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Everything going to plan for Goodman Fielder
03-Oct-2002 - Tom Park, chief executive of Australia's largest food company, Goodman Fielder, has reported this week that its business is performing in line with expectations, according...
Surging sales for Naturex
02-Oct-2002 - Naturex, the French company which produces natural ingredients for the flavour, food and nutraceutical industries, has reported a strong rise in its first half sales...
All change at Treatt USA
01-Oct-2002 - Treatt, the UK flavour company, has announced a number of changes to its US business, Florida Treatt. The company has relocated its US facility to...
Colourful acquisition for Sensient
01-Oct-2002 - Sensient Technologies, the colours, flavours and fragrances producer, has acquired the New Jersey-based comapny Cardre, a producer of speciality ingredients for cosmetics and other consumer...
Greencore predicts year-end improvement
30-Sep-2002 - Greencore, the Irish ingredients and food producer, is predicting a decline in its net debt for 2002 as its core operations continue to improve despite...
Strong 1H for starch and sugars
27-Sep-2002 - British starch and sugars group Tate & Lyle said on Thursday that it expected strong results for the six months ended September, but said growth...
ADM shakes hands in Cuba
27-Sep-2002 - Archer Daniels Midland became the first US company on Thursday to sign contracts with Cuban food importer Alimport as an unprecedented US agricultural trade show...
Givaudan buys shares
25-Sep-2002 - The board of directors of Swiss flavour and fragrance manufacturer, Givaudan at its 16 September meeting agreed the repurchase of up to 725,627 registered Givaudan...
Galactic expands in China
25-Sep-2002 - A further sign that food ingredients companies are moving steadily into the Chinese market came recently with the announcement from Belgian lactic acid manufacturer, Galactic,...
Tomato processor moves into lactic acid
24-Sep-2002 - Kagome, a Japanese producer of tomato-based processed foods, said on Friday that it will purchase a lactic beverage maker from Snow Brand Milk Products while...
Poor real boosts Bunge profits
24-Sep-2002 - Bunge, set to become the world's top soybean processor with the acquisition of French rival Cereol, said on Monday that it expected third-quarter earnings to...
EU approval for Cereol purchase
23-Sep-2002 - The European Commission on Friday cleared the proposed acquisition of French-based food company Cereol by US company Bunge. The move shoots Bunge ahead of US...
Irradiation gains strength
20-Sep-2002 - Further evidence that irradiated food is burgeoning in the US came this week when a leading national supermarket chain announced that it would begin stocking...
Ingredients add 'spice' to exports
20-Sep-2002 - The export of spices from India during the first four months of the current fiscal year registered a nine per cent increase in terms of...
100 per cent Cadburys
19-Sep-2002 - British confectionery and soft drinks group Cadbury Schweppes agreed on Tuesday to buy Brau und Brunnen's 72 per cent interest in the Apollinaris & Schweppes...
The saga ends
18-Sep-2002 - Hershey Foods ended its controversial search for a buyer on Tuesday after its controlling shareholder said it rejected all bids for the famed confectionery manufacturer,...
Commission clears double flavour purchase
18-Sep-2002 - The European Commission this week gave the go ahead to private equity fund EQT for the acquisition of two dominant German-based flavour and fragrances manufacturers,...
Food release agent for Passover
18-Sep-2002 - US company Avatar Corporation has developed a food release agent based on non-soybean derived materials that is certified Kosher for Passover. Avatar writes that typical...
Hershey buyers push bid
17-Sep-2002 - Cadbury-Schweppes and Nestle are reported to have struck an agreement on the brands and assets each would undertake if their joint bid for Hershey Foods...
Hershey...and the story continues
16-Sep-2002 - Wall Street analysts and bankers generally dismiss the idea that a multibillion-dollar sale of Hershey Foods could be killed by local opposition in Pennsylvania. But...
Chocolate fever
16-Sep-2002 - After cocoa bean costs jumped to 15 year highs recently chocolate lovers could soon be paying heavily for their indulgence. According to a recent CNN ...
EU would pay for US sanctions, claims US official
16-Sep-2002 - Europeans could pay more for everything from toys to heavy machinery if Brussels follows through on a threat to impose sanctions in a long-running trade...
Dairy Crest, more than butter
13-Sep-2002 - Britain's biggest dairy products firm Dairy Crest group is poised to buy St Ivel spreads from Uniq for £50-60 million pounds (€79-95 million), to rival...
Goodman 'ups anchor'
13-Sep-2002 - A Perth businessman has purchased 148-year-old Anchor Foods from Australia's largest food company Goodman Fielder, reports IndustrySearch.com. David Clapin, the former chief executive of Perth-based...
Moving with marketing
13-Sep-2002 - Food And Drink Europe.com launched earlier this summer provides daily news on branding, marketing and the retail of food and drink products in the European...
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