Snack foods manufacturer Snyder's-Lance is introducing its first multi-brand snack pack to address its consumer demand for improved snacking options. The company is consolidating its portfolio of salty snacks into four new variety pack ...
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The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) has announced plans to buy 50% stake in Adeptio Group’s, which controls the Kuwait Food Company (Americana). However, financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Saudi Arabia's ...
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has granted $ 560,000 loan to Turkmen meat producer Taze Ay, as part of its efforts to support the private small and medium-sized enterprises in the country. EBRD, along with the ...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has offered a loan of $2.28m to Berk group, a Turkmen brewing company, to foray into salty snacks business. The new salty business is expected to complement Berk’s beer ...
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A Dubai-based investment group led by businessman Mohamed Alabbar has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the Kuwait Food Company, which is known as Americana, for nearly $2.4bn. The consortium Adeptio headed by Emaar Properties PJSC ...
Meat products and snack foods have been identified as growth markets in the US according to America’s Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (PMMI). Surveying 70 US-based professionals across the food processing ...
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The latest Roy Morgan Research has confirmed that potato chips top the category of Australia’s favourite snacks, a status the humble packet chip (or ‘crisp’ as it is sometimes referred) has retained for the past five ...
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The TGI Fridays has expanded its snacks portfolio with a new line of snacks featuring nuts, pretzels, crackers and seeds in the tradition of happy hour pub mixes. The new TGI Fridays Happy Hour Snack Mixes include four flavors available ...
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Charlotte-based snack food producer Tropical Foods is launching a new line of yogurt pretzel bags that will be made available in seven different flavors including blueberry, strawberry, and Greek yogurt flavored pretzels. "We've listened ...
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US-based snack food firm Tropical Foods has expanded its product range with the introduction of a new range of yogurt pretzel bags. The move comes in response to increasing consumer demand for sweet and salty snacks. Tropical Foods' ...
Health trends, volatile input prices and strong competition have slowed growth in Australia’s snack food sector, according to market research organisation IBISWorld. However, the ‘healthy’ snack foods sector has benefitted ...
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Commercial toddler food in the US contains sodium and sugar levels that are far beyond the permissible limits, setting an early preference among children for salty and sugary products, according to a study by Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Kuwait's al-Kharafi family, the owners of Americana food brand, is reportedly seeking to sell the food unit. Currently, no formal process has commenced for the proposed sale; however, the owners are working with financial advisory firm ...
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An example of 'innovative' nut varieties The share of nuts in global snack foods launches has risen steadily in recent years as nuts have found increasing favour as convenient and nutritious snacks and technology has allowed development ...
Fast-food consumption is often blamed for the epidemic of overweight and obesity among U.S. children. But a new study finds that poor eating the rest of the day is most strongly linked with weight issues. "While reducing fast food is ...