US corn futures fell 2 percent to a four-year low on Monday with all months notching contract lows as ideal weather in the heart of the Midwest signalled a bumper harvest, traders said.
Private Egyptian buyers in the past week purchased about 60,000 tonnes of wheat from the Black Sea region, all for August shipment, European traders said on Monday.
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. agreed to buy Ignite Holdings LLC from private-equity firm North Castle Partners for about $308 million, gaining a line of travel mugs and water bottles.
Tesco Plc has announced that its chief executive, Philip Clarke (pictured), will leave the role in October and will be replaced by Unilever's Dave Lewis.
Karl Albrecht, the reclusive businessman who became one the world’s wealthiest people after co-founding the Aldi discount supermarket chain after World War II, has died. He was 94.
EU Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has met with the newly appointed Prime Minister from Guinea Bissau, Mr Domingos Simões Pereira, and the country's Secretary of State for Fisheries, Mr Idelfonso de Barros.
Ghana should not consider banning imports of chicken according to the Managing Director of the Ghana Netherlands Chamber of Commerce Nico van Staalduinen.
Tesco has announced price promotions on British lamb after being criticised by farmers for slashing the retail price of New Zealand cuts at the height of the homebred lamb season.
Canadian cooperative Agropur and Northumberland Dairy Cooperative have reached an agreement for the acquisition of Northumberland Dairy Cooperative’s dairy and food distribution assets by Agropur.
Metro AG (MEO), Germany’s biggest retailer, hired Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) to explore options for its consumer-electronics division, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
In its latest annual European report on the pricing and promotion of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), research firm IRI highlights the continued failure of promotions to boost volume sales in the supermarkets.
