Bell Food Group has said that it wants to be a 'leading supplier' of convenience foods in Europe. The company hopes to acquire Hügli in an all-Swiss affair that will help it on this journey.
The Findus Group has snapped up Spanish frozen ready meal firm La Cocinera from Nestlé Spain for an undisclosed sum, following approval from the Spanish competition authorities.
Eating ready meals every day may increase the risk of obesity and associated health problems, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke, researchers have found.
Findus Spain has agreed to buy Nestlé’s La Cocinera frozen ready meals business for an undisclosed sum, subject to approval from Spanish competition authorities.
The European ready meals market has grown more than 14% in the past five years – and is due to grow another 12% by 2016, claims a new report from Food For Thought.
Greencore has ended talks with an anonymous bidder for the food group with the Irish firm citing the financial crisis as the reason for the deal to have fallen through.
Campden BRI forecasts that 2011 will be the year of product benchmarking as food companies are trying to stay ahead with the current competitiveness in the marketplace.
Food makers designing ready meals would be wise to consider the
over fifties, after fresh research reveals they are driving a hefty
slice of the market,reports Lindsey Partos.
Spanish ready meal sales grew by 7.5 per cent in 2003, another
clear example of how Spaniards are rapidly embracing modern
culinary trends and shedding the tapas image. And with the
category still relatively underdeveloped compared...
Is it because we travel more ? Is it because of the influence that
the US eating patterns wield over the UK ? Or because gastronomic
traditions are far less marked in the UK than in some of our
continental European neighbours ? Whatever...
