LDC’s purchase of Groupe Routhiau cleared by French competition body
The previously flagged acquisition by poultry group LDC of Groupe Routhiau, a meat and plant-based business in France, has been…
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Simon Harvey
Simon has been writing about the food industry with Just Food since 2017. Prior to that, he was a financial news editor at Bloomberg and Dow Jones for around 17 years, working out of bureaus in London, Singapore and Malaysia.
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US sets out new rules on “healthy” food claims
The US food oversight agency is making good on a pledge to redefine what can be deemed as “healthy” products…
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Oatly to close Singapore facility as cost cuts continue
Oatly plans to close its Singapore manufacturing facility as part of a strategy to reduce costs and take the oat-drinks…
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Cocoa prices cloud confectionery outlook as commodity touches new highs
Cocoa futures contracts have reached new highs, clouding the pricing outlook for chocolate confectionery manufacturers grappling with inflated costs. Adverse…
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Jana Partners ups sale ante on Lamb Weston as Post Holdings bid emerges
Jana Partners has upped the ante on Lamb Weston for a change of leadership and/or to pursue a sale of…
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Fresh Express acquires US peer McEntire Produce
Fresh Express has acquired fellow US business McEntire Produce, a supplier of fruit and vegetables to the foodservice channel. Salinas,…
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Lamb Weston ‘on takeover radar of US peer Post Holdings’
Lamb Weston Holdings, the US-based French fries supplier that has come on the radar of activist investor Jana Partners, has…
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Bakkavor strike at UK factory extended but some staff agree to pay deal
Striking workers at private-label supplier Bakkavor have voted to extend industrial action but others have accepted a pay offer and…
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China market reopens to remaining UK pork exporters hit by Covid restrictions
China has reopened access to the remaining two UK pork producers affected by the Asian country's Covid-linked restrictions. The deal…
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Mondelez launches share buyback amid report of Hershey brush-off
Mondelez International today (11 December) outlined plans for a $9bn share buyback programme amid the speculation linking the Cadbury owner…