After a call for a nationwide boycott of its products, French food
company Danone has decided to resume production at itsbiscuit
factory in the western...
Japanese snack food company Terra Harvest Foods is to build a $10
million plant in Melbourne, Australia creating 220 new jobs in the
food manufacturing...
The Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever confirmed at its
annual general meeting on May 9 that it would close a total of 100
sites as it continues...
Cadbury Schweppes, the British confectionery and soft drinks group,
is in talks on forming an alliance with La Casera, the Spanish soda
water producer,...
Novartis, the Swiss drugs company, said on Monday it has bought 20
per centof the voting shares in Roche, its competitor, for
SFr4.83bn ($2.8bn) cash,...
New-York based International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., a
leading producer of flavours and fragrances, reported this week a
54 per cent drop in first-quarter...
A functional merger may occur between the meat businesses of
Philippine food and beverage group San Miguel Corp. and Pure Foods
Corp., the company about...
Anglo-Dutch food giant Unilever plans to lose 8,000 more jobs and
close 30 plants as it integrates the recently acquired Bestfoods
into its operations,...
The Fruit Systems Business Line of Degussa Flavors & Fruit
Systems (formerly SKW Nature Products) on Monday announced the
launch of Sweet Ovations, the...
US consumer food giant H.J. Heinz Co. and US Beech-Nut Nutrition
Corporation called off their proposed $185 million merger on Friday
after an appeals...
French cheese group, Fromageries Bel, last week announced a net
profit of E69m for the financial year 2000, representing an
increase of 7.8 per cent....
US flavour specialists Senomyx, Inc.,and US soups giant Campbell
Soup Company announced this week a collaborative research and
license agreement to discover...
As a result of the food crises menacing Europe the year 2000 was
undeniably a difficult one for the French food industry. However
the industry "resisted...
Danish food, sugar and packaging group Danisco said on Thursday it
acquired U.S. Florida Flavors, a leading manufacturer of fruit
flavours for the juice...
The Hungarian Government is pushing for a full lifting of the ban
on meat and food product shipments to Russia, according to Péter
Balás, Deputy State...
Chiquita, the US banana producer, reported yesterday a 89 per cent
drop in first quarter net income, as it struggles to avoid
bankruptcy. The world's...
US fast food giant McDonald's warned on Thursday that fears over
the safety of European beef, which dragged first quarter profit
down 16 per cent, would...
Further to the divestment of its dairy activities Koninklijke
Wessanen nv, the international food group, announced on Thursday
that its US dairy companies,...
Tony Blair is losing the battle to reassure voters about British
produce,according to a new poll which reveals that three-quarters
of the nation no longer...
A severe business backlash and the loss of hundreds of million baht
in revenue are quickly emerging as Thai consumers voice concern
over genetically modified...
CP Kelco ApS, a newly created food-gums company, has sued Pharmacia
& Upjohn Inc, alleging its Monsanto Co unit provided
misinformation in order to complete...
Six months after the deregulation of Australia's dairy industry,
milk prices have fallen by as much as 40 cents a litre with the
likelihood of further...
The 2nd Mindanao Seaweed Congress, to be held in the Philippines
April 25-26, will aim at expanding the region's seaweed sector
beyond simple production...
UK supermarket chain Tesco is set to confirm its position as one of
the UK's most profitable retailers when it unveils its results on
Tuesday, the Financial...
Dutch supermarkets group Koninklijke Ahold NV announced on Friday
that it is to sell the tea and wine activities of its unit Marvelo,
which manufactures...
Danish sugar, food ingredients and packaging group Danisco
announced this week that is is to sell its flexible packaging unit
to a new joint venture led...
French dairy and biscuits Groupe Danone said it has halted
construction of a global research center in Palaiseau, near Paris,
after the Ile-de-France...
U.S. agrifood giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. this week took
control of the cocoa assets of Sifca, Ivory Coast's last big
locally controlled commodities...
Despite labelling regulations as many as 25 per cent of
manufacturers failed to list common ingredients that can cause
potentially fatal allergic reactions,...
Nestlé has pulled its probiotic LC1 Go! live yoghurt drink from the
supermarket shelves less than three years after it was launched
with a £2m TV ad campaign,...
The European Commission this week cleared the acquisition of
Unilever's European Culinary Brands Businesses (ECBB) by US group
Campbell Soup Co. The sale...
Consumer products giant, Unilever NV, is considering an end to its
64 year old production operations in Sri Lanka as rising costs and
labour action choke...
French dairy and biscuit company Groupe Danone SA, announced on
Thursday plans to shut down six factories and to cut almost 1,200
jobs to trim costs and...