Own-label convenience food manufacturer Bakkavör has confirmed it had received approval from the French and Spanish competition authorities for the sale of several of its European food businesses.
A new, sprawling show room in Beijing’s embassy district showcasing imported American sea cucumbers is the latest proof of firms here switching to premium, wild sea cucumbers as prices slip for the domestically cultivated crop.
The Coca-Cola Company claims to have published the ‘world’s first tastable print ad’ with Middle Eastern print adverts made out of rice paper and infused with the taste of Fanta.
The world's largest retailer by sales will open 30 new stores in China and invest nearly 500 million yuan ($80.1 million) to remodel existing ones in the country.
Holland’s, a manufacturer of pies, puddings and pastries based in Lancashire, England, has announced that it has secured a national listing with the UK’s independent online grocer, Ocado.
Sales at both full-service and limited-service U.S. seafood chains soared in 2012 as the economy rebounded, according to new data provided exclusively to SeafoodSource.
Undeterred by spectacular failures like Webvan, a new crop of startups is offering shopping experiences that allow customers to stock their refrigerator without ever setting foot in a supermarket.
Aeon, which already owns a 19.9 percent stake in Daiei, plans to acquire a further 24.3 percent stake from major trading house Marubeni Corp., which currently holds around 29.3 percent, through a takeover bid to begin early next month.
Walmart, the world’s largest retail chain, has referred to the Bharti Retail outlets as “franchised” in its annual report for the financial year ended January 31, 2013, filed with the US markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke will travel to the US after the Easter weekend to try to strike a deal to allow the supermarket group to exit its loss-making Fresh & Easy business.
Consumer spending rose in February and sentiment among Americans perked up this month, further signs of an acceleration in economic activity in the first quarter after a near stall late last year.
Fonterra has lifted its current forecast cash Payout for the 2012/13 season to $6.12 for a fully shared-up farmer, based on a higher forecast Farmgate Milk Price of $5.80 per kgMS and a forecast dividend of 32 cents per share.
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has signed a statement of intent on cooperation in fisheries with Russia at the 5th Brics Summit currently underway in Durban.
Wheat stored in all positions on March 1 totaled 1,234,118,000 bus, up 3% from 1,199,345,000 bus on March 1, 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its March 28 Grain Stocks report.
