Danone SA, the French food company, is to pay 123 million euros
($108.6 million) to buy out minority shareholders in
Brussels-listed Mecaniver SA, the...
Annual domestic turnover for herbal drinks in Thailand is expected
to reach Bt2.7 billion this year, indicating a 10 to 15 per cent
growth, reports The...
Eridania Beghin-Say, the French foods company, is to split into
four separately listed companies to help create a clearer and
simpler structure for their...
Nestle India Ltd is looking to invest further into India's
processed food market in the next few years, The Hindustan Times
reports. In an attempt o introduce...
Ocean Spray Cranberries, the US cranberry co-operative, is looking
to push the Japanese market. A 2 million barrel glut in the United
States has encouraged...
Cadbury Schweppes plc, the UK drinks and food group, announced this
week that its Australian subsidiary is to build on its Australian
beverages business....
After an extensive search, Obipektin AG and her sister company
Spreda AG - Swiss-based suppliers of speciality food ingredients -
have succeeded in finding...
Andreas Schlapfer, head of Nestle Russia, is to leave to head
Nestle France. When he arrived in 1995 Nestle carried just two
products in Russia, in contrast...
Dairy industry researchers and applications experts are hosting a
live, interactive discussion designed specifically for food
technologists, about the...
U.K. Express Dairies announced on Friday that it is to combine its
Northern Ireland liquid milk business with Golden Vale to form a
joint venture. Express...
Interbrew, the Belgian brewer, yesterday announced an initial
public offering that could value it at up to E16bn ($13.8bn), the
Financial Times reported....
U.S. company, Soma Products Co. is set to market "Soma Herbal"-a
non-alcoholic herbal beer. The beverage incorporates Kava Kava,
Scullcap (an herb in...
Molson, Canada's largest brewery, is to buy the Bavaria beer brand
and 5 bottling plants from Brazil's Companhia de Bebidas das
Americas (Ambev) for as...
Tate & Lyle, the starches and sugars group, is likely to
announce write-offs of about £75m in connection with the planned
sale of Western Sugar when it...
The UK Agriculture Minister has explained his decision not to
attack former Conservative cabinet ministers following the
publication of Lord Phillips...
A biotechnology company is to lobby the U.K.government to
accelerate its testing programme for bovine spongiform
encephalopathy, "mad cow disease", the...
Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. plans to take a large
share of the lucrative rice market in Cuba, ADM Senior
Vice-President Marty Andreas...
Kellogg Co., the maker of Frosted Flakes and Special K cereals and
other products, has shut down a Michigan plant because it could not
guarantee corn...
International Food company Kerry Group PLC announced the
acquisition of Armour Food Ingredients in the U.S from Con Agra
Inc. for $35 million (Euro 41.2...
The European Commission on Monday cleared the GeneralMills Inc.'s
proposed purchase of packaged foods maker Pillsbury from Diageo
PLC, a British-based...
Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer products company, announced
yesterday that it intends to divest Bestfoods Baking Company in the
U.S.A. The business...
Lion Nathan, Australian brewing group and daughter of Japanese
parent Kirin, is in talks with an international brewer on the
future of its Chinese beer...
US cereal maker General Mills Inc. has entered talks with Swiss
food giant Nestle SA on the future of Haagen-Dazs ice cream, a
joint venture between Pillsbury...
Ajinomoto Co. announced last week that it has won damages in a
long-running lawsuit against the U.S. agribusiness giant Archer
Daniels Midland Co. for...
London-based Cadbury Schweppes plc recently announced strong growth
results for Dr Pepper, from its Texas-based division 'Dr Pepper /
Seven Up Inc.'....
Consumer goods group Unilever PLC has almost completed its $21.3
billion buyout of U.S. food company Bestfoods. Shareholders in both
companies voted Monday...
Swiss food giant Nestle has announced it will join forces with the
beleaguered Japanese food processor, Snow Brand Milk Products.
Earlier this year the...
Eridana Beghin-Say, the French ingredients group, announced last
week the completion of a major expansion project of its research
and development facilities...
US food gum maker CP Kelco is to give the European high yield
market a new issue. Investors and analysts reacted positively to
the news that CP Kelco...
In a bid to prevent US domination in the consumer goods internet
marketplace four of Europe's largest companies are raising a E70m
($60m), the Financial...
In a recent announcement, Heinz, the US food products company,
stated that it will launch organic versions of its most famous
brands. Heinz Organic Tomato...
Penford Corp., a producer of speciality starches in NorthAmerica,
is to purchase Starch Australasia Limited for US$58 million in
cash. Starch Australasia,...
