News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
With the Safeway takeover bid dominating the headlines for nearly a year, the rest of the UK retail sector has been somewhat overlooked. But there has been plenty of activity over the last few months, in particular in the convenience store sector.
Despite a 'challenging' year that saw profit before tax falling by 24 per cent for the first six months, UK flavours company Treatt has reined in results posting a steady, erring on grey, set of figures for the year.
Just when the dust appeared to have settled on the Safeway takeover affair, leaving Morrisons as apparently the sole bidder, a report in the UK press today suggests that Asda has returned to the fray with a bid designed to scotch Morrisons' takeover.
A number of leading Croatian food and beverage manufacturers and retailers have confirmed that they have started the first round of discussions aimed at promoting the industry in the face of stiff competition from foreign imports.
Hame Slovakia, a subsidiary of the Czech-based Hame Babice group, has upped its estimates for growth in the 2003 financial year, claiming that it now expects sales of its canned vegetables, purees and meat products to improve by 5 per cent over last...
After getting off to a slow start at the beginning of the year, Romanian confectionery manufacturer Heidi Chocolats Suisse has said it is now estimating a 15 per cent increase in sales this year.
While new rules on allergens labels will enter into force early next year in Europe, a new study released this week in the US suggests incidents of peanut allergies in children are on the up. Pressure is on industry and congress for clearer labels.
New research into the mysterious domain of taste by a US neuroscientist suggests that calcium plays a key role in the detection of tastes by taste cells in the tongue.
The new chief executive of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) Ann Westby said yesterday that she wants all food laboratories dealing with the FSAI in Ireland to be fully accredited to ISO 17025 by the end of 2005. Speaking to over 160...
Ongoing consolidation of European food product companies means that today's flavour firms will principally achieve market gains through product innovation. Aiming to hit the top five flavour slot, Danisco has a new president and new HQ to fulfill its...
Dutch food ingredients and confectionery multinational CSM continues its strategy to expand worldwide activities in the food and pharmaceutical markets with the recent announcement that it has completed the acquisition of the gluconic acid derivatives...