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Russian Agri-food Imports Sanctions Will Impact on €9 Billion Trade

    Russian Agri-food Imports Sanctions Will Impact on €9 Billion Trade

The agri-food import sanctions against EU countries, which were recently announced by the Russian Government, will obviously impact on the European food and drink processing industry. Russia remains the EU’s

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Cargill Falls Short of Expectations

    Cargill Falls Short of Expectations

Cargill has reported a 19% decrease in net earnings to $1.87 billion in the fiscal 2014 on revenues down 1% to $134.9 billion. Cash flow from operations at $3.77 billion

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13,500 Farmers From Seven Countries Own Arla Foods

    13,500 Farmers From Seven Countries Own Arla Foods

Arla Foods’ merger with Belgian EGM Walhorn reinforces Arla Foods’ status as the world’s most multinational farmer-owned dairy company. The Netherlands has become the seventh European country in which Arla

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Sensory Food Network Ireland

    Sensory Food Network Ireland

Sensory Food Network Ireland is a new national network of excellence, funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, under the FIRM programme. The network is coordinated by

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Sensient Flavors Introduces New Peach Collection

    Sensient Flavors Introduces New Peach Collection

Sensient Flavors’ new Peach Collection captures the authentic profiles of four popular varieties of peach. Yellow Peach, the best-known form of the fruit in Europe is characterized by its fleshy

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Strong Swiss Franc Impacts Nestlé’s First Half Performance

    Strong Swiss Franc Impacts Nestlé’s First Half Performance

Nestlé has reported a 4.8% drop in sales to SFr43 billion (Eur35.4 billion) for the first half of 2014 as the strong Swiss Franc continued to have a substantial negative

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Edrington Group Receives Planning Approval For New £100 Million Distillery

    Edrington Group Receives Planning Approval For New £100 Million Distillery

Scottish spirits producer Edrington Group has been granted planning permission by the Moray Council for a new £100 million iconic distillery and visitor centre in Speyside for The Macallan brand.

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Solid First Half Performance by Kerry Group

    Solid First Half Performance by Kerry Group

Kerry Group, the global ingredients, flavours and consumer foods business, has reported a 3% increase in first half trading profit to €275 million, reflecting 7.1% like-for-like growth, on revenue down

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Coca-Cola Invests an Additional US$5 Billion for Long-Term Sustainable Growth in Africa

    Coca-Cola Invests an Additional US$5 Billion for Long-Term Sustainable Growth in Africa

The Coca-Cola Company and its African bottling partners have announced a new investment of US$5 billion. The investment, to be made over the next six years, increases its total announced

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SABMiller Names Future Chairman

    SABMiller Names Future Chairman

The board of SABMiller intends to appoint Jan du Plessis as Chairman in succession to John Manser at the conclusion of the annual general meeting in July 2015, when Mr

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Interim Sales and Profits Rise at Adnams

    Interim Sales and Profits Rise at Adnams

English regional brewer and pubs operator Adnams has increased operating profits for the six months to 30 June 2014 by 29% to £862,000 on turnover ahead 15% to £30 million

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Dunbia Appoints Deputy Chief Executive

    Dunbia Appoints Deputy Chief Executive

Northern Ireland-based meat processor Dunbia has appointed former Moy Park director, Tony O’Neill, as group deputy chief executive. In this newly-created role, which will become operational on 1st September, Tony

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UK Soft Drinks Sales Going Flat

    UK Soft Drinks Sales Going Flat

One in four UK consumers are drinking less Carbonated Soft Drinks (CSDs) than they were six months ago and half of those are doing so because they contain too much

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Denny Bros – Specialist Printers and Originators of the Fix-a-Form multi-page Label

    Denny Bros – Specialist Printers and Originators of the Fix-a-Form multi-page Label

Denny Bros multi-page labels are used extensively in the food and drink industry as the supermarket environment is increasingly competitive and on-shelf presence is key to creating sales. With the

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Mars Completes $2.9 Billion Acquisition of Procter & Gamble’s Pet Food Business in Major Markets

    Mars Completes $2.9 Billion Acquisition of Procter & Gamble’s Pet Food Business in Major Markets

Mars has successfully completed its $2.9 billion (Eur2.2 billion) cash acquisition of the IAMS®, EUKANUBA® and NATURA® brands in North America, Latin America and other select countries from Procter &

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Organic Sales Recovery at Gruppo Campari

    Organic Sales Recovery at Gruppo Campari

Italian drinks business Gruppo Campari has reported a 1.8% drop in first half sales to €686.1 million with organic sales up 3.8%. Group pre-tax profit slipped 0.9% to €91.3 million

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Tullamore DEW Appoints New Irish Graduates as US Brand Ambassadors

    Tullamore DEW Appoints New Irish Graduates as US Brand Ambassadors

Tullamore D.E.W., the world’s second largest Irish whiskey brand, is capitalising on its strong growth in the US market, and the opening of its new distillery this September, with the

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EU-wide Test Results For Horse Meat DNA in Beef Products

    EU-wide Test Results For Horse Meat DNA in Beef Products

A second round of co-ordinated pan-European testing for horse meat DNA in beef products was launched in April this year. This testing was a follow-up to the exercise carried out

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Veolia Memthane® – Veolia Provideas Green Wastewater Solution For Arla’s New Dairy

The new £150 million Arla Process and Packaging Facility in Aylesbury will process up to one billion litres of milk a year from British farms. Arla planned the new Dairy

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Mondelez International to Accelerate Growth Strategy

    Mondelez International to Accelerate Growth Strategy

Mondelez International, the global snacking group, has named Mark Clouse as Chief Growth Officer. In this newly created position, Mark Clouse will be accountable for all of the key areas

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Nestlé Creates a Learning App For Kids

    Nestlé Creates a Learning App For Kids

Nestlé’s milk drink brand Nido has created a free interactive educational app to encourage children to read, stick to daily routines, like brushing their teeth and improve their memory and

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Sugar Dispute Results in Losses at Real Good Food Company

    Sugar Dispute Results in Losses at Real Good Food Company

UK diversified food business The Real Good Food Company has reported a loss before tax and significant items of £1.0 million for the year ended 31 March 2014 due to

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Dairy Crest Creamery Triumphs at International Cheese Awards

    Dairy Crest Creamery Triumphs at International Cheese Awards

Dairy Crest’s Davidstow Creamery, located in the heart of Cornwall, has announced another successful year at the International Cheese Awards (ICA), Nantwich. The creamery, home to the UK’s best loved

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Davisco Foods International – Meeting the Nutrition Needs of the 21st Century

    Davisco Foods International – Meeting the Nutrition Needs of the 21st Century

US-based Davisco Foods International specialises in producing innovative dairy proteins for health and nutrition. The company is a pioneer in

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Kellogg Lowers Full-Year Guidance

    Kellogg Lowers Full-Year Guidance

Kellogg Company has lowered its guidance for the full-year of 2014 following a slump in sales and profits. Internal net

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Increased Output and Reduced Costs in Soft Drinks Production

    Increased Output and Reduced Costs in Soft Drinks Production

An increase in machine reliability and the improvement of lubrication management practices in order to maximise output in one of

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New Mucon Series K Iris Valve Technology

    New Mucon Series K Iris Valve Technology

Mucon a division of Process Components Ltd has launched its new Series K2P electrically/pneumatically actuated range of Iris valves. The

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Wastewater Treatment in the Food Industry

The cost of disposal of the plant effluent to the drain is often overlooked. Under the Mogden formula the cost

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Weakness in Emerging Markets Hits Diageo’s Top Line

    Weakness in Emerging Markets Hits Diageo’s Top Line

Diageo has reported a 10% drop in operating profit before exceptional items to £3.134 billion and net sales decreased by

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Adams Foods Expands Through £1.2 Million Acquisition

    Adams Foods Expands Through £1.2 Million Acquisition

Adams Food Ingredients, a subsidiary of the Irish Dairy Board, has acquired FoodTec UK from Dairy Crest for £1.2 million.

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Another Scottish Distillery Goes Green

    Another Scottish Distillery Goes Green

The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) is making a further investment in the Scottish drinks industry. The project at Balmenach

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Bluetooth Technology Developed For Grolsch Bottles to Grant Access to Films

    Bluetooth Technology Developed For Grolsch Bottles to Grant Access to Films

App developer, Heads and Hands, has created ‘Movie Unlocker,’ which utilises the latest Bluetooth beacon technology to allow users to

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Bruker Optics – FT-NIR Solutions for Food Quality and Safety

    Bruker Optics – FT-NIR Solutions for Food Quality and Safety

Bruker Optics’ FT-NIR spectrometers are widely used in all areas of the food industry, like dairy, meat and edible oil

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ALPMA Offers a Unique Range of Products

    ALPMA Offers a Unique Range of Products

ALPMA is a globally successful mechanical engineering company which produces machine ALPMA s and installations for the dairy and food

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Greggs Making Good Progress as Sales Recover

    Greggs Making Good Progress as Sales Recover

Greggs, the UK retail bakery group, has increased sales by 3.1% to £373 million for the 26 weeks ended June

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Diageo Makes Changes to Executive Committee and Board

    Diageo Makes Changes to Executive Committee and Board

Diageo has announced changes to its Executive Committee to build on the changes made earlier in the year and to

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2 Sisters Food Group Welcome FSA Inspection Findings

    2 Sisters Food Group Welcome FSA Inspection Findings

2 Sisters Food Group has announced the outcome of the recent Food Standards Agency (FSA) audits at two of its

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The First 100% Recycled Food Safe Crate in the UK

    The First 100% Recycled Food Safe Crate in the UK

Sainsbury’s is the first UK retailer to recycle its old food crates into more efficient ones made from 100% recycled

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Inet-logistics Provides End-to-end Visibility Throughout the Supply Chain

    Inet-logistics Provides End-to-end Visibility Throughout the Supply Chain

Inet-logistics is an international software company that specialises in developing integrated, scalable and flexible SaaS Transportation Management Systems (TMS) for

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Valio is a Global Expert in Demineralized Whey and Lactose-free Milk Ingredients

    Valio is a Global Expert in Demineralized Whey and Lactose-free Milk Ingredients

Besides being a leading expert in demineralizing technologies and manufacturing high quality Demi™ powders from its own fresh whey, Valio

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NIR Moisture Measurement Solutions From NDC Technologies

Near infrared technology is well established as a favoured technique in many applications in dairy processes, both in production and

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Familiar Trends Bring New Records in UK Grocery Market

    Familiar Trends Bring New Records in UK Grocery Market

The latest grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 20 July 2014, show familiar trends of

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Noodle Company Uses Drones to Promote Lunches to Russian Office Workers

    Noodle Company Uses Drones to Promote Lunches to Russian Office Workers

Russian fast food company, Wokker, the strategy employs drones to promote its range of rice and noodle dishes to busy

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Marine Harvest Fined €20 Million For Acting Without EU Merger Clearance

    Marine Harvest Fined €20 Million For Acting Without EU Merger Clearance

The European Commission has imposed a fine of €20 million on salmon farmer and processor Marine Harvest for acquiring its

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Impact of Teagasc Research Highlighted

    Impact of Teagasc Research Highlighted

Teagasc, the Irish agriculture and food development authority, has launched ‘Teagasc Research Impact Highlights 2013’. The document features some of

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Robust First Half Performance by Nichols

    Robust First Half Performance by Nichols

UK beverages group Nichols has achieved strong growth of 11% in pre-exceptional profit to £10.0 million in the first half

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One in Five Over 65s Drink at Home on a Daily Basis

    One in Five Over 65s Drink at Home on a Daily Basis

While public perception focuses on younger drinking issues, new research from Mintel reveals that the other end of the generational spectrum

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Danone Rebuilding Margins

    Danone Rebuilding Margins

Danone has reported a 2.2% increase in like-for-like sales to Eur10.5 billion for the first half of 2014. However, as

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Produce World Group Expands Through Acquisition

    Produce World Group Expands Through Acquisition

Produce World Group, one of the largest expert growers and suppliers of high quality fresh vegetables in Europe, has acquired

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Arrabawn Co-op and Gaslink Sign Natural Gas Agreement

    Arrabawn Co-op and Gaslink Sign Natural Gas Agreement

Arrabawn Co-op and Gaslink have signed an agreement for the extension of the natural gas network to the Irish co-op’s

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HPP Allows Processors to Maintain Freshness, Texture, Flavour and Healthy Nutrients Without Using Heat or Chemicals

    HPP Allows Processors to Maintain Freshness, Texture, Flavour and Healthy Nutrients Without Using Heat or Chemicals

Up until about 25 years ago, heat was chosen as the pasteurization standard because it was practical and easy to

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Danish Technological Institute – A Valuable Resource For the Food Industry

    Danish Technological Institute – A Valuable Resource For the Food Industry

Responsible for developing, applying and disseminating research- and technologically-based knowledge for the Danish and international business sectors, the Danish Technological

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2degrees to Support Collaboration and Best Practice in the Irish Food Sector

    2degrees to Support Collaboration and Best Practice in the Irish Food Sector

2degrees has been appointed by Bord Bia (the Irish Food Board), following a public tender process, to collaborate on the

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FANUC to Showcases Widest Range of Food Handling Robots – PPMA Show, Hall 5, Stand C50

    FANUC to Showcases Widest Range of Food Handling Robots – PPMA Show, Hall 5, Stand C50

Showcasing five different food handling robots, FANUC will present their biggest selection ever at a PPMA show this year. IP67

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Sensient Announces Bright Natural Red Range

    Sensient Announces Bright Natural Red Range

Sensient Food Colors Europe has introduced further innovation enabling food manufacturers to create vibrant red colour shades without having to

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Sales Slump at Premier Foods But Trading Profit Rises

    Sales Slump at Premier Foods But Trading Profit Rises

UK food group Premier Foods has reported a 2.1% increase in trading profit to £48.1 million for its underlying business

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Sainsbury Supermarket is Powered by Food Waste Alone

    Sainsbury Supermarket is Powered by Food Waste Alone

UK waste management company Biffa and Sainsbury have unveiled an innovative facility that will allow the UK retail group’s Cannock

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Northern Ireland Bakery Takes Traditional Irish Breads to the Gulf

    Northern Ireland Bakery Takes Traditional Irish Breads to the Gulf

Portadown-based Irwin’s Bakery has been assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to win its first export business in Abu Dhabi. Northern

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