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Higgidy CEO Rachel Kelley is set to leave the business at the end of July, with Ginsters' MD Emma Stowers taking on interim leadership of the brand.

Brown-Forman has shared a statement revealing that its board of directors has turned down an unsolicited takeover bid from fellow spirits group Sazerac.

Mars Wrigley is set to eliminate 307 jobs at its Newark, New Jersey facility as the company consolidates its North American snacking operations in Chicago.

Nestlé and Platinum Equity have announced the launch of Peranel, a 50/50 joint venture for Nestlé’s waters and premium beverages business.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened an initial review into McCormick and Company’s proposed acquisition of Unilever’s food business.

Rize, an agri-tech start-up based in Singapore, has raised $31 million in Series B funding to scale its AI-led sustainable rice farming technology across Southeast Asia.

The JM Smucker Co has appointed Douglas Guilherme as senior vice president of operations and supply chain, effective 29 July.

CPI has joined a €6.3 million Horizon Europe project investigating how engineering biology and AI could help create more sustainable supply chains.

SuanNutra, a Carbyne Equity Partners company, has agreed to acquire a portfolio of natural ingredients businesses from IFF.

Synergy Machinery and Sidel India have appointed Ashish Deshpande as managing director.

Canadian dairy cooperative Agropur has agreed to sell its fine cheese business to Lactalis.

The Coca-Cola Company has confirmed that production at its Fairlife dairy business in the US has been temporarily suspended.