News in brief
Nestle moves Jenny Craig into France
08-Mar-2010 - Nestlé has announced the launch of its Jenny Craig weight management programme in France,...
Lotus Bakeries posts hike in profits
16-Feb-2010 - Belgian bakery group Lotus Bakeries showed a hike in profits last year following on from...
Swedish firm to launch Yerba Mate with stevia in France
16-Feb-2010 - A Yerba Maté beverage is set to be one of the first products on French...
Danone improves sales on "reset" yoghurt prices
11-Feb-2010 - Price cuts have helped Danone recover from a dip in dairy sales at the start...
FSA issues allergy warning on Cadbury product
11-Feb-2010 - The UK Foods Standards Agency (FSA) has issued an allergy alert regarding Cadbury Chunks Bournville,...
Report by our sister title Food Manufacturer
Hovis in plans to raise the Red Tractor logo
09-Feb-2010 - Assured Food Standards (AFS) administrators will meet with Premier Foods with a view to including...
Dairy Crest plans overhaul of milk factories
03-Feb-2010 - Dairy Crest has earmarked £75m over three years in its latest trading update for spending...
Kraft bid wins over 74% of Cadbury shareholders
03-Feb-2010 - Kraft’s takeover of UK chocolate firm Cadbury is now unconditional, as 74 per cent of...
Real Good Food plans to double size of bakery business
02-Feb-2010 - The Real Good Food Company is bucking recessionary trends with new plans to double the...
Britvic drinks to sales success
02-Feb-2010 - Britvic has published revenue growth of 5.6 per cent for 2009 prompting some analysts to...
Cadbury shares up on reports of Hershey bid
14-Jan-2010 - Cadbury shares rose today on the back of media report that indicated that US chocolate...
Nutritional alliances proved M&A alternative in 2009, report
14-Jan-2010 - A difficult funding climate resulted in more licensing and joint venture transactions than outright acquisitions...
Kraft launches hostile takeover bid for Cadbury
09-Nov-2009 - Kraft has formally made a £9.8bn ($16.3bn) hostile takeover bid for British confectioner Cadbury, just...
Red Bull: EFSA taurine rejection won’t affect energy claims
13-Oct-2009 - Global energy drinks leader, Red Bull, says the recent rejection of taurine-based energy health claims...
Red Bull makes European energy shot debut
09-Oct-2009 - The UK’s emerging energy shots market has lured Red Bull into selecting the country for...
Nestle and General Mills build cereal innovation centre
02-Oct-2009 - Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW) is building a new innovation centre for breakfast cereals in Switzerland...
Cadbury slams Kraft bid and business model
14-Sep-2009 - Cadbury has labelled Kraft “a low growth conglomerate” in a letter restating its rejection of...
Callebaut-Natra chocolate plan turns sour
10-Sep-2009 - Barry Callebaut has confirmed it has ended negotiations with Spanish chocolate producer Natra over the...
Kraft defiant over Cadbury valuation
09-Sep-2009 - Kraft Foods has defended its valuation of the Cadbury business and insisted that it remains...
Rivals set to go to war over Cadbury
08-Sep-2009 - Kraft Foods' rejected bid for Cadbury is likely to trigger a bidding war among the...
Tetra Pak beverage pasteurizer cuts costs and product losses
07-Sep-2009 - A new intelligent beverage pasteurizer will cut product losses by almost a third, slash...
Nestle launches its first rPET bottled water product
20-Aug-2009 - Food giant Nestle is to launch its first range of mineral water in the US...
Learning from functional foods failures
11-Jun-2009 - Eighty per cent of functional food product launches fail within 18 months, according to a...
Mars looks to UK kosher appeal in ongoing brand shake-up
11-Jun-2009 - Mars has obtained kosher certification at one of its UK production plants in attempts to...
Red Bull confirms energy drink is cocaine-free
09-Jun-2009 - Under-fire Red Bull has moved to clear up some of the confusion surrounding traces of...
