Barry Callebaut AG, a manufacturer of high quality cocoa and chocolate products, has completed the inauguration of an extension to its dedicated spray-drying production facility in Kågeröd in southern Sweden. Read more
Penford Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire Carolina Starches. Penford will purchase the company interests and certain assets of the businesses currently operated by Carolina Starches and Keystone Starches. Read more
Spar UK has taken home the Retail Security Initiative of the Year award at the 2011 Retail Systems awards thanks to its innovative work with Commidea, the UK managed service payments provider. Read more
US Foods has activated a 905 kilowatt, 3,934 photovoltaic solar panel system at its Phoenix (US) division. Read more
The US food safety law firm, PritzkerOlsen, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a victim of a Salmonella outbreak linked to Turkish pine nuts sold at grocery stores operated by Wegmans Food Markets, of Rochester (US). Read more
Safeway has launched its Help Us End Hunger (Every Bag Counts) food drive to help make the holidays brighter for people who rely on the assistance of food banks. Read more
Burton Snowboards and Mountain Dew have entered a new partnership focused on improving sustainability in apparel and outerwear. Read more
The National Dairy Council and The Quaker Oats Company, a division of PepsiCo, has entered a partnership to develop programmes in schools and other channels to increase children's access to breakfast, nutritious snacks and physical activity. Read more
Most of us have become accustomed to viewing fat as something to take out of healthy products, along with sugar and salt, but milk fat now appears set for a renaissance. Read more
SABMiller has confirmed a US$295m capital investment programme in its Peruvian subsidiary, Backus. Read more
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