almond Butter, the nut butters are designed to be ...
Tags: Peanut Butter, sea salt, Agriculture
Potato chips remain Australia’s favourite snack food When it comes to the nation’s most popular snacks, it seems Australians’ tastes tend more towards savoury than sweet. Potato chips are a favourite — 41 per cent ...
Tags: Snacks, Potato chips, Agriculture
One of Australia’s most iconic food brands Dairy Bell Ice Cream has decided voluntarily to shut down after 44 years of manufacturing ice cream in Australia, and has told Australian Food News that its assets are available for sale. ...
Tags: Ice Cream, Agriculture
Two baby and toddler food companies: Beech-Nut is 123 years old, Rafferty’s Garden is 7. Both lead with peak nutrition claims. Beech-Nut makes glass packaging part of this. Rafferty’s Garden uses flexible pouches. Let’s ...
Tags: glass packaging, baby food, Packaging
Melbourne-based warehouse business Supply Warehouse has launched an online grocery shopping service in Australia, making its cheap supermarket items available to shoppers across the country. Supply Warehouse Online offers monthly $1 and ...
Brands from the Asia-Pacific region have emerged as major players in the global packaged food industry over the last decade, according to market research organisation Euromonitor International. Euromonitor has released its 2014 list of ...
Tags: Asia-Pacific region, Food Brands