Published: Jun 14, 2012

Paula Deen, chef, author and restaurateur, has partnered with Buffalo, N.Y.-based Nanco Group to create Paula Deen Foods.

Published: Jun 14, 2012

Private label, once a category geared toward baby boomers looking for generics, has evolved into an innovative opportunity to provide tiers, flavor profiles and brand assortment for Generation X and millennials, said Dennis Riordan, chief financial office

Published: Jun 14, 2012

Perhaps more so than ever before, Starbucks Coffee Co.’s ability to innovate has contributed to growth, said Troy Alstead, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer for the Seattle-based company.

Published: Jun 14, 2012

Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. has acquired substantially all the assets of O’Byrne Distributing, Inc., a snack food distributor serving the Augusta, Ga., area. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Published: Jun 14, 2012

WS Packaging Group has acquired label converting company Consolidated Products for an undisclosed amount.

Published: Jun 14, 2012

US chemical manufacturing company FMC has acquired Phytone, a leading natural colors producer based in the UK, for an undisclosed amount.

Published: Jun 14, 2012

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, a grocery store chain in the western US, has introduced ‘Kitchen To Go’ range, which features over 150 chef-created, prepared meal bowls, appetizers, side dishes, and entrees.

Published: Jun 14, 2012 By: Elaine Watson

While ‘all-natural’ and ’no additives & preservatives’ were still among the most popular food and drink label claims in the US last year, the fastest growth was in economy, low/no/reduced allergen, high-protein and low/no/reduced saturated fat claims, acc

Published: Jun 14, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

DuPont Qualicon has received a letter of no objection from the USDA for a device used to detect non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E.coli, in the same month that the regulatory authority began enforcing testing on imported beef manufacturing trimmings for str

Published: Jun 14, 2012 By: Caroline Scott-Thomas

The success of PulseNet for tracing the source of foodborne illness outbreaks has become the industry’s own worst enemy as more news coverage has eroded consumer trust, according to an ex-USDA food safety expert.

Published: Jun 14, 2012 By: Anne Bruce

Analysts warned tough times were ahead for Sainsbury as competitors Tesco and Morrisons beef up, after the supermarket posted it first quarter trading statement today (June 13).

Published: Jun 14, 2012

The global resveratrol supply market is valued at $50.2m (€40m) according to a Frost and Sullivan report, with 90% of volumes accounted for by the US food supplements market.

Published: Jun 14, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

A report published recently in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal has highlighted the increased risk in humans contracting toxoplasmosis from organic meat.

Published: Jun 14, 2012 By: Caroline Scott-Thomas

Penford Food Ingredients has introduced a new casein replacer for imitation cheese that it claims is a breakthrough for the industry, allowing for larger reductions of casein than ever before, thereby protecting manufacturers from fluctuating casein price

Published: Jun 14, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Brown-Forman admits that flavoured brown spirits category growth has hit Southern Comfort sales, but expects to launch US success story Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey globally in this space in 2013.

Published: Jun 14, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Pernod Ricard says it will ‘continue to fight’ for its alleged US trademark rights to the Havana Club name, but bitter rival Bacardi USA expects its pending federal application claiming the name to be granted and plans nationwide sales using it in the ‘ne

Published: Jun 14, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Coca-Cola has lost a trademark fight against PepsiCo after a German court ruled that the latter’s ‘Carolina’ glass bottle does not illegally resemble Coke’s hallmark ‘Contour Bottle’.

Published: Jun 14, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

Biotec firm Lycotec has developed an ingredient for chocolate and other fat-based foods that it claims can help consumers to manage their weight and reduce blood cholesterol.

Published: Jun 14, 2012

Duchy Originals from Waitrose, a UK-based brand of organic food, has launched its cookie range in the US.

Published: Jun 14, 2012

American food company Kraft Foods plans to close its manufacturing plant in Waupaca, Wisconsin, US, next year, a move which is expected to lead to a loss of nearly 120 jobs.