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Saudi Arabia-based dairy producer Almarai and US soft drinks major PepsiCo have unveiled plans to invest about $345m in Egypt over the next five years, to strengthen their presence in...
Rajkot District Co-operative Milk Producers Union (Rajkot Dairy), a dairy cooperative based in Gujarat, India, has established a new milk processing plant with an investment of INR1bn ($16.65m).
American agribusiness firm Cargill has invested $100m to expand its wheat processing plant in Efremov, Russia.
UK-based Premier Foods has entered into an agreement with Specialty Powders to establish a stand-alone joint venture to process and pack powdered beverages and desserts at its Knighton facility in...
Metro, a food retailer operating in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, has entered into a final agreement to acquire a majority stake in Première Moisson, a leading bakery...
Swiss food giant Nestlé has officially opened its new research and development (R&D) centre in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China.
Smithfield Foods has temporarily closed its slaughterhouse and pork processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina, US, following an ammonia leak on 17 June.
US-based snack food producer Snyder's-Lance has completed the acquisition of Baptista's Bakery, which produces baked snack foods and 'better for you' snacks.
US-based food and beverage company PepsiCo has opened a new baking category innovation centre in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, to expand its research and development arm.
Researchers from the University of Tehran in Iran have developed new starch nanocrystals that can be used as a coating for the protection and enrichment of food products in processing...
