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Japanese food service company Zensho Holdings has acquired local food business The Snowfox Group for $621m from Mayfair Equity Partners.

Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company has unveiled plans to sell its Ringwood Brewery, located in Hampshire, UK.

PepsiCo has today announced a £58m investment in its Walkers crisp production factory in Leicester, UK, focused on delivering 'sustainable growth'.

Promoted: Hello Day! Smoothie has received the international vegan sign, confirming it does not have or use ingredients of animal origin in production.

Dsm-Firmenich has unveiled Maxilact Next, a lactase enzyme which the company says is “the fastest pure lactase available on the market”.

PepsiCo has established a new factory in Poland, described by the company as its greenest facility in Europe, which utilises circular economy principles.

Visy, a packaging and recycling company, has invested AUD 48m (approx. $31.3m) to upgrade its recycling and manufacturing campus on Gibson Island.

Heineken has bought back €333m worth of its shares from Mexican Coca-Cola bottler FEMSA, with Credit Suisse acting as an advisor.

UK supermarket Asda has agreed to purchase the majority of EG Group’s UK and Ireland fuel, foodservice, grocery and merchandise business.

An application to register Manuka Honey as a certification mark has been refused by the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ).

The USDA has announced it is launching the ‘Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program,' to provide assistance for dairy producers.

Amcor, Delterra, Mars and P&G have announced the launch of a strategic partnership to stem the tide of plastic pollution in the Global South.