Hilton Food Group confirms interest in Icelandic Seachill
Hilton Food Group, the UK meat packer, has launched a takeover bid to acquire The Saucy Fish Co. brand manufacturer Icelandic Seachill.
Archives for August 2, 2017
Botulism increases in Ukraine and Salmonella up in Lithuania
Botulism in Ukraine and Salmonella in Lithuania feature in our round-up of global food safety news.
Bonduelle shrugs off 'sluggish' Europe to deliver growth
French vegetable processor Bonduelle broke €2bn in annual sales for the first time, despite what it described as “sluggishness of the consumption in Europe, [the] economic crisis in emerging countries, difficult harvests”.
pladis and Unite advance UK government’s apprenticeship plan
McVitie’s maker pladis and Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest trade union, have signed an Engineering Apprenticeship Agreement to facilitate the recruitment of 50 apprentices into engineering roles at pladis by 2020.
'We’re at the start of an exciting transition towards a plant-based revolution,' says Reducetarian founder
'Reducetarian' eaters are bringing plant-based foods from the niche to the mainstream. But is industry doing enough to tap into this trend, and does it have an interest in doing so? We caught up with the president and founder of the Reducetarian...
Sugar rush to the head: Men on high-sugar diet vulnerable to depression
As Romania becomes the latest European country to introduce a sugar tax, latest research now points to how sugar takes its toll on mental health with an increased risk of depression in men.
Russia's Miratorg reveals new logo
Russian agriculture holding Miratorg has changed all corporate branding to reflect its “evolutionary development as a leader in the Russian meat market”.