China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp, known as COFCO, will focus its overseas acquisition drive in the wine and sugar sectors to meet growing demand at home, a senior company official has said.
Mexican conglomerate Alfa plans to launch an IPO of its food unit Sigma Alimentos, which sells ham, cheese and yogurt among other refrigerated foods, Bloomberg reported on Friday
More than 75% of Ireland’s food and drinks exports will be from Origin Green verified members by the end of 2014, according to new figures from Irish food marketing agency Bord Bia.
Five food and drinks brands, including the Saucy Fish Co and Doom Bar ale, were honored by being mentioned alongside the likes of Lamborghini and Porsche in Britain's CoolBrands list.
Following a retail trend which has developed quickly over the past few years, Tesco have articulated their intent to move further away from larger "hypermarket" model stores, and pursue more online and leisure opportunities.
Britain's two biggest retailers, Tesco and Asda, have each withdrawn a Halloween costume from sale and apologised to customers after being criticised for stereotyping those suffering from mental illness.
Australian supermarket group Coles has offered food manufacturer Simplot Australia a new five-year contract to supply the supermarket group’s own brand frozen vegetable and potato products.
Sainsbury’s and Morrisons each scooped three awards at last night’s Retail Industry Awards 2013, held at London’s five-star Grosvenor House hotel on Park Lane.
Food and Drink iNet has received additional funding of £669,893 from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to support innovation projects of food and drink manufacturers in the region until 2015.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, whose focus on low-cost sourcing helped to fuel the offshoring of U.S. manufacturing, has been promoting a patriotic new image in recent months.
Phillips Pet Food & Supplies is in talks to sell the distribution company to potential buyers in a deal that could be worth nearly $600 million, three sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Supermarket chains Colruyt and OKay will no longer sell endangered fish species in-store, following a review of the chains' sustainable fishing practices over the last year.