02-Sep-2010 - Kerry Group’s strong interim performance has prompted the Irish ingredients and finished product firm to raise its earnings forecast, with more investment planned in emerging regions.
01-Sep-2010 - Tayto’s Red Mill Snack Foods factory at Wednesbury is scheduled to close next month as all remaining production is transferred to its factory at Corby in Northamptonshire.
30-Aug-2010 - Nestlé reports that an upgrade to its premium chocolate manufacturing facility in the Samara region of Russia will transform it into a key competence centre for confectionery products in Europe.
30-Aug-2010 - There’s nothing like a shortage of wheat to send some news media searching for superlatives. Talk of “soaring” wheat prices and “rocketing” bread prices were common, in the British press, after Russia decided to temporarily ban grain exports earlier this month. Three weeks later what lessons can we lean?
26-Aug-2010 - Buhler Technology Group said its move to buy a stake in Italian coffee equipment manufacturer Petroncini Impianti would boost its position in the medium and top-end segments of the market.
25-Aug-2010 - First Milk’s plan to build a new creamery in Campbeltown could be delayed as a contigent planning application from Tesco is held back.
24-Aug-2010 - Campbell Soup Company is considering making a move on the biscuit arm of the British-based firm United Biscuits, according to press reports.
20-Aug-2010 - Opting for fair trade cocoa could be one way for food firms to protect themselves against price volatility for the commodity, according to an industry analyst.
18-Aug-2010 - Middlesbrough-based snacks manufacturer Baked Snacks Company (BSC) has good prospects provided any new backer can inject sufficient capital into the business to give it a fighting chance, according to sources close to the firm.
17-Aug-2010 - Volumes at Carlsberg UK increased in the low double-digits in the first half of the year.
17-Aug-2010 - A leading economist says that industry sources and analysts predicting the Russian wheat export ban will have little impact on EU food prices are “naïve”, and overlook the fact that major futures contracts for Russian wheat are now worthless.
17-Aug-2010 - Swiss food group Aryzta have announced the full purchase of Canadian bakery firm Maidstone Bakeries.
11-Aug-2010 - The struggling economies of Southern and Eastern European countries marred the sales figures of CSM’s bakery supplies division over the last six months, which growth from the UK and Germany could not offset.
06-Aug-2010 - Co-ordinated EU-wide action is needed urgently to end food price volatility induced by market speculation, warns the European Flour Milling Association after wheat prices reached a 23-month high yesterday.
04-Aug-2010 - Prices at the Fonterra globalDairyTrade auction have fallen sharply for the second month running, prompting the dairy to warn farmers of a lower than forecast payout.
04-Aug-2010 - Premier Foods remains ‘open-minded’ about selling off assets to pay off debts, bosses have revealed as the firm released interim results broadly in line with expectations, but warned of rising cost inflation in the second half.
02-Aug-2010 - The European Commission has upgraded the High Level Group on Competitiveness in the Agri-Food Industry to a High Level Forum which will pursue and report on progress towards the group’s 30 recommendations.
29-Jul-2010 - Global probiotics leader Danone has paid an undisclosed sum to Swedish dairy Skånemejerier for a 51 per cent stake in its probiotic juice brand, ProViva.
29-Jul-2010 - Danone has agreed to sell its stake in China Huiyuan Juice Group for significantly less than what Coca-Cola offered before its acquisition bid was blocked last year by Chinese competition authorities.
29-Jul-2010 - Ukrainian confectionery group, the Roshen Confectionary Corporation, has announced that is planning to invest €8m in the modernization of its caramel production facility in Lithuania.
26-Jul-2010 - Butt Foods, the Nottingham-based firm behind the innovative edible ‘bread bowl’, is aiming to double the size of its business in the next two years.
23-Jul-2010 - The snacks and biscuits division of UK manufacturer United Biscuits could be parcelled out to different buyers, according to a research firm's analysis of the market following media reports the company is to be sold by its private equity owners.
23-Jul-2010 - The private equity owner of Yoplait is considering selling its 50 per cent share in the French dairy company, according to newswire reports.
22-Jul-2010 - Nestle Waters has opened a new water bottling factory in Poland to support the development of its Dar Natury brand in the country.
22-Jul-2010 - Refresco Iberia has installed a new canning line at its production plant in Marcilla, Spain, to diversify the packaging formats available.