All news articles for August 2016

Saudi merger turns Foodpanda profitable in Middle East

Saudi merger turns Foodpanda profitable in Middle East

By RJ Whitehead

Global online food delivery company Foodpanda has announced a deal to merge its Hellofood business with HungerStation in Saudi Arabia to create a market leader in one of the world’s biggest food delivery markets.

Mezzan reports slow growth ahead of Saudi JV

Mezzan reports slow growth ahead of Saudi JV

By RJ Whitehead

Kuwait’s Mezzan Holding, one of the Middle East’s biggest manufacturers and distributors of food and beverages, has reported in an increase in second-quarter revenue of 2.4% over the same period in 2015 to KWD52.8m (US$175m), and a 3.9% increase in year-to-date...

Tican's CEO said the job cuts would help save the company €2m per year

Tican set to axe 80 jobs at Danish bacon plant

By Oscar Rousseau

Danish pork producer Tican has confirmed up to 80 employees could be axed as the company moves its pork deboning and bacon production operations to Germany and the UK. 

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Research round-up: Food Micro 2016 special

By Joseph James Whitworth

FoodQualityNews went to Ireland for Food Micro 2016 to take a look at the posters that presented a sample of the latest research in the field.

The Olympic Games in Rio has been branded a “carnival of junk food marketing. ©iStock

Food industry under fire over Olympic sponsorship deals

By David Burrows

The Olympic Games in Rio has been branded a “carnival of junk food marketing” as campaigners published new research on advertising tactics used by Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Mars brand M&Ms. Kellogg’s were also singled out as sponsors of Team Great...

Yesterday (August 8), the RSPO lifted the suspension imposed on the Malaysian palm oil supplier back on April 1. ©iStock

IOI starts long journey to win back major customers

By David Burrows

IOI took just four months to regain its certification by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), but convincing major customers to take it back could take much longer, according to experts and NGOs.

Diabetics should be wary of paleo diet ‘hype’

Australia

Diabetics should be wary of paleo diet ‘hype’

By Gary Scattergood

The Australian Diabetes Society president has said people with type 2 diabetes should be wary of social media hype about the benefits of going on the paleo diet, arguing there have been no trials going beyond 12 weeks.

IOI saw its RSPO membership suspended following allegations of illegal deforestation. ©iStock

BREAKING NEWS

RSPO lifts IOI's suspension

By Niamh Michail

The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has lifted the suspension of Malaysian palm oil supplier IOI citing "good progress" made by the group.

Miratorg believes the Tula region is perfect for its ambitious and expansive beef project

Miratorg pumps cash into cattle breeding

By Oscar Rousseau

Russian agribusiness Miratorg plans to loosen the purse strings by investing $10m in a cattle breeding programme to grow its Angus cow herd.

Picture: Istock

Eurofins to expand Chinese food testing lab

By Joseph James Whitworth

Eurofins has said it is ‘on track’ to complete the expansion of its main Chinese food testing laboratory in Suzhou, during its first half year results.

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