Robert Roberts has been selecting, blending and roasting the world’s finest coffee beans in Dublin since 1905. The company has just launched New York Roast, a dark roast coffee with
Combining two leading events, RWM in partnership with CIWM is the new leading exhibition for environmental technology, recycling and waste management. It is an ideal event for the food, drink
Private equity firm Blackstone Group has bought a 40% stake in Tangerine Confectionery, the UK’s largest independent manufacturer of sugar confectionery and popcorn, from Growth Capital Partners for an undisclosed
John Moloney has received the Irish Institute of Management Consultants and Advisers 2011 Annual Medal Award in recognition of the achievements of Glanbia in developing from its origins in the
An English dairy has officially opened a £3.4m anaerobic digestion (AD) facility that will turn food waste from around the county into the energy helping to produce its clotted cream,
India-based CavinKare has entered into the confectionery segment with the launch of its liquid candy, Funfils, in India. The candy has been launched under its brand Chinni’s. The candy, which
Raisio, the Finnish foods and functional food ingredients manufacturer famous for its Benecol brand, has sold its malt business in Finland for Eur17m to Viking Malt, the largest malt manufacturer
Nestle has officially opened its Shared Business Service Centre in L’viv, Ukraine. The centre will provide standard and cost-effective internal financial and employee services to Nestle operating companies in more
Dimitris Lois has succeeded Doros Constantinou, who is retiring, as chief executive of Coca-Cola Hellenic. Mr Lois joined Coca-Cola Hellenic in March 2007, when he was appointed region director with
Heineken and Google have formed an innovative advertising partnership, which will begin with the launch of worldwide digital campaigns on YouTube and mobile phones for Heineken’s global brands. The partnership
Reflecting strong growth from its retail, brewing and brands businesses, Greene King increased turnover by 6% to £1.04b last year, to exceed the billion pound mark for the first time,
Coffee producers in Central and Latin America are being tempted away from traditional local cooperatives by multinationals as they look to cash in on strong demand for coffee beans. With
Preactor International, the leading specialist planning and scheduling software company, has launched ‘Preactor Link’, a connectivity solution based on Missing Link Technology’s Connectelligence ESB technology. The Preactor Link provides seamless
Premier Foods has warned that its expected first half trading profit of £65m to £70m will be below the £94m achieved in the corresponding period of 2010. The UK’s leading
Constellation Wines Australia and Europe, which was sold recently by Constellation Brands to Australian private equity firm Champ in a deal worth A$290m, has been renamed Accolade Wines. Accolade Wines
Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, has signing a new, long-term outsourcing agreement with Chocolates Turin, a leading Mexican Group, which has been operating
Nestle has assessed products worth SFr36.4b (Eur29.7b) in total sales with consumers over the past three years as part of its global strategy to enhance nutritional value while improving taste.
Chinese regulators have approved Diageo’s acquisition of an additional 4% stake in Sichuan Chengdu Quanxing Group Company for £13m, which takes the global spirits group’s shareholding to 53% giving it
Unilever has announced changes to its category and go-to-market structure to further support its growth plans, especially in its fast-developing businesses in the emerging markets. The new structure is designed
Brazilians will have the opportunity to ‘Have a Break’ and ‘Have a Kit Kat’ when the original milk chocolate with crunchy wafer confectionery snack lands in the country on July
A new report on the analysis of official EU data on packaging shows that over the past 11 years the amount of packaging waste going to final disposal in EU-15
Global brewer Molson Coors has formed a joint venture with Cobra India to brew and market Cobra beer in South Asia. Molson Coors will purchase a controlling stake in Cobra
Two recent reports by the European Commission add further weight to calls for significant structural change within the EU fish
Cherkizovo Group, one of Russia’s leading integrated and diversified meat producers, has commenced operations at the meat processing plant in
Heineken has commenced the brewing of its Amstel brand at its St Petersburg brewery in Russia. Heineken is reported to
Premier Foods, the UK’s largest domestic food processor, and Princes, the British food and drink company owned by Mitsubishi, are
Molson Coors (UK & Ireland) has committed to divert all production waste away from landfill for each of its four
Ferran Adria (pictured right), whose restaurant El Bulli in Spain has been named best in the world five times by
Provexis, the life-science business that discovers, develops and licenses scientifically-proven functional food, medical food and dietary supplement technologies, has agreed
Innovation and the use of new technologies in the agri-food sector are key themes of the Institute of International and
Foster’s Group, the largest brewer in Australia, has rejected an unsolicited A$11.2b (Eur8.3b) acquisition approach from SABMiller. The proposal to
UK dairy group Dairy Crest is reported to planning to move into the £1.2b yoghurt market either through developing its
Heineken has announced that in connection with the acquisition of South American brewer FEMSA Cerveza that was completed on 30
Origin Enterprises, the Dublin-based international agri-services group with strategic investments in consumer foods and marine proteins and oils, is acquiring
Nestle has agreed to acquire the business of Centroproizvod Company, a leading food and beverage producer in Serbia, for an
Cargill, the global food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services group, has further expanded its presence in Russia by opening
The first-ever global assessment of the environmental costs of aquaculture shows that farmed seafood is less ecologically damaging than livestock
A £53.8m offer by Fuller, Smith & Turner, the London-based regional brewer and pub owner, for the Capital Pub Company
In a week when the famous Tetley Brewery in Leeds shut its doors for the last time, after 186 years
The British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has won a Supreme Court ruling that reinstates the power
PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay manufacturing facility in Azov, Russia, has been officially awarded LEED Silver by the US Green Building Council (USGBC).
The development of FoodCentral, a national food park, strategically located on a 113-hectare site beside Dublin Airport and close to
In order to broaden its access to finance for funding its growth strategy, Arla is giving professional investors the opportunity
Ian Toal has been appointed as the new chief executive of Adams Foods, the British consumer foods business which is
The EU has voted through an emergency aid package for fresh vegetable growers, worth €210 million. The scheme allows for
A National Farmers Union survey has suggested that average English wheat and oilseed rape yields will be significantly down on
US-based food and beverage group Sara Lee has decided to spin-off its International Coffee and Tea business, rather than spinning
Shepherd Neame, the Kent-based English regional brewer and pub owner, has now repaid and cancelled a further £1.25m of the
Lactalis, the French dairy group, has been given clearance by the European Commission for its Eur3.4b bid to acquire the
The potential for the global food industry to grow while so many others are in decline, endorses the theory that
Tyne Bank Brewery, a new 20 barrel plant, has been opened in the North East of England. Based in Ouseburn,
PepsiCo will begin testing a new reduced-sugar cola, Pepsi NEXT, in the US in July. Pepsi NEXT was created for
Driven by a strong performance from its managed pubs and hotels business, London-based regional brewer and pub operator Fuller, Smith
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