The board of Mondelez International, the global snacking and beverages group, has approved an increase of $1.7 billion in the company’s current share repurchase program. The company is now authorized
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Hilton Food Group, Europe’s leading specialist international meat packing business, has signed a new agreement with Tesco, the UK’s market leading retailer, for the increased supply of packed fresh meat

RSSL’s microscopy laboratory is anticipating its 1000th foreign body identification project for the food industry this year during the Christmas period. RSSL relaunched its routine, 5-day turn-round foreign body identification

Pearlfisher New York has created the new brand architecture, identity, and packaging, for Stonyfield, the leading organic yogurt maker. Pearlfisher’s challenge was to help unify the growing portfolio of baby
Ashbury Labelling, the leading provider of specification and labelling services to the food and drink industry, has expanded its senior team with the appointment of Geoff Brown as Technical Director.

When Arla Foods begins selling skimmed milk powder, processed at Westbury Dairies, in Wiltshire, on the Global Dairy Trade auction, from 17 December, it will be the first time that

A new Green Coffee CFP-PCR has been published, providing the first Product Category Rule for the calculation of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from green coffee production. The Green Coffee CFP-PCR

Unilever and the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership (CPSL) have announced the seven finalists for the inaugural Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2013. The international awards programme is designed

AminoSweet Aspartame tastes like sugar. When they taste water sweetened with aspartame and water sweetened with sugar, most people cannot tell the difference. As The Beverage Institute for Health &

A Scottish seafood processor has cut over 25% from its annual energy bill by investing in a high efficiency cooling system from Star Refrigeration. Braehead (SFO Enterprises) is a seafood

Scottish spirits group Edrington has announced plans for an iconic new Speyside distillery and visitor centre for The Macallan, the world’s most prestigious Scotch malt whisky. The company will work

In the largest study of its kind, researchers have found that eating nuts, including almonds, was associated with a 20% reduction in total mortality, independent of other predictors for death.

The Walsh Fellowship Programme is an important element of Teagasc’s research strategy, providing research opportunities at postgraduate level for high calibre national and international researchers. The programme was named in
UK regional brewer and pub operator Marston’s has reported a 7% rise in underlying operating profit to £168.3 million on group revenue up 9% to £782.9 million for the year
The UK grocery sector reduced food and packaging waste by 1.7 million tonnes which equates to 4.8 million tonnes of CO2eq under the Courtauld Commitment Phase 2 agreement. The final
Unilever has completed the sale of its Skippy business in China to Hormel Foods. This follows completion of the sale of the rest of the global Skippy business to Hormel
With AmbaFlex’s invention of the SpiralVeyor® in the mid nineties a new era in conveyor systems started. Continued development and expansion of the scope made AmbaFlex a leader of spiral
Nestlé is systematically introducing more environmentally efficient ice cream freezers using natural refrigerants acrossEurope. The company has pledged that from now on all new commercial horizontal ice cream chest freezers
The Irish Government has announced a second term of funding worth €21 million for the functional foods Technology Centre, Food for Health Ireland (FHI). The Department of Jobs, Enterpriseand Innovation,
Mondelez International is celebrating as it wraps up its first global month of service. During October 2013, 15,000 employees donated nearly 26,000 hours of service across 80 countries in projects
The first milk for its retail customers is now rolling off the filling lines at Arla Foods UK’s new Aylesbury dairy in Buckinghamshire. Arla has invested over £500 million in
UK and international soft drinks group Britvic has reported strong operating profit growth of 18.4% to £137.9 million on revenue up 4.4% to £1.32 billion for the year ended 29
Nestlé has invested SFr9.9 million (Eur8 million) to expand production at one of its major regional manufacturing hubs, in western Turkey, creating an additional 100 jobs. The Karacabey plant first
Dairy nutrition company Volac has increased operating profit by 37% to £23.7 million and turnover by 19% to £193.3 million
The UK’s hospitality and food service sector is facing an annual bill in excess of £2.5 billion for food waste,
Olympus Automation has appointed Mark Beaver as managing director taking over from owner Harry Norman who has become CEO. Mark
Despite the challenging trading environment and the impact of the horsemeat scandal on ready meals sales, Greencore, the UK and
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is considering an offer from Diageo to sell most of its Whyte & Mackay
Pan-European private equity firm IK Investment Partners is selling Europe Snacks, a leading French manufacturer of savoury snacks under private
Irish food group Dawn Meats has been presented with its ISO 14001 Environmental Management certificates for sites throughout Ireland and
Diverse food manufacturing sectors – from poultry and fish processing to pizza manufacturing, and from dairy processing to potato crisp
Frutarom Industries, one of the world’s largest companies in the field of flavours and fine ingredients, is continuing to implement
Irish organic food company Just Food, has launched an innovative new range of soups, HiLo, which is the first high
On the occasion of this year’s European SME week, FoodDrinkEurope wishes to underline the value of small and medium-sized enterprises
The board of directors of Altia has decided to release chief executive Antti Pankakoski from his duties. Antti Pankakoski has
Ecolean will begin the year 2014 with the launch of a brand new innovation: a transparent, aseptic package solution. The
Fuelled by continued growth in its developing markets, driven by increased capacity, consumer reach and investment in brand portfolios, SABMiller has
Donworth Capital is acquiring two businesses in the Irish fresh food production sector. The company has purchased Galmere Fresh Foods
Breakthrough science with the ability to control the life-cycle of plants could be the solution to increasing food production as
Dawn Meats won the overall award within the ‘Sustainability’ category in the recent Bord Bia Food & Drink Awards 2013.
Looking ahead to 2014, Mintel’s senior trends consultant Richard Cope outlines the four trends set to impact the consumer market
Eighty five per cent of Arla Foods Milk Partnership (AFMP) farmers have already signed up to become co-owners of Arla
Tesco has launched the Future Farmer Foundation to support the next generation of British farmers. The Foundation has been established
The latest UK grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 10 November 2013, show another all-time record
Bonduelle, the world’s leading processed vegetable producer, has been granted the exclusive global rights to develop and launch dehydrofrozen (“DHF”)
Unilever is following up its Sustainable Living Plan with the launch of Unilever Project Sunlight, a new initiative to motivate
Nestlé has announced that it will work in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund and seven consumer firms to encourage
Mondelez Intenational plans to invest over $100 million in a state-of-the-art biscuit manufacturing plant at its Opava site in the
UK biscuits manufacturerBurton’s Biscuit Company is being acquired by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, the largest single-profession pension plan in Canada,
Online retailing for food and consumer goods in France is set to double from €5 billion to €10.6 billion, ranking
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS), The UK charity for the protection of seas, shores and wildlife, has not changed its
United Biscuits has received the top accolade at the prestigious Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Awards, which celebrate the successes
Nestlé has pledged to create 20,000 positions for young people across Europe over the next three years. The Nestlé needs
The achievements and contributions of nine Irish food companies were recognised at the recent Bord Bia Food and Drink Awards.
Diageo and Stock Spirits Group, a leading Central and Eastern Europe branded spirits and liqueurs business, have announced an agreement
Asda has set out three strategic priorities for the next five years to build on its position as the UK’s
Global brewer SABMiller has re-appointed deputy chairman John Manser as acting chairman in light of a deterioration in the health
An IGD-led initiative has prevented 125,000t of food supply chain waste since 2010 – enough to fill 65 Olympic swimming