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Making International Food and Agricultural Production Chains Sustainable

Rabobank and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are entering into a new partnership focused on international food and agriculture chains.

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Boparan Starts Delisting of Northern Foods

  Boparan Starts Delisting of Northern Foods

Boparan Holdings has started the process of delisting Northern Foods’ shares from the London Stock Exchange after its £340m offer

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Cargill Upgrades French Flavours Plant

  Cargill Upgrades French Flavours Plant

Cargill, the US-based food and agriculture group, has made a significant investment in its liquid flavour blending plant at its

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Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard Wins Top Global Spirits Awards

  Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard Wins Top Global Spirits Awards

Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard is celebrating the success of its premium whiskey portfolio after achieving four Double Gold and one

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Private Label Will Control 50% Share of Food Retail Market by 2025

  Private Label Will Control 50% Share of Food Retail Market by 2025

The global market share of private/own label food products is set to double from the current 25% to 50% in

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Diamond Foods Bags Pringles in $2.4 Billion Deal

  Diamond Foods Bags Pringles in $2.4 Billion Deal

US-based snacks group Diamond Foods is acquiring the Pringles business from Procter & Gamble in a deal worth $2.35b. Pringles

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UK Food Inflation Slows Sharply

  UK Food Inflation Slows Sharply

UK food inflation fell to 4.0% in March from 4.5% in February, according to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Index. Non-food inflation

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UK Organic Sales Fall

  UK Organic Sales Fall

Sales of organic products in the UK fell 5.9% to £1.73b in 2010 with the rate of decline slowing significantly

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Carlsberg Embarks on Global Brand Repositioning to Double Profits

  Carlsberg Embarks on Global Brand Repositioning to Double Profits

Carlsberg is investing significantly in repositioning its brand to support its ambition to be the fastest growing global beer company.

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Barry Callebaut Growing Twice as Fast as the Market

  Barry Callebaut Growing Twice as Fast as the Market

Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of high quality cocoa and chocolate products, grew twice as fast as the global

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Greene King Secures New Debt Facility

  Greene King Secures New Debt Facility

Greene King, the UK regional brewer and pub operator, has entered into a new five year £400m revolving credit facility

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Global Premium Bottled Water – A Sparkling Opportunity

  Global Premium Bottled Water – A Sparkling Opportunity

The first ever report on premium bottled water, by specialist consultancy Zenith International, estimates that global sales rose from 9.4

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Record Year For Scotch Whisky Exports

  Record Year For Scotch Whisky Exports

2010 was a record year for Scotch whisky exports with global shipments rising by 10% to reach a value of

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Arla Foods’ Acquisition of Hansa Approved

  Arla Foods’ Acquisition of Hansa Approved

The European Commission has cleared the proposed acquisition of Hansa-Milch by Arla Food. After examining the operations of the two

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Strong Growth By Stocks Spirits Group

  Strong Growth By Stocks Spirits Group

Stock Spirits Group, one of Central Europe’s leading branded spirits and liqueurs businesses, has reported double digit organic revenue and

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Greener Future For Wiseman Farmers

  Greener Future For Wiseman Farmers

Dairy farmers who supply Robert Wiseman Dairies are being offered expert help to reduce their energy costs and improve their

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Exciting innovations revealed at the Holbeach LINKFresh Food Technology Seminar

More than 40 delegates from some of the UK’s leading food manufacturing and distribution companies were captivated during an information

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European Business News – Week ending April 1, 2011

AG Barr’s strong annual results confirm the resilience of the UK soft drinks market, which was highlighted by Britvic in

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Nestle Opens €117 Million Infant Formula Factory

  Nestle Opens €117 Million Infant Formula Factory

Nestle has opened a new Eur117m factory in Germany dedicated to producing hypoallergenic (HA) infant formula. As an extension of

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Diageo to Expand Islay Distillery

  Diageo to Expand Islay Distillery

Diageo, the world’s largest producer of Scotch whisky, is to invest £3.5m to expand and upgrade its Caol Ila distillery

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Adnams Looks to the Future

  Adnams Looks to the Future

After recovering strongly in the second half, English regional brewer and pub company Adnams has reported a 1.5% slip in

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Dairy Crest to Embark on Further £20 Million Cost Reduction Programme

  Dairy Crest to Embark on Further £20 Million Cost Reduction Programme

Dairy Crest is planning a further £20m cost reduction programme for its next financial year to help offset increasing input

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Diversity of Design Showcased by Beatson Clark

Leading glass-packaging manufacturer, Beatson Clark showcased its diverse range of products to an excited audience at two recent industry exhibitions. 

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Cater Link wins the Primary Education 2011 Healthy Schools’ Caterer competition with California Raisins

All the entries for the 2011 Healthy Schools’ Caterer competition have now been judged and Cater Link has been chosen

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Packaging Reduction Tastes ‘Sweet’

  Packaging Reduction Tastes ‘Sweet’

National Flexible, the Yorkshire-based film specialist, has provided a cost-effective packaging solution for Apollo Snacks – one of London’s leading

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Irish Retail and Wholesale Seminar Unlocks UK Export Opportunities

  Irish Retail and Wholesale Seminar Unlocks UK Export Opportunities

The second in a series of successful seminars focusing on the UK retail and wholesale market, aimed at Irish food

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ACCESS SECURES EXPANSION CAPITAL IN £50 MILLION DEAL WITH LYCEUM

Market-leading provider of business management and accounting software, Access, is set to execute a rapid expansion strategy after securing a

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Diageo Brands Continue to Lead Impact Top 100 Premium Spirits List

  Diageo Brands Continue to Lead Impact Top 100 Premium Spirits List

In the latest Impact Databank Top 100 ranking, Diageo has retained eight spirit brands among the top 20 premium spirits

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Taste is More Important Than Price When Shopping For Fruit

  Taste is More Important Than Price When Shopping For Fruit

New research shows that flavour and taste remain the most important factors to British shoppers when buying fruit, and the

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Sales Down at The Real Good Food Company

With its Napier Brown sugar distribution business recording an operating loss, The Real Good Food Company has reported flat group

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Another Strong Performance by AG Barr

  Another Strong Performance by AG Barr

UK soft drinks manufacturer AG Barr has increased pre-tax profit, excluding exceptional items, by 13.3% to £31.6m for the twelve

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Rusagro Seeks London Listing

  Rusagro Seeks London Listing

Moscow-based Rusagro, the Russian sugar, pork and agribusiness group, is seeking to raise $30m through an initial public offering of

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Interim Profits Plunge at Cloetta

  Interim Profits Plunge at Cloetta

Falling sales volumes and a decrease in contract manufacturing coupled with rising raw material prices, which weakened margins, have adversely

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Restructuring at Atria

Finnish meat processor Atria is launching an efficiency improvement programme to achieve annual savings of approximately Eur4m at it production

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Nestle to Invest €50 Million to Double Spanish Coffee Capsule Production

  Nestle to Invest €50 Million to Double Spanish Coffee Capsule Production

Nestle will double production of Nescafe Dolce Gusto coffee capsules with a SFr64m (Eur50m) investment in a new international production

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Produce World to Launch Green Giant Fresh in the UK

  Produce World to Launch Green Giant Fresh in the UK

Fresh produce company Produce World is launching the Green Giant Fresh product line in the UK. The canned range of

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Emmi Exceed Sales and Earnings Targets

  Emmi Exceed Sales and Earnings Targets

Acquisitions, encouraging international growth and strict cost management have helped Emmi, the Swiss dairy group, to increase net profit by

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Storm Brewing For UK Tea Industry

  Storm Brewing For UK Tea Industry

Latest research from Mintel finds that while 88% of British consumers aged over 65 drink tea, penetration drops to 73%

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European Business News – Week ending March 25, 2011

An outstanding feature of the past week has been the number of joint ventures formed, especially within the dairy sector.

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UK Soft Drinks Sales Exceed £9 Billion Mark

  UK Soft Drinks Sales Exceed £9 Billion Mark

The UK soft drinks market has once again demonstrated its resilience in spite of tough economic conditions, growing to £9.4b

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Nestle Invests in New Breakfast Cereals Factory in Turkey

  Nestle Invests in New Breakfast Cereals Factory in Turkey

Nestle is to invest about SFr49.6m (Eur38m) in a new breakfast cereals factory in Turkey. The 9,400 sq m facility

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Finsbury Sustains Interim Profit Despite Fall in Sales

  Finsbury Sustains Interim Profit Despite Fall in Sales

UK baker Finsbury Food Group has reported a 7% fall in revenue to £82.9m and flat pre-tax profit of £1.8m

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Trends in the UK Eating and Drinking Out Market

  Trends in the UK Eating and Drinking Out Market

The long term decline in drinking out in British pubs is set to continue, driven by changing consumer behaviour, relative

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UK Food Manufacturing Industry Faces Skills Shortage

  UK Food Manufacturing Industry Faces Skills Shortage

The Food and Drink Federation has warned that the UK food industry’s future sustainability is highly dependent on the skills

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Provimi Pet Food Business Sold to Private Equity For €188 Million

  Provimi Pet Food Business Sold to Private Equity For €188 Million

The Provimi Group, a world leader in animal nutrition, is selling its pet food business, Provimi Pet Food, to private

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Boparan’s Offer For Northern Foods Declared Unconditional

  Boparan’s Offer For Northern Foods Declared Unconditional

Boparan Holdings, which incorporates the 2 Sisters poultry group, is nearing completion of its £342 million acquisition of Northern Foods.

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UK’s Largest Pub Group to Split

  UK’s Largest Pub Group to Split

Punch Taverns, the UK’s leading pub group operating over 6,700 leased and managed pubs nationwide, is to be divided into

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Lactalis Takes Controlling Stake in Parmalat

  Lactalis Takes Controlling Stake in Parmalat

French privately owned dairy group Lactalis, which is the world’s largest cheese manufacturer, has increased its shareholding in Parmalat, the

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Heineken Starring in National Geographic TV Documentary

  Heineken Starring in National Geographic TV Documentary

Heineken is starring in the first episode of the new European season of Mega Factories, the successful documentary series on

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Global Wheat Production to Increase in 2011

World wheat production this year will be 676 million tonnes, representing a growth of 3.4% from 2010, but still below

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