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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,...

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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...

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