Beginning today, all exporters of U.S. pork will begin reporting weekly export sales to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).
The dairy companies, Limelco and FrieslandCampina Belgium, have entered into an agreement to better align the purchase of Belgium milk to the current requirement of both dairy companies.
The 500 largest U.S. restaurant chains achieved a 4.9% annual sales increase in 2012 to reach an estimated $254 billion, according to market researcher Technomic.
Reckitt Benckiser ascends to Citi's European focus list, replacing Danone, with the bank seeing the consumer health company receiving revenue upgrades and continuing its recent run of outperformance.
CME Group Inc said its plan to reduce grain trading hours is not the "perfect answer" for all its customers and for the first time detailed a clash over the proposed new schedule.
Italian supermarket group Conad may be interested in buying the Italian business of French retail giant Carrefour SA, Italian daily Il Messaggero reported Tuesday, without citing any sources.
BGI-Shenzhen said on Monday that it had completed its $117.6 million tender offer for Complete Genomics, which provides technology used in sequencing the human genome.
Israeli food maker Osem Investments posted a 13 percent rise in quarterly net profit as sales were boosted by new products and the timing of the Jewish holiday season.
General Mills Inc reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings on Wednesday after sales volume of its core brands rose for the first time in two years, a good sign for the U.S. packaged food industry.
Private Ukrainian companies are considering increasing food exports to Iran despite difficulties with payments, Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said on Wednesday.
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has reported that total UK food and non-alcoholic drink exports remained at £12.1bn (US$18.2 billion) in 2012 – in line with the 2011 figure.
Canadian corn is flowing to U.S. ethanol plants and feed suppliers in larger than usual volumes, as a large Ontario crop backfills demand after last year's severe U.S. drought.
Taco Bell turned in an unexpectedly strong sales in 2012, but delivering a second consecutive year of restaurant sales growth will be a difficult task for the No. 1 Mexican fast-food chain.
Zhongpin, a China-based meat and food processing company, has reported a 31% decrease in net income to $44.1m for the full-year 2012, compared to $64.2m in 2011.
Aeon Stores said it would freeze its expansion in Hong Kong and divert more resources to the mainland, after posting a 41 per cent drop in net profit last year because of losses in new stores.
China's Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp said fourth-quarter profit slid 75 percent as consumers shied away from its Japanese-style packaging and marketing amid a territorial row between the two countries.