Copersucar and Cargill have announced an agreement to combine their global sugar trading activities into a new joint venture that will produce, commercialise and trade raw and white sugar.
Rival soft drinks firms Britvic and AG Barr have finally agreed a merger to create a £1.5bn business, which will trade under the name Barr Britvic Soft Drinks.
Banana supplier Chiquita has reported a widened loss in its fourth
quarter and full year, but the firm said it expects a number of
strategic initiatives it has put in place will help it gain
momentum in 2007.
Leading US ingredient firm Cargill has announced the appointment of
a new chief executive officer, a move that comes in the same week
as a leadership reshuffle in competitor ADM.
Oilseed processor Bunge has appointed new leaders to a number of
its business units as part of a general reorganization strategy
designed to support the company's growth plans.
Tate & Lyle chief executive Iain Ferguson's appointment as
president of the UK's Food and Drink Federation (FDF) comes at a
critical time for the industry.
Frank Curci, head of the Tops Markets supermarket group in the US
has carried the can for the $29 million in accounting
irregularities recently uncovered at the Ahold unit - the latest in
the ongoing saga which has seen the rapid...
Embattled Japanese meat processor Nippon Meat Packers said on
Tuesday that its founder and chairman would step down and its
president would be demoted to help restore public trust after a
beef mislabelling scandal.
US company Kerr Concentrates has entered into an agreement to
acquire the fruit and vegetable concentrate business of US flavours
company International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF).
Leading ingredients company National Starch announced this week a
global restructuring of its business activities from April 2001.
Two new divisions will...
International Flavor & Fragrances Inc. provided yesterday an
update regarding its integration of Bush Boake Allen and the
progress of its reorganisation...
