UK-based KM Packaging Services has unveiled a new lidding film which is designed to increase the shelf-life of chilled ready meals. According to the company, the new film caters to street food brands that are looking for shelf-appeal and ...
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It's almost overwhelming when you visit a pet store and wander down the mile long aisles of pet food. Thousands of pet food brands all seem to say the very same thing -- 100% Complete Nutrition and 'Premium' and 'Choice'. The brand your vet ...
In its preliminary 2012/13 results published today (17 April), the firm also confirmed that it is winding up its chain of 199 US Fresh & Easy shops, which has never made a profit, at cost of 1.2 billion. The UK’s biggest supermarket ...
Europe’s leading own label ice cream manufacturer R&R Ice Cream has agreed to acquire UK-based ice cream producer Fredericks Dairies for £49m. Fredericks Dairies, headquartered in Skelmersdale, England, has license to ...
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Culina, a UK-based provider of logistics services for food and drink firms, is set to establish a chilled distribution center at Cabot Park, Bristol in 2013. The proposed facility, spread over an area of around 19,500m2, will replace the ...
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Canada-based marketer and distributor of branded specialty food products Premium Brands has agreed to acquire Freybe Gourmet Foods for $55m. Freybe, founded in 1844, is one of the leading manufacturers of premium gourmet deli meats in ...
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Nearly 70% of commercial pre-packaged meals and savoury snacks for toddlers in the US have high levels of sodium, which may present long-term health risks, according to a new study. The study was led by Joyce Maalouf, a researcher at the ...
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During the 30th National Frozen Food Month this March, Plastics Make it Possible is honoring innovations in plastics that help deliver convenient and nutritious frozen foods-particularly those innovations that have led to less packaging and ...
By Eric Aasen, Product Line Manager, Bosch Packaging Technology More than ever before, our supermarket shelves are a battleground for an enormous array of packaged fresh food products, each competing for the attention of time-strapped, ...
Pop into your local supermarket and pick up a packet of own label chocolate digestive biscuits. Now carefully inspect the packaging. Across the front and back of the pack you’ll find a raft of information that goes beyond brand ...
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The acquisition of Premier Foods’ East Anglian canning business has helped to boost the sales figures growth of food and drink manufacturer Princes by 28%, according to figures filed at Companies House last week (December 12). ...
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The acquisition of Premier Foods’ East Anglian canning business has helped to boost the sales figures growth of food and drink manufacturer Princes by 28%, according to figures filed at Companies House last week (December 12). ...
Tags: Princes, Premier Foods, Canning, Food
The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) said that Supermarkets are using 'copycat' packaging of food brands to mislead consumers into buying private-label products. According to the agency, major supermarket are indulge in copying ...
Mondelez International, the snacks group spun off from Kraft Foods last month, has reported a fall in underlying third-quarter sales amid problems in Brazil and Russia. The company, which produces brands including Cadbury chocolate, ...
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UK food group Princes has devised a GBP1.6m (US$2.5m) advertising campaign across its portfolio to push its 'Yours to Enjoy' brand message. The campaign, which launches this month, aims to promote the "different usage occasions, ...
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