Starbucks Coffee Co.’s pending acquisition of the La Boulange bakery brand is “a great compliment to us,” said Nigel Travis, chief executive officer of Dunkin’ Brands and president of Dunkin’ Donuts U.S.
Revenue within the Food North America division at Aryzta A.G. rose 12% to €349.3 million ($434.9 million) in the third quarter ended April 30. For the nine months ended April 30 sales were up nearly 11% to €1,018.6 million ($1,268.3 million).
Cargill announced it will close its Lake Oswego, Ore., Integrated Bakery Resources (I.B.R.) facility and move into a new facility in late August in Tualatin.
Two unrelated E. coli deaths at the end of May -- a 6-year-old Massachusetts boy and a 21-month-old girl in Louisiana -- still have public health officials searching for possible sources and explanations.
Jensen Farms - the Colorado company whose cantaloupes were linked to last year's Listeria outbreak that sickened 146 people and killed 36 - has indicated that it is likely to settle cases brought against it by 39 victims and their families.
Keoki's Lau Lau, a Honolulu, HI establishment, is recalling approximately 400 pounds of a ready-to-eat pork product due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, FSIS announced today.
Udi's Healthy Foods, Denver, Colorado-based manufacturer of gluten-free foods, including frozen pizza as well as baked goods and granola, has been acquired for $125 million in cash by Smart Balance, Paramus, New Jersey.
Monginis, a leading name in bakery products, is all set to welcome the monsoon with an array of treats, including cakes in seven flavours (inspired by the rainbow); chocolate muffins; cookies and such savouries as vegetarian patties.
Inhabitants of the country's southwestern coastal region yesterday demanded that the government stop unplanned shrimp cultivation in the area to halt the illegal entrance of saline water into the region's natural water sources.
The Parliament will seek to tackle illegal fishing of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean with a vote on tightening rules on enforcing quotas and monitoring landings.
The turnover from Vietnamese fisheries exports in May hit 500 million USD, raising the sector’s total export revenue for the first five months of this year to 2.3 billion USD, up by 9.8 per cent over the same period last year.
The national Government designed the National Network of Laboratories of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Renaqua) in order to provide greater safety in the consumption of fishery resources and byproducts.
In an effort to be more transparent about its food, McDonald’s Canada has launched a new interactive online platform that gives Canadian consumers the opportunity to ask questions about the fast-food chain’s products.
The Walt Disney Company is introducing standards that will go into effect in 2015 and define the types of foods and beverages that may be advertised on the company’s media properties, which include television, radio and the Internet.
As a result of a collaboration with Tetra Pak (and other stakeholders including Coca Cola, BP and Visy Recycling), a recent public-place recycling system, LoveNZ, has expanded to include cartons and cups.
