The company aims to invest more in the R&D sector and strengthening the supply chain management.Mead Johnson Nutrition, a global company focused primarily on infant and child nutrition, is planning to take a more proactive marketing strategy in China in the coming years.
The company aims to invest ...
Despite huge production and being the most important basic grocery item in Pakistan, the wheat category has largely remained unorganised. Sunridge Foods has recently introduced a whole wheat flour brand called Sunridge Chakki Atta to meet consumer demand for natural, healthy and hygienic whole wheat...
Launched in 2013, SDAS is a national quality and sustainability programme that independently audits performance at farm level every 18 monthsIrish food and beverage firm Kerry Group (Kerry) has achieved 100% certification of its 3,300 milk suppliers in the country under the Sustainable Dairy Assuran...
As per the terms of the agreement, Hortifrut will acquire 1,450ha of land, facilities, and equipment in two packing unitsChilean fruit company Hortifrut has entered a merger agreement with a Peru-based agriculture company Talsa to acquire its blueberry business for $160m.
Talsa is one of the major ...
The acquisitions will allow United Food to expand and strengthen its foothold in China, and gain its target companies’ expertise and products.Singapore - SOYBEAN products and animal feed supplier United Food Holdings acquired an 80% stake each in three China companies that develop and sell an...
The grains are aged for six months to enhance texture and flavour, before being milled.A brand of Japanese rice, which touts itself as the world’s most expensive rice, will be soon be available in Singapore. It is the first time the Japanese rice blend, called Kinmemai Premium, is being marketed o...
Vinamilk now ranks among the top 50 dairy companies in the world in revenue terms.Vinamilk, Vietnam’s largest dairy company, signed what it calls an agreement for strategic co-operation with Denmark’s Chr.Hansen Company in Copenhagen.
This is the second time since 2011 that Vietnam Dair...
Plans are also afoot to diversify its product basket by having value-added offerings like curd and yoghurt.Kolkata-based Keventer Agro Ltd, a group outfit of the Rs. 1,800-crore Keventer Group, looks to expand its dairy business by entering the north-eastern markets and strengthening its footprint i...
The deal could also benefit local Australian oat farmers, with Nestle also set to introduce the popular Uncle Tobys brand into China as well.China’s growing affluent middle class has already fallen in love with Weet-Bix, sometimes stripping Australian supermarket shelves and paying up to $50 a...
Apart from helping to reduce food waste, the initiative will lessen the burden on staff at stores.Convenience store operator Lawson Inc. will launch a recycling system to produce fertilizer from leftover food and sell produce grown with it at its stores in central Japan.
Lawson, which will introduc...
Nestlé XiaoAI is the first attempt that Nestle has carried out in conversational interface, which combines smart speaker technology with nutrition and health knowledge.Global food and beverage leader Nestlé has partnered with China’s online retail leader JD to launch China’s first AI fam...
Both companies have agreed to invest in the project and jointly research a solution that will address the difficulties of processing fruit after harvestIn order to establish an after-harvest processing centre for fruit in China, Chinese fruit retail chain Pagoda has signed a cooperative agreement wi...
Cargill has been streamlining its business to focus on higher-margin operations such as food ingredients and the fish feeding business. Global commodities trader Cargill Inc. has agreed to sell its U.S. metals business to Japan’s Metal One Corp, its latest move to boost its focus on higher-mar...
The new bakery also includes facilities for producing cake gels based on Palsgaard’s emulsifiers and allows manufacturers to test the effect of their cake gels on site.Emulsifier producer Palsgaard announces the launch of a new application center in China.
Palsgaard’s brand new Shanghai cen...
With this acquisition, Nestlé USA will foray into the plant-based foods segment.Nestlé USA is acquiring plant-based foods manufacturer Sweet Earth.
With this acquisition, Nestlé USA will foray into the plant-based foods segment, which is expected to become a $5bn market by 2020.
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The grain supply partnership is the latest expansion move by CIL.China’s state-owned COFCO International Ltd (CIL) and U.S. farm cooperative Growmark Inc will partner in a deal that gives China more direct access to the food it imports.
The grain supply partnership is the latest expansion mov...
The move, taken alongside investment company Proprium Capital Partners provides further evidence of the strong appetite for dealmaking in the pub sectorMagners owner C&C has acquired Admiral Taverns alongside a US investment fund.
The Irish drinks giant, which also owns Bulmers cider and Scotti...
Little Dish currently sells in Ireland through Dunnes Stores, Tesco, SuperValu and some independent grocers and focused on creating nutritious, additive free-chilled meals for toddlers and babiesUS investment firm Profile Capital has acquired healthy baby food group Little Dish in a £...
