Negotiations about a possible offer by US private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice to buy Greencore, one of the leading convenience food processors in the UK, have ended. Greencore
Heineken has acquired the Galaxy Pub Estate in the UK from The Royal Bank of Scotland for £412 million (€480 million) on a cash-and-debt-free basis. A further £10 million has
Cargill plans to cut its workforce by up to 2,000 of its 138,000 employees globally, a reduction of about 1.5%. The majority of the redundancies will take place over the
Greene King, the British regional brewer and pub group, has increased operating profit before exceptionals to a record £115.6 million in the 24 weeks to October 16th 2011 on revenue up
Britvic has signed agreements with three of the top four bottlers of Pepsi in the United States to expand the distribution of its leading soft drinks brand, Fruit Shoot. The
Bakkavor Group has commenced a 90 days consultation period with 178 staff at its English Village Salads subsidiary in East Yorkshire, England, about the future viability of the business due
Kerry, the global ingredients, flavours and consumer foods group, has completed the acquisition of Cargill’s global flavours business. Cargill Flavor Systems with annual revenues of approximately $200 million was acquired
Despite the difficult economic environment, UK regional brewer and pub operator Marston’s increased revenue by 4.8% to £682.2 million in the 52 weeks to October 1st 2011, with improvements in
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Sainsbury’s plans to double the amount of British food it sells by 2020 as part of the UK supermarket group’s
Tulip has consolidated its position as the leading UK supplier of processed meat products following the acquisition of Parkam Foods
Michael Clarke, who joined Premier Foods during the summer as chief executive, has completed assembling his new leadership team with
The Australian competition authority has approved SABMiller’s acquisition of Foster’s Group, the Austrialian brewer, and the 50% of soft drinks
Nestle is investing £110 million in its Nescafe Dolce Gusto factory in the UK, creating 300 new jobs and tripling
Almost two thirds of people agree that they like to buy British food to support the local economy (65%). However,
Irish and international project management specialist PM Group has begun work on a major multi-million dollar development project for Halwani
Burton’s Foods, the UK’s second biggest biscuits manufacturer, is rebranding its business and changing its trading name to the Burton’s
Dairy group Emmi has become the first listed Swiss company to be awarded the ‘Best Board Practice’ label. The Best
Cargill, the US-based food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services group, has completed the acquisition of Provimi, a global
Nestle is strengthening its frozen pizza business by extending its Wagner factory in Germany. The new Eur45 million extension to
Nestle Waters is investing more than £35 million in a new state-of-the-art factory at Buxton in England. The culmination of many
British dairy co-operative Milk Link has now recruited over 40% of the milk it requires for the expansion of its
SABMiller is to invest a total of $555 million to expand the capacity of its subsidiaries in the developing markets
Denis O’Flynn has been appointed as managing director of Pernod Ricard, UK. He joined Pernod Ricard subsidiary Irish Distillers in
Baxters Food Group, the Scottish soup and preserves manufacturer, has bought Fray Bentos for an undisclosed sum from Princes Group,
Nestle Professional, the Nestle business that supplies the food service out-of-home industry, is strengthening its portfolio with a new acquisition
Global brewer SABMiller has increased lager volumes by 3% on an organic basis for the six months to September 30th
US-based beverage and snack company PepsiCo has acquired the leading Brazilian cookie and cracker manufacturer Brazil Mabel to strengthen its
Sun Pac Foods Limited has been acquired by Liquibrands Inc, a private investment firm owned by beverage industry veteran Csaba
Roelof Joosten has bee appointed as a member of the executive board of Royal FrieslandCampina with effect from 1st January
French dairy group Lactalis is reported to be in negotiations to acquire Skanemejerier, the Swedish dairy products and fruit juices
The Coca-Cola Company and its bottling partners will invest $2 billion in India over the next five years, beginning in
Heineken and Coca-Cola Hellenic are acquiring 41.2% of the shares in Pivara Skopje, their joint venture beverage company in the
FrieslandCampina and Unilever have joined forces in a project that will boost the availability of sustainable dairy ingredients. Key elements
Cranswick, one of the leading UK suppliers of pork products, has reported a 23% drop in operating profit to £19.0
Nestle is continuing to drive its growth in Europe with a €10 million (more than SFr12 million) investment to produce
The use of a new ISO standard on the traceability of finfish products is intended to help improve food safety
UK and Irish beverages producer C&C Group has acquired Hornsby’s, the number two domestic US cider brand, from E &
The Irish Dairy Board has strengthened its presence in the US with the acquisition of Thiel Cheese & Ingredients for