Facility built to service €300 million contract to process Irish beef for McDonald’s- Dawn Meats officially open its new purpose
- Bord Bia appoints two new market specialists for North America Bord Bia has appointed two new market specialists to the North American market. These roles focus on the drinks market and a new role specifically created for the meat and...
- Leading lubricant manufacturer removes PFAS from entire product range One of the world’s biggest food lubricant manufacturers ROCOL has announced it will be removing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the formulations of its entire FOODLUBE product range. From April...
- Arla Foods to invest €210 million in English dairy Farmer-owned Arla Foods, one of the world’s leading mozzarella producers, has announced its largest ever investment – €210 million – into the UK with highly advanced production technology at the...
- UK SME manufacturers in the food and drink sector prepare for digital future with leadership programmes UK food and drink manufacturers have been empowered with the vision, skills and drive to pursue smarter manufacturing through Made Smarter’s innovative leadership programmes. Made Smarter, a government-funded industry-led initiative...
- Richard Williams appointed CEO of Müller Yogurt & Desserts Richard Williams (pictured) has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Müller Yogurt & Desserts (MYD) in the UK & Ireland. With over 20 years of senior experience in marketing,...
Biostime International Holdings, a premium provider of high-end pediatric nutritional and baby care products in China, has signed a 10-year
Diageo has further strengthened its sustainability credentials by topping the food and beverage sector in the FTSE4GOOD index 2012. The
UK dairy co-operative First Milk has delivered a robust performance and solid financial results for the year to 31 March
Despite the recession, UK sales of vegetarian foods increased over the past five years, rising by 7.7% from £730.4 million
Danone Baby Nutrition celebrates 125 years of manufacturing Cow & Gate infant and toddler milks in Ireland with the announcement
Molson Coors Brewing Company has completed its previously announced acquisition of StarBev for approximately €2.65 billion. Mark Hunter, chief executive
Europe’s first food industry-dedicated corporate communications and public affairs joint consultancy, operating across Europe, has been launched, ahead of challenging
Premier Foods is selling its vinegar and sour pickles business, including the Sarson’s, Haywards and Dufrais brands, to Japan-based Mizkan,
Sara Lee has chosen Hillshire Brands Company as the new name for its North American business. Sara Lee will become
Despite the failure to create a global, ambitious agreement moving towards further sustainable development at the Rio+20 UN Conference on
Greencore is disposing of its chilled desserts facility in Minsterley to the Muller Dairy UK for £4.3 million. Under the
With innovation continuing to be the main growth driver in the cider category, Heineken, the UK’s leading beer and cider
An orphanage, funded by Cargill, has been officially opened by Pierre Douhou MBA, Cote d’Ivoire’s Director of Cabinet for the
Fitorex has developed an innovative raw material – YASO® – for creating healthy bakery products with low carb, high dietary
HRS Heat Exchangers Limited, a leading heat transfer specialist for the process industry, has recently sold equipment to UK’s largest
Re-zoning requirements have delayed the brewery build More than two years after announcing its plans to build a greenfield brewery
The Puratos Group announces its final results for 2011. At a time when markets are increasingly subject to volatility and
HACH LANGE, the leading global provider of water testing and monitoring equipment and reagents, has launched a completely new web
Construction company Chalcroft has once again been awarded the RoSPA Gold Award for Occupational Health and Safety. According to RoSPA
New to the Marel range, the WPL9010 Manual Weigh Price Labeller is ideal for low volume labelling of individual packs,
The UK Government delegation to Rio+20 this week will press for the creation of new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) focused
In his latest book Something to Chew On, UCD Professor of Food and Health, Mike Gibney dispels some of the
Introducing YASO® from Fitorex: innovative, whole, sprouted soya for creating healthy bakery products with high protein, low carb and high
2011 was a challenging year for Europe as a whole. In spite of tough times, the food and drink industry,
Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY) today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Crossgar Foodservice, a leading privately owned foodservice
Robert Higginson, Warburtons’ managing director has left the UK bakery firm after eleven years. Higginson, who was Warburton’s finance director
Pre-tax profits at the Cork-based producer of Ferrero Rocher chocolates last year declined by 38.7 per cent to €2.4 million
The Irish Dairy Board (IDB) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell its Belgian continental cheese
Today, a group of MPs and Peers had the chance to see where some of the UK’s most popular and
Heineken N.V. today announced that it has acquired Stassen S.A., a leading international cider innovator located in Aubel, Belgium, from
The 30. ACHEMA, world forum of the process industry and trend-setting technology summit for chemical engineering, environmental protection and
Investing in additional capacity in North America Expanding liquid and chocolate molding capacity in Northeast Establishing Midwest presence with agreement
Logistics specialist to create new ‘super hub’ in North West Yearsley Group is to start work on the expansion of
May 29, 2012 Irish family-run company McArdle Transport Ltd has officially announced that it has acquired Skeath Refrigerated Transport Ltd
Vitiva announces the opening of a new Innovation Center in Slovenia, in response to the growing customer demand for the
This year’s edition of Vitafoods Europe – the must-attend global event for the nutraceutical ingredients and raw materials industry –
BrewDog is set to recruit 40 new staff, kick start a graduate recruitment programme, complete an £8m low-carbon craft brewing
– New malt whisky distillery and major expansion of existing distilleries – Substantial warehousing expansion to store maturing spirit –
Leading commercial vehicle company Euroway have just clinched a major two-year exclusivity for contract hire requirements with Domino’s Pizza Group
Ambient, chilled and FMCG supply-chain specialist, Fowler Welch, is now in ‘peak-time’ operation as the UK’s sole transport provider of
Leading German BAKING INGREDIENTS manufacturer IREKS were recent proud gold sponsors of the 121st Scottish Bakers Conference held at
Kellogg Company has completion of its acquisition of Procter & Gamble’s Pringles business. The $2.69 billion acquisition further strengthens Kellogg
Coca-Cola Hellenic has inaugurated advanced energy-efficient power generating capacity at its plant in Ukraine that will reduce CO2 emissions by
Ireland’s economy remains in a delicate state, but the agri-food sector is one of the bright sparks with exports reaching
Bühler Warsaw hosted nine leading Polish frozen processors on a visit to its renovated applications department in London, UK, to
Nestle has completed a Eur6 million investment in new manufacturing lines at its condensed milk products factory in Pontecesures, Spain,
Northern Ireland-based meat processor Linden Foods has been named UK Manufacturer of the Year in the 2012 Meat Management Awards.
On Tuesday, June 5th Meyn Food Processing Technology officially opened their new international head quarters. The state-of-the-art head quarters and