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over €60m to upgrade its Finnish cheese production plant, which includes expanding existing facilities and replacing outdated equipment.

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.

Peakbridge Growth Fund II has announced its official closure valued at $187m, pushing its total assets under management to over $250m.

Le Duff’s bakery subsidiary Bridor has invested €200m in a new production site near Salt Lake City, in Utah, US.

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

Gallo has entered the beer category through a strategic investment with the founders of Montucky Cold Snacks.

Infant nutrition firm ByHeart has secured $95m in financing to support its continued US commercial launch and innovation pipeline.

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.