The two food businesses are category leaders in private-label chilled party foods and dips and deli fillings, with a combined turnover of over £160m and over 1,150 employees The Complete Food Group announced that SK and Zorba Foods have been acquired from The Entrepreneurial Food Group. The two food businesses[Read More…]
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Krones to expand portfolio into injection moulding with acquisition of Netstal
The final signing of the transaction is scheduled for the beginning of February 2024 Krones is close to signing an agreement regarding the acquisition of 100 per cent of Netstal Maschinen AG (Netstal) from KraussMaffei. Based in Naefels, Switzerland, Netstal is a leading supplier of injection moulding machines to the[Read More…]
Coca-Cola trials label-less packaging in UK
The pilot will see labels temporarily removed from single 500ml Sprite and Sprite Zero bottles and replaced with an embossed logo on the front of the pack Coca-Cola will temporarily remove labels from Sprite and Sprite Zero on-the-go bottles this January in a limited trial of “label-less” packaging. The pilot[Read More…]
Seviroli Foods acquires portfolio of Italian food products from Ajinomoto Foods
Acquisition expands seviroli’s product offering and bolsters customer and vendor relationships Seviroli Foods LLC (Seviroli), a portfolio company of Mill Point Capital LLC (Mill Point) and a leading manufacturer of frozen pasta and other food products and importer of speciality foods, announced that it has acquired a portfolio of Italian[Read More…]
Fonterra to install first electrode boiler in Switzerland
In its next step to get out of coal, Fonterra has announced it will install a 20-megawatt electrode boiler at its Edendale site in Switzerland This is another step for the cooperative as it works to get out of coal by 2037 and reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by[Read More…]
EverSweet stevia sweetener receives safety opinions from EFSA and FSA
Avansya has quantified the sweetener’s environmental benefits through consecutive, third-party-verified life cycle assessments Avansya, the joint venture between Cargill and dsm-firmenich, announced that the EverSweet® stevia sweetener has received a positive safety opinion from both the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA), bringing the advanced sweetener one[Read More…]
ABB announces commercial launch of 3 new raspberry varieties
The addition of these three varieties to ABB’s portfolio of raspberry varieties, enables growers to achieve year-round production Netherlands-based Advanced Berry Breeding (ABB) is proud to announce the commercial launch of three new varieties – the premium Malaika®, as well as Zawadi and Baridi. These three varieties are set to[Read More…]
CELSIUS expands to Canada, UK and Ireland
CELSIUS and PepsiCo expand distribution arrangement to include Canada Celsius Holdings, Inc., maker of energy drink brand CELSIUS®, announced its expansion into new international markets, growing the company’s global sales and distribution footprint to provide energy to more consumers in Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland. “We’re pleased to grow CELSIUS in new markets[Read More…]
Plukon Food acquires Spanish poultry firm Redondo
Plukon and Redondo both have a strong focus on quality and performance Plukon Food Group B.V. (Plukon) has reached an agreement for the 100 per cent acquisition of Redondo, an integrated poultry company located in the region of Madrid. Redondo is a second-generation family-owned business that has been active in[Read More…]
IFF and Bellona partners to restore Norwegian seaweed forests
The collaboration on the Norwegian Marine Restoration (NoMaRe) project aims to restore 5,000 square kilometres of seaweed forest by managing invasive sea urchin predation IFF a global leader in food and beverage, home and personal care and health, announced its partnership with environmental non-governmental organisation (NGO) Bellona in a long-term[Read More…]