Morrisons is starting a search for the best local food producers who can help to feed the nation, as a new report calls for the UK to be more self-sufficient in food production and new consumer research shows an increasing appetite from ...
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Santo based Texas Best Proteins has recalled 12.6 tons of products containing farm-to-market Cajun-style rice owing to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service ...
Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has entered into an agreement to buy US-based frozen food manufacturer Bellisio Foods for $1.08bn. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Bellisio is a portfolio company of private equity firm Centre ...
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Private equity firm Grey Mountain Partners has acquired Mediterranean food maker and distributor Kronos Foods. Financial details about the acquisition have not been disclosed. Based in Glendale Heights, Illinois, Kronos sells gryo meat, ...
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 ...
Snack food maker Pure Foods is planning to build a new manufacturing facility in the city of Kingsport, Tennessee, a move that could create 273 new jobs. The proposed 88, 000ft2 facility will see an investment of around $22m and will ...
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Thoresen Thai Agencies Public Company (TTA) has acquired nine percent stake in Chinese canned food maker Sino Grandness Food Industry Group for around S$24.5m ($18.3m). The acquisition forms a part of TTA's long-term diversification and ...
Tags: water chestnut, sweet corn, fruit, vegetable juices, Agriculture
Japanese food producer Ajinomoto has agreed to acquire US-based frozen food maker Windsor Quality for $800m. Windsor has seven production facilities throughout the US and strong brands/positions in Asian, Mexican, Italian and appetizer ...
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B&G Foods, a US-based manufacturer of branded shelf-stable foods, has signed a deal to acquire Specialty Brands of America from American Capital and certain individuals for $155m in cash. Specialty Brands of America is a packaged food ...
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Australian meat snack firm Mariani Foods has purchased Yorkshire food maker Bare Earth for an undisclosed sum. The company said it will combine the acquired entity into its operations and rename the whole unit as New World Foods (Europe), ...
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The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has revoked the food processing license of Mu Kung Hwa Oriental Food, a producer of traditional Korean rice cakes, after several inspections found on-going sanitation problems. The ...
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The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has revoked the food processing license of Mu Kung Hwa Oriental Food, a producer of traditional Korean rice cakes, after several inspections found on-going sanitation problems. The ...
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Sweden-based designer brand Dragon Rouge has developed a new packaging design for the British baby food maker Organix. The new packaging design is expected by the food maker to offer better shelf experience as well as strengthen its ...
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Japanese food maker Maruha Nichiro Holdings is recalling 6.3 million packs of frozen foods including croquettes and pizza after pesticide was detected in some of the products. The affected products were manufactured by the company's ...
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San Miguel Pure Foods (SMPFC), the food division of Philippine conglomerate San Miguel, has selected IBM to help transform its IT organization and become a smarter enterprise. Under the five-year deal, IBM will optimize SMPFC's IT ...
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