All articles by Andy Coyne

Andy Coyne

Just Food’s deputy editor, Andy is a journalist with 30 years’ experience, much of it in the business media. He has edited print and online titles in the UK covering general business, commercial property and international finance. Andy has also freelanced extensively for national and international magazines and newspapers in India, Hong Kong and the Middle East.

Eyeing alternatives – meat companies with stakes in meat-free and cell-based meat

The rise of plant-based products and the arrival of cell-cultured options as meat alternatives are trends very much on the…
Almarai’s Hammoudeh Food Industries acquisition falls through

Saudi Arabian food and beverage group Almarai’s planned acquisition of Jordan-based peer Hammoudeh Food Industries has fallen through. In a…
Reckitt’s Mead Johnson, Abbott to face new trial in US infant-formula case

Reckitt Benckiser’s Mead Johnson unit and Abbott Laboratories have been ordered to face a new trial in the US over…
Protein pioneers: The countries that have approved cultivated meat

Those expecting to see products made from meat grown in a lab from animal cells on supermarket shelves by now…
Big Food’s stake in the future – in-house venture-capital funds’ investments

For Big Food companies looking to gain exposure to new, exciting, potentially faster-growing categories, M&A remains a popular route. But…

Beyond Meat cuts jobs, suspends China operation

US alt-meat business Beyond Meat is to cut jobs in its home market and the EU – and suspend its…
Prairie Farms shuts down shakes production after listeria deaths link

US-based Prairie Farms Dairy has ceased production of nutritional shakes linked to a listeria outbreak that has claimed the lives…
Australia’s Noumi reveals loss linked to A$50m impairment charge

Noumi, the Australia-based dairy business, has taken a A$50m ($31.7m) impairment charge, blaming a number of headwinds facing the industry.…
The road to net zero – Big Food’s emissions pledges

In this guide, you will see food manufacturers linking their net zero targets to three areas of emissions – Scopes…
The dairy companies also present in dairy alternatives

In the same way that large a number of the world's largest meat groups do business in the meat-alternatives sector,…