Spanish retail achieves fresh fruit RFID traceability
Spanish supermarket chain Mercadona has installed RFID tags within the dry, fresh and frozen goods areas of its new logistics centre near Madrid.
Archives for April 28, 2005
Tough sugar reform inevitable as EU loses appeal at WTO
Moves to reform the European sugar regime will accelerate after the EU loses its appeal against a World Trade Organisation decision that its handouts to sugar farmers are illegal, reports Lindsey Partos.
Novozymes: food enzymes rise above industry pace for Q1
Food enzymes contribute a quarter of sales revenue to the overall enzyme business in the first quarter, says Danish firm Novozymes, marking a one per cent rise in contribution on the previous year, writes Lindsey Partos.
Shugr available in new formats for commercial users
Swiss Research announced yesterday that its "natural" sweetener Shugr was now available to commercial users in two new formats.
Russia re-vamping its meat sector
Russian meat firm Mikoyan has been named as the most popular meat producer on the Russian market. Angela Drujinina talks to Russian firm Mikoyan about the challenges and opportunities in Russia's developing meat sector.
New snack flavours capture Russian consumers
Young Russian snacks maker Sibirsky Bereg appears to have captured consumers' imagination with an array of experimental flavours and products, overtaking PepsiCo's Lay's brand in market share and growing by up to 50 per cent annually, reports Angela...
Soy and obesity conference announced
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US will host a forum next month to examine the role that soy foods can play in managing a person's weight.
Dean Foods donates to further organic research
The growing organic business is gaining more attention from food manufacturers. In an effort to understand better the benefits of such products, Dean Foods and its WhiteWave Foods division have donated $100,000 to the Organic Center for Education and...
CSM spears bakery ingredients
Dutch bakery ingredients firm CSM continues to focus on core business, clearing the sale of its sugar confectionery unit Malaco Leaf to investment companies Nordic Capital and CVC Capital Partners.
Bunge's profit shoots up on soybean yields
Bunge said last week that its first-quarter profit shot up 40 percent on the back of increased soybean yields, provoking the company to raise its outlook for the year, writes Philippa Nuttall.
OFT could clear Asda's Somerfield swoop
A bid by Asda for retail rival Somerfield would mark an important new strategy for Britain's number two supermarket, with competition authorities by no means certain to stand in the way of a deal, reports Chris Mercer.
Month shelf-life for fruit with vitamin - mineral coating
A mineral and vitamin mixture that cuts the browning and extends the shelf-life of sliced apples could encourage consumers to eat more fruit, say researchers, Lindsey Partos reports.