British frozen food and seafood supplier Findus has received an approval from the Spanish Competition Authorities for the acquisition of Nestlé Spain’s La Cocinera frozen ready to eat meals business. Earlier this year, ...
Tags: Findus Group, seafood, frozen food
On Thursday, the CME Group corn market is leading the way up, soybeans down. At mid-session, the March corn futures contract is trading 1 1/2 cents higher at $4.23. The March soybean futures contract is trading 18 cents lower at $12.76. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Corn, Soybeans
On Thursday, the CME Group soybean market plummeted on improved crop prospects in South America. The March corn futures contract settled 1 1/2 cents lower at $4.20. The March soybean futures contract finished 22 cents lower at $12.70. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Soybeans
UK-based KCC Packaging has set up a pilot production line to manufacture biodegradable food trays for the ready meal market. Claimed to use a waterproof barrier, the company's food trays are said to be made from bagasse, a by-product of ...
Tags: KCC Packaging, Food Trays
The horse meat scandal has dominated the media in recent weeks. From sensationalist tabloid headlines to Twitter gags, discussion on the topic has been widespread. It all started in January after traces of horse meat were found in ...
Thai food manufacturer Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) is to acquire China meat and ready-to-eat foods producer Chia Tai Food Enterprise in a deal worth THB483m (US$15.8m). In a filing to the Thailand stock exchange, the company said the ...
Tags: Charoen Pokphand, meat, Chia Tai Food Enterprise, acquisition
The brief: To create a style of packaging for the ready meal market that was lightweight and allowed the consumer to see the product itself Client: Tesco Brand: Piing Design: Intelligent Packaging Solutions UK launch date: Summer ...
Tags: packaging, meal market, Intelligent Packaging Solutions, food packaging
Faerch Plast in the UK has announced the development of a new range of dual ovenable ‘Aluminium-Look’ crystalline polyethylene terephthalate (CPET) containers for the ready to cook sector. The Aluminium Look containers are ...
Tags: Faerch Plast, UK, CPET, containers, cook sector
If you asked for three words to sum up Britain in the 21st century, a pessimist might come up with 'lonely', 'busy' and 'aging'. Government figures indicate the number of single-person households is increasing by more than 160,000 a year, ...
Tags: popular format, single-serve, snacking trend