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Sara Lee Strengthens European Coffee Business

    Sara Lee Strengthens European Coffee Business

Sara Lee and its Norwegian joint venture partner, Kaffehuset Friele, have agreed to acquire the House of Coffee business, a leading food service provider of beverage solutions to offices and

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Muller Dairy UK to Cut Workforce

    Muller Dairy UK to Cut Workforce

Muller Dairy UK is cutting 55 jobs across it British and Irish operations with the majority being shed at the company’s factory at Market Drayton inShropshire, where 750 people are

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World Grain Production Down But Recovering

    World Grain Production Down But Recovering

World grain production fell, exacerbating a global food situation already plagued by rising prices, according to new research published by the Worldwatch Institute. Despite record rice and maize yields around

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Solid Performance by Britvic

    Solid Performance by Britvic

Buoyed by volume and sales growth in Great Britain, France and its other international markets except Ireland, Britvic sold 2.1 billion litres of soft drinks in the 52 weeks ended

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Carlsberg Restructures Central Functions Across Europe

    Carlsberg Restructures Central Functions Across Europe

Following a challenging 2011, Carlsberg plans to reduce the number of positions in its headquarter functions across Europe by 130 to 150, of which approximately 95 positions have already been

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New Head For Heineken’s Central and Eastern Europe Region

    New Head For Heineken’s Central and Eastern Europe Region

Nico Nusmeier, regional president of Heineken Central and Eastern Europe, has decided to leave the global brewing group. Effective from January 1st, 2012 he will be succeeded by Jan Derck

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Interim Profits Surge at Remy Cointreau

    Interim Profits Surge at Remy Cointreau

Reflecting sales growth across all its geographic regions, French spirits group Remy Cointreau has increased current operating profit by 27.3% (up 30.7% organically) to Eur106.2 million for the first six

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Diageo Opens £10 Million Cooperage in Scotland

    Diageo Opens £10 Million Cooperage in Scotland

Diageo has officially opened the first new cooperage to be built in Scotland for decades. The new Diageo Cambus Cooperage near Alloa has been custom designed in close co-operation with

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ConAgra Foods Expands in India

    ConAgra Foods Expands in India

ConAgra Foods, one of North America’s leading food manufacturers, has become the majority owner of Indian food companyAgro Tech Foods, increasing its stake to more than 50% at a cost

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Unilever Faces Strike Action in the UK

    Unilever Faces Strike Action in the UK

Workers at Unilever UK, the food and household goods manufacturer, have voted in favour of industrial action in protest over the company’s plans to scrap its final salary pension scheme.

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Coca-Cola Enterprises to Invest £50 Million in Great Britain

    Coca-Cola Enterprises to Invest £50 Million in Great Britain

Coca-Cola Enterprises is demonstrating its commitment to manufacturing in Great Britain with a £50 million investment programme across three of its sites. The investment at its Wakefield, East Kilbride and

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Danone to Invest €6 Million to Expand French Water Site

    Danone to Invest €6 Million to Expand French Water Site

Danone is to invest Eur6.2 million to expand capacity at its bottled water production plant at Salvetat in France. Part of the expenditure will be used to drill for new

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Nestle Becomes First Food Company to Partner with the Fair Labor Association

    Nestle Becomes First Food Company to Partner with the Fair Labor Association

Nestle has decided to work with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) to investigate whether children are working on cocoa farms supplying its factories. The FLA is a non-profit multi-stakeholder initiative

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New President For EU Spirits Producers

    New President For EU Spirits Producers

Gavin Hewitt, chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association, has been elected President of the European Spirits Organisation – CEPS. The European Spirits Organisation – CEPS is the representative body

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Sansbury’s to Double Purchase of British Food

    Sansbury’s to Double Purchase of British Food

Sainsbury’s plans to double the amount of British food it sells by 2020 as part of the UK supermarket group’s 20 by 20 Sustainability Plan. Sainsbury’s is already an industry

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Tulip Expands in the UK

    Tulip Expands in the UK

Tulip has consolidated its position as the leading UK supplier of processed meat products following the acquisition of Parkam Foods for an undisclosed sum. The deal strengthens Tulip’s market standing

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New Finance Director at Premier Foods

    New Finance Director at Premier Foods

Michael Clarke, who joined Premier Foods during the summer as chief executive, has completed assembling his new leadership team with the appointment of Mark Moran as executive director and chief

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SABMiller’s Acquisirion of Foster’s Approved

    SABMiller’s Acquisirion of Foster’s Approved

The Australian competition authority has approved SABMiller’s acquisition of Foster’s Group, the Austrialian brewer, and the 50% of soft drinks business Pacific Beverages currently owned by Coca-Cola Amatil. SABMiller has

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Nestle Invests £110 Million in UK Coffee Factory

    Nestle Invests £110 Million in UK Coffee Factory

Nestle is investing £110 million in its Nescafe Dolce Gusto factory in the UK, creating 300 new jobs and tripling coffee capsule production. The investment will expand the factory, located

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Mixed Findings About Buying British Food

    Mixed Findings About Buying British Food

Almost two thirds of people agree that they like to buy British food to support the local economy (65%). However, not as many follow through on these intentions as only

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PM Group Commences Major Development For Halwani Bros in Saudi Arabia

    PM Group Commences Major Development For Halwani Bros in Saudi Arabia

Irish and international project management specialist PM Group has begun work on a major multi-million dollar development project for Halwani Bros, and is currently working on a range of projects

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Burton’s Foods Becomes the Burton’s Biscuit Company

    Burton’s Foods Becomes the Burton’s Biscuit Company

Burton’s Foods, the UK’s second biggest biscuits manufacturer, is rebranding its business and changing its trading name to the Burton’s Biscuit Company. The move is intended to strengthen the company’s

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Emmi Recognised For High Standards of Corporate Governance

    Emmi Recognised For High Standards of Corporate Governance

Dairy group Emmi has become the first listed Swiss company to be awarded the ‘Best Board Practice’ label. The Best

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Cargill Completes €1.5 Billion Acquisition

    Cargill Completes €1.5 Billion Acquisition

Cargill, the US-based food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services group, has completed the acquisition of Provimi, a global

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Nestle to Invest €45 Million in German Frozen Pizza Factory

    Nestle to Invest €45 Million in German Frozen Pizza Factory

Nestle is strengthening its frozen pizza business by extending its Wagner factory in Germany. The new Eur45 million extension to

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New £35 Million Buxton Water Facility to Come on Stream in 2012

    New £35 Million Buxton Water Facility to Come on Stream in 2012

Nestle Waters is investing more than £35 million in a new state-of-the-art factory at Buxton in England. The culmination of many

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Milk Link Recruits For Expanded Lockerbie Creamery

    Milk Link Recruits For Expanded Lockerbie Creamery

British dairy co-operative Milk Link has now recruited over 40% of the milk it requires for the expansion of its

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SABMiller Continues Investment in Developing Markets

    SABMiller Continues Investment in Developing Markets

SABMiller is to invest a total of $555 million to expand the capacity of its subsidiaries in the developing markets

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Pernod Ricard Appoints New Head For UK Business

    Pernod Ricard Appoints New Head For UK Business

Denis O’Flynn has been appointed as managing director of Pernod Ricard, UK. He joined Pernod Ricard subsidiary Irish Distillers in

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Baxters Acquires Fray Bentos

    Baxters Acquires Fray Bentos

Baxters Food Group, the Scottish soup and preserves manufacturer, has bought Fray Bentos for an undisclosed sum from Princes Group,

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Nestle Strengthens Food Service Business in Scandinavia and Finland

    Nestle Strengthens Food Service Business in Scandinavia and Finland

Nestle Professional, the Nestle business that supplies the food service out-of-home industry, is strengthening its portfolio with a new acquisition

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Barry Callebaut Extends Swedish Production Site

    Barry Callebaut Extends Swedish Production Site

Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of cocoa and chocolate products, has inaugurated an extension to its dedicated spray-drying production

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Developing Markets Drives Sales and Earnings Growth at SABMiller

    Developing Markets Drives Sales and Earnings Growth at SABMiller

Global brewer SABMiller has increased lager volumes by 3% on an organic basis for the six months to September 30th

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PepsiCo acquires Brazilian cookie manufacturer

US-based beverage and snack company PepsiCo has acquired the leading Brazilian cookie and cracker manufacturer Brazil Mabel to strengthen its

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Sun Pac acquired by Liquibrands

Sun Pac Foods Limited has been acquired by Liquibrands Inc, a private investment firm owned by beverage industry veteran Csaba

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New Executive Board Appointment at FrieslandCampina

    New Executive Board Appointment at FrieslandCampina

Roelof Joosten has bee appointed as a member of the executive board of Royal FrieslandCampina with effect from 1st January

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Lactalis Eyes Swedish Dairy Group

French dairy group Lactalis is reported to be in negotiations to acquire Skanemejerier, the Swedish dairy products and fruit juices

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Coca-Cola System Investing $2 Billion in India

    Coca-Cola System Investing $2 Billion in India

The Coca-Cola Company and its bottling partners will invest $2 billion in India over the next five years, beginning in

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Heineken and Coca-Cola Hellenic Extend Stake in Macedonian Joint Venture

    Heineken and Coca-Cola Hellenic Extend Stake in Macedonian Joint Venture

Heineken and Coca-Cola Hellenic are acquiring 41.2% of the shares in Pivara Skopje, their joint venture beverage company in the

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FrieslandCampina and Unilever Commence Sustainable Dairy Ingredients Project

    FrieslandCampina and Unilever Commence Sustainable Dairy Ingredients Project

FrieslandCampina and Unilever have joined forces in a project that will boost the availability of sustainable dairy ingredients. Key elements

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Barry Callebaut Outperforms Global Chocolate Market

    Barry Callebaut Outperforms Global Chocolate Market

Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of cocoa and chocolate products, has again outpaced the global chocolate market with an

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Rising Input Costs Impact Profits at Cranswick

    Rising Input Costs Impact Profits at Cranswick

Cranswick, one of the leading UK suppliers of pork products, has reported a 23% drop in operating profit to £19.0

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Nestle Continues to Drive Growth in Europe €10 Million Investment in Spain

    Nestle Continues to Drive Growth in Europe €10 Million Investment in Spain

Nestle is continuing to drive its growth in Europe with a €10 million (more than SFr12 million) investment to produce

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New ISO Standard on Traceability of Fish Products to Improve Food Safety

    New ISO Standard on Traceability of Fish Products to Improve Food Safety

The use of a new ISO standard on the traceability of finfish products is intended to help improve food safety

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C&C Group Acquires Number Two US Cider Brand

    C&C Group Acquires Number Two US Cider Brand

UK and Irish beverages producer C&C Group has acquired Hornsby’s, the number two domestic US cider brand, from E &

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IDB Acquires US Cheese Ingredients Business

    IDB Acquires US Cheese Ingredients Business

The Irish Dairy Board has strengthened its presence in the US with the acquisition of Thiel Cheese & Ingredients for

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EU Approves Arla’s German Acquisition

    EU Approves Arla’s German Acquisition

The EU’s competition authorities have given the go-ahead for Arla Foods’ acquisition of Allgauland-Kasereien in Southern Germany. Allgauland-Kasereien will now

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Grupo Bimbo Completes Acquisition of Sara Lee’s North American Business

    Grupo Bimbo Completes Acquisition of Sara Lee’s North American Business

Grupo Bimbo has just completed the acquisition of Sara Lee’s fresh bakery business in North America. The deal, which has

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PepsiCo Enters Strategic Alliance in China

    PepsiCo Enters Strategic Alliance in China

PepsiCo has agreed to form a strategic alliance with Tingyi Holding, one of the major food and beverage companies in

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Olympus Opens €55 Million Romanian Dairy

    Olympus Opens €55 Million Romanian Dairy

Greek dairy producer Olympus has opened its first greenfield factory in Romania at a cost of Eur55 million, representing the

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US Private Equity Firm Eyes Greencore

    US Private Equity Firm Eyes Greencore

US private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice is reported to have made an approach to buy Greencore, one of

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Coffee market chilled out

While the ready-to-drink or iced coffee market is relatively mature and showing only modest growth in much of Asia, levels

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PepsiCo Expands in Brazil

    PepsiCo Expands in Brazil

Reflecting its strategy of expanding in emerging markets, PepsiCo is reported to have acquired Mabel, one of Brazil’s leading biscuit

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Beam Reaches Major Milestone in Bourbon

    Beam Reaches Major Milestone in Bourbon

Leading global spirits group Beam recently celebrated the filling of its 12 millionth barrel of bourbon since the repeal of

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