Acquisitive Nomad Foods, which has snapped up one frozen food business in Europe and is set to buy another, this week confirmed it is eyeing possible deals in the sector in the US. Meanwhile, in emerging markets, Hershey is to go it alone in Brazil and Kellogg is to invest in R&D in India.

Nomad Foods eyeing US acquisitions
Nomad Foods has confirmed it is eyeing the US for more acquisitions in frozen food.

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Petra Foods blames Indonesia slowdown for profit drop
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