22 December 2013
Bunge completes Grupo Altex’s wheat milling business takeover in Mexico
Bunge North America has completed the acquisition of Mexico-based Grupo Altex's wheat milling business.
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22 December 2013
Swire Foods, Mövenpick Foods establish new coffee JV in Hong Kong
Swire Foods Holdings, a subsidiary of Swire Pacific, has established a 60:40 joint venture (JV), Swire MP Foods, with Mövenpick Holding's subsidiary Mövenpick Foods Licensing, to cater to the increasing...
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19 December 2013
Fonterra-Nestle JV opens new dairy distribution facility in Brazil
Dairy Partners Americas (DPA), a joint venture between New Zealand-based dairy giant Fonterra and Swiss food major Nestle, has opened a NZ$45m dairy distribution facility in Araras, Brazil.
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19 December 2013
GRILLiT acquires 10% stake in organic beef distributor Natura Foods
GRILLiT, a Latin-Caribbean fusion restaurant based in Miami, has bought a 10% equity stake in Natura Foods, a distributor of natural and organic grass-fed beef.
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18 December 2013
Dunbia to invest in Welsh beef processing and packing facility
Dunbia, a UK-based meat processing company, is to invest £7.5m in its beef processing and packing facility in Felinfach near Lampeter in Wales.
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18 December 2013
Hershey to acquire majority stake in Chinese confectionery firm SGM
Hershey Netherlands, a wholly-owned subsidiary of chocolate producer The Hershey Company, has entered into an agreement to buy an 80% stake in Chinese confectionery firm Shanghai Golden Monkey Food (SGM),...
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17 December 2013
Syngenta to divest US fresh produce unit to Pacific Trellis Fruit
Swiss agrochemicals company Syngenta is set to divest its fresh produce business Dulcinea Farms to Pacific Trellis Fruit, a US-based international grower and marketer of fresh produce, for an undisclosed...
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17 December 2013
First Milk to boost cheese capacity at Pembrokeshire facility
First Milk, a British farmer owned food business, plans to invest £7m in a bid to increase capacity at its Haverfordwest Creamery in Pembrokeshire.
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16 December 2013
Bee International recalls Sweet Spots candy over undeclared allergen
California-based Bee International is recalling its Sweet Spots candy from the market, as it may contain undeclared egg protein.
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16 December 2013
Cargill to expand chocolate plant in Belgium
Cargill, an American agricultural and industrial conglomerate, is to invest $48m in expanding the capacity of its chocolate production plant in Mouscron, Belgium.