Following on the recommendation of Chairman and CEO Franck Riboud, Danone’s board of directors has voted to separate the functions of Chairman and CEO and to appoint Emmanuel Faber (pictured)
A recent Canadean UK survey found that 1 in 4 (26%) consumers lack awareness of the link between poor nutritional intake and how it leads to malnutrition. This shows that
The financial year 2013/2014 proved to be another successful one for Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard internationally with the acceleration of the global development of Jameson Irish whiskey brand. Jameson continues
Royal FrieslandCampina is acquiring Olam International’s dairy business and its dairy production facility in Côte d’Ivoire. The acquisition will increase the presence of FrieslandCampina in the West African country, where
Lough Neagh Fishermen’s Co-operative in Toome is being assisted by Invest Northern Ireland and DARD through the European Fisheries Fund to invest over £400,000 and provide up to five new
Barry Callebaut, the world’s largest manufacturer of cocoa and chocolate products, recognised that a significant increase in operational efficiencies could be achieved through the installation of a robotic palletising system
Molson Coors Brewing Company has announced that Simon Cox (pictured), Managing Director of Molson Coors – UK and Ireland, will take over as CEO Europe succeeding Mark Hunter, who will
The European Commission will open Private Storage Aid for butter, Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP) and certain cheeses in order to alleviate the impact of Russian restrictions on imports of EU
GEA Process Engineering will be attending the POWTECH tradeshow in Nuremburg, Germany from 30 September – 2 October to promote the latest technology and techniques in spray drying. Spray drying
FoodTech Challenge is a brand new feature which will be presented at FoodTech 2014, the food industry’s largest trade fair in Northern Europe taking place from 28-30 October in MCH
Heineken has agreed to sell its Mexican packaging business Empaque to Crown Holdings in a deal worth $1.225 billion. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the
UK shoppers are now using four different grocery shops on average each month and more of them are visiting two or more stores on the same trip, as savvy shopping
Constellation Brands has completed the acquisition of the Casa Noble tequila brand. The transaction includes the Casa Noble trademark and inventories. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. Casa Noble
Cargill’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia cocoa & chocolate business has appointed Inge Demeyere as its new Managing Director, Chocolate. Inge Demeyere began her career working in
Norwegian food group Orkla has entered into an agreement with Nordic Partners Food to purchase NP Foods Group including the Laima, Staburadze, Gutta, Margiris and Staburadzes Konditoreja brands. The acquisition,
New research has established the emergence of a ‘dawn and dusk’ shopper, with one in five consumers now regularly shopping before 9am in the morning and after 8pm at night.
Nespresso is to announce its 2020 sustainability strategy based on a new SFr500 million (Eur414 million) investment to improve farmer welfare and drive environmental sustainability in coffee sourcing and consumption.
Kliklok International, one of the world’s leading packaging machinery manufacturers, is gearing up to launch its new Certiwrap ELITE wraparound cartoning system when it joins Prud’Homme on stand 5a F035