20 April 2015
Nomad Holdings inks $2.8bn deal to acquire Iglo Foods
Acquisition company Nomad Holdings will spend approximately €2.6bn ($2.8bn) to acquire Europe-based frozen food company Iglo Foods Holdings.
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19 April 2015
Patties Foods’ products test negative for Hepatitis A, E. coli
Patties Foods, the company that was recently implicated for manufacturing frozen berries that caused a health scare in Australia, said that its product had tested negative for Hepatitis A virus...
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16 April 2015
UK gets its first commercial aquaponic urban farm
A warehouse in London is being transformed into the UK's first commercial aquaponic urban farm after getting planning permission from the London Borough of Newham.
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15 April 2015
Millions of Yemenis at risk of severe food insecurity: FAO
Yemen’s political conflict has resulted in close to 11 million people being severely food insecure with the possibility of millions not meeting their basic food requirements, according to the Food...
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14 April 2015
Nestle in advanced talks to divest frozen food unit
Sources reveal Nestle has been engaged in advanced level discussions regarding the divestment of its frozen food unit Davigel to Brakes Group, owned by Bain Capital, a buyout fund.
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13 April 2015
Cargill’s Hazleton unit acquires verified landfill-free facility status
The meat processing facility of food company Cargill's Hazleton has become a verified landfill-free facility.
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12 April 2015
Yildiz’s Ak Gida receives several bids for stake
Turkey-based food group Yildiz Holding has received several bids for a stake in its dairy business Ak Gida that could be worth approximately $950m.
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9 April 2015
Cal-Maine Foods and Rose Acre Farms to build shell egg production unit in Texas
Cal-Maine Foods and Rose Acre Farms have entered into a joint venture to build and operate a shell egg production complex near Bogata in Red River County, Texas.
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7 April 2015
Cadbury’s faced with $92m tax bill over ‘phantom’ factory
Chocolate company Cadbury's has been landed with a $92m tax claim by the Indian tax authorities after the company was accused of claiming excise benefits on a 'phantom' factory.
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31 March 2015
Nestle to extend its child health and nutrition research to 10 countries
Global food and beverage company Nestle will be expanding its research on child health and nutrition to 10 countries by the end of 2016.