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UK-based materials innovation company, Kelpi, has raised £4.3 million ($5.5 million) to accelerate the commercialisation of its...

Supermarket chain Aldi has signed a new £750m deal with AC Goatham & Son, a family-owned fruit farm based in Kent, UK.

The Coca-Cola system in Kenya, comprised of The Coca‑Cola Company and its authorised bottler Coca‑Cola Beverages Africa, has announced a new $175m investment.

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over €60m to upgrade its Finnish cheese production plant, which includes expanding existing facilities and replacing outdated equipment.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