Lantech, a global provider of case handling, stretch wrapping, and shrink packaging solutions, announced that the company has finalized an order for the sale of over 50 case erectors, plus an unspecified number of case sealers and ...
US own-label firm TreeHouse Foods has booked a decline in third-quarter profit as a result of higher input costs and drop in volumes. Earnings in the three months to the end of September totalled US$21.6m compared to $30.4m last year. ...
Tags: Treehouse, third-quarter profit, higher input costs, earnings
US own-label group Ralcorp Holdings, which today (27 November) agreed to a takeover bid from ConAgra Foods, returned to profit in its fiscal 2012 year, boosted by acquisitions made during the year. In the 12 months to the end of ...
Tags: Foods, Foods industry, profit, operating profit
Ralcorp Holdings has acquired Italian private-label frozen ready meals maker Gelit for an undisclosed sum. Gelit, based in Cisterna di Latina, employs around 130 staff and produces frozen ready meals for sale in the US and Italy. The ...
Tags: Ralcorp Holdings, frozen ready meals, food industry, company news
Hain Celestial has today (22 August) been announced as the buyer of Premier Foods plc's spreads assets, including brands such as Hartley's jam and Sun-Pat peanut butter. The US food group had been linked to Premier's spreads business, ...
Tags: Hain Celestial, Premier Foods plc, peanut butter, food industry
This week's recall of 7.43 million Toyotas for a faulty power window switch that could catch fire has been billed as one of the largest in history. But how big is it really? It didn't even make the top 10, ranking only 16th on a list ...
Tags: Car Recalls, Top 10 Largest Car Recalls, Toyota, electrical components
Viscri, a village in Transylvania (Romania) that became famous for the properties The Prince of Wales owns here, launched one of the world's most exclusive jams. The jam will make its world debut at Salon International de l'Agroalimentaire, ...
Tags: Eco-Tourism, fortified churches, jam, jams, luxury food, Maramures
Posted by Jenni Spinner, Senior Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/7/2012 8:27:10 AM McCormick & Company Inc., a global leader in flavor, today unveiled its McCormick Flavor Forecast 2013. Now in its thirteenth year, the report is an annual ...
Tags: McCormick&Company Inc, 10 flavor combinations, empowered eating
Glass manufacturer Beatson Clark has supplied the jars for food producer in the UK Darlington & Daughters's newly launched Passionfruit Curd. The product is sold in a 10oz pickle jar with a twist off neck finish from Beatson Clark's general ...
Hain Celestial, a US-based natural and organic food products company, has completed the acquisition of some of the packaged grocery brands of UK-based Premier Foods in a £200m cash-and-stock deal. The consideration consisted of cash ...
Tags: natural and organic food products company, acquisition
Overseas Food Distribution (OFD) has launched its Country Road Bulgarian Sheep Milk Feta Cheese at Costco stores in Southern California, US. The new product will be available at eight Southern California Costco locations which include: ...
Tags: salads, pizzas, sandwiches, dairy, nuts, jams, spices, rice, oils
Germany-based Bosch Packaging Technology has introduced its Pack 301 Inverted Long Dwell Flow Wrapper (ID) at Pack Expo 2012 in Chicago. Pack 301 ID is suitable for the packaging of fresh produce, soft products, pharmaceuticals, ...
Sweet spreads have outshone the other segments in Indian syrups&spreads market during 2011,according to a new analysis by UK-based research firm Canadean–Food. The report'Consumer Trends in the Syrups&Spreads Market in ...
Tags: consumer trends, sweet spreads, market share
California-based financial holding firm Versant International has completed the acquisition of Mamma's Best, an organic natural foods company based in Irvine, California. Mamma's Best produces organic barbeque sauces, marinades, soups and ...
Tags: organic natural foods company, organic barbeque sauces, marinades, soups
A study conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's(CFIA)revealed that 94%of fruit spread samples tested did not contain undeclared sulphites. As part of the CFIA routine testing of various food products,about 48 fruit ...
Tags: CFIA, sulphites, fruit, preservative