Vegetarian Society certifies first major retailer with plant-based trademark

Lidl has become the first major retailer to use The Vegetarian Society's Plant-Based Trademark on its Vemondo Plant! range, which includes plant-based ingredients, vegetable-based...

Britvic makes £1m+ investment to cut carbon at Rugby factory

Soft drinks business Britvic is cutting carbon and saving energy with more than a million pounds of investment in its Rugby factory. The major environmental...

Müller joins processor-led organisation Dairy UK

Müller UK & Ireland has joined the processor-led organisation Dairy UK as it targets further industry collaboration. Dairy UK represents farmer-owned co-operatives and private dairy...

Davidson Kempner acquires ice cream producer YSCO

Davidson Kempner, a global investment management firm, supported by operating partner Afendis, has acquired ice cream producer YSCO through its ice cream investments platform,...

Flowers Foods to acquire Simple Mills

Flowers Foods has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Simple Mills for $795 million. The addition of Simple Mills expands Flowers’ exposure to better-for-you...

Food, Drink & Hospitality Week 2025: Registration opens for the UK’s...

Visitor registration has opened for Food, Drink & Hospitality Week 2025, an event which brings together professionals from across the food, drink, and hospitality...

Nescafé Espresso Concentrate expands to the US

Coffee brand Nescafé is launching its first-ever liquid espresso concentrate in the US. With one out of every three cups of coffee consumed outside...

Frozen food distributor Central Foods sold to Gressingham Group

Northampton, UK-based frozen food distributor Central Foods has been sold to a national food producer and wholesaler, Gressingham Group. Central Foods has revenues of over...

Geia Food expands into UK with acquisition of Lupa Foods

Geia Food is strengthening its expansion beyond the Nordics into the UK market with the acquisition of Lupa Foods. Lupa Foods is a trusted B2B...

Westfalia Fruit gobbles up Belgian avocado products company

Westfalia Fruit has completed the acquisition of Syros, a Belgian-based manufacturer of avocado products serving the European food and service industry as well as...

Louis Dreyfus Company swoops for BASF’s Food and Health Performance Ingredients...

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has signed a binding agreement for the acquisition of BASF’s Food and Health Performance Ingredients business, including a production site...

British food and drink gain new protections in Japan

Diners in Japan will be tucking into authentic UK products after the country granted special protected status to nearly 40 British food and drink...

The Coca‑Cola Company to acquire Australian premium alcohol ready-to-drink brand

The Coca‑Cola Company has entered into an agreement to acquire Billson’s, an Australia-based brand of alcohol ready-to-drink products that include Vodka with Tangle, Vodka...

Cazcabel Tequila opens £37m brand home and distillery

Independent family estate tequila brand, Cazcabel has unveiled its new brand home and distillery in the latest milestone of the brand’s growth. The distillery...

Drinks giant fined half a million pounds after worker sustains serious...

An international drinks manufacturer has been fined half a million pounds after an employee sustained burns to over 30% of his body. The mechanical engineer...

Kite Packaging launch new pallet trucks

Kite Packaging, a leading UK B2B packaging supplier, has launched its new pallet trucks for safer handling of palletised loads. Available in both standard...

UK joins major trade group

The UK has officially joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) as a fully-fledged member, potentially boosting the UK economy by...

Greiner Packaging asks: How do you know the CO2e impact of...

In a competitive marketplace, packaging has to efficiently protect food, while attracting customers, but there is an increasing focus on its sustainability credentials. Many...

British pork’s back on the menu for customers in China

British pork can once again be exported to the country's biggest market – China – with the end of that country's Covid-era restrictions on...

Ohly opens Customer Innovation Center

Ohly, a global supplier of yeast-based ingredients and culinary powders, has opened a new Customer Innovation Center, located just outside Chicago, in one of...