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Mondelēz has announced the launch of its Regional Biscuit and Baked Snacks Lab and Innovation Kitchen in Singapore.

Valio is investing over €60m to upgrade its Finnish cheese production plant, which includes expanding existing facilities and replacing outdated equipment.

Italian agro-food group Newlat Food has reignited its intention to acquire UK-based Princes Group from Mitsubishi Corporation.

The investigation found that Mondelēz engaged in anti-competitive behaviour aimed at restricting cross-border trade of chocolate, biscuits and coffee products.

High Liner Foods Incorporated has announced a $10 million investment in Andfjord Salmon Group, a sustainable salmon aquaculture company based in Norway.

Danone has announced a €70m investment in its first French production line for medical nutrition.

Pepper, an e-commerce platform for food distributors, has closed a $30m Series B funding round led by ICONIQ Growth.

Diageo plans to invest more than €100m to decarbonise its St James’s Gate site in Dublin, Ireland, where Guinness has been brewed for 264 years.

Canadian clean-tech start-up Relocalize has closed a CAD 5.8m (approx. $4.26m)  seed funding round to expand its autonomous micro-factory platform.

PepsiCo has announced plans to invest £8m in its Pipers Crisps manufacturing site in Brigg, Lincolnshire, UK, to meet growing demand.

Nestlé has announced plans to invest BRL 1bn (approx. $193.97m) in Brazil by 2026 to strengthen its B2B and B2C presence in the country.

ADM has pledged $1m to Kansas State University’s Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation to support product development, food safety and food security.