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- Campari Group acquires French apéritif brand Picon for €119m
Campari Group has announced its acquisition of French bitter apéritif brand, Picon, from Diageo for around The deal will also help strengthen the group's position in the French market.
- Lamb Weston announces $240m investment in French fry processing line
Lamb Weston Holdings has announced an expansion of french fry processing capacity in Argentina, with The new french fry processing facility is expected to produce more than 200 million pounds of frozen french fries and other potato products per year for the South American market. “Our investment in a new french fry processing facility demonstrates our continued confidence in the growing global market for frozen french fries, and our commitment to serving our customers in Argentina
- Nestlé considers sale of French mashed potato business to FnB
Nestlé is in talks with FnB regarding the potential sale of its Mousline mashed potato business to the French
- Alcohol-free sparkling wine brand French Bloom raises £2.5m
Premium, non-alcoholic sparkling wine producer, French Bloom, has announced £2.5 million in fundraising French Bloom's non-alcoholic wine is made from alcohol-free wine, grape juice and natural flavours. The French Bloom range currently includes white and rosé variants, with a new cuvée in development. French Bloom plans to use the investment to expand globally and strengthen the brand's community.
- Mondelēz to invest €50m to rebuild French plant after fire
Mondelēz International has announced an approximately €50 million investment to rebuild its bakery plant in Jussy (Aisne), France, following a fire at the site last September. Through the investment, Mondelēz aims to ‘transform’ the century-old facility in the Hauts-de-France region into a modernised, more flexible plant. The company plans to maintain the site’s current 135 jobs. The project will see the snack giant add new technologies and capabilities to the site, as well as increased capacity, to support its bakery growth ambitions in Europe. The renovated plant will be inaugurated in the middle of next year. The facility – which celebrates its 100th anniversary in September – has already restarted one production line. “As a result of the new technology, capabilities and increased volume capacity that the investment will bring, the new Jussy site will play a key role as we pursue our growth ambition in bakery in Europe, with local brands like Lu Napolitain and Lu Pépito, and expanding global brands like Milka,” said Vince Gruber, executive vice president and president Europe of Mondelēz International. The project comes on top of an annual investment of €30 million across Mondelēz’s eight other bakery production sites in France. “About 60% of our biscuits sold in France are produced locally in our nine bakery plants in which we continuously invest,” said Amélie Vidal-Simi, managing director France at Mondelēz International.
- Farm Rich launches new protein-packed frozen breakfast range
High Protein Cinnamon French Toast Sticks: Cinnamon-coated baked bread with 13g of protein per serving Maple French Toast Bites: Maple-flavoured French toast pieces designed for a quick breakfast option.
- Danone invests €20m to expand Skyr production capacity in Normandy
The initiative forms part of Danone’s broader strategy to modernise its French manufacturing footprint The company has operated in Normandy for over a century and relies exclusively on French milk, sourced
- Amcor and Alter Eco unveil lightweight, recyclable paper packaging
Global packaging company Amcor has partnered with French organic and fair-trade brand Alter Eco to launch The new packs are recyclable in the French paper stream, where facilities exist and align with CEPI and
- Jeni's releases breakfast-inspired ice cream flavour
Jeni's is releasing a limited-edition breakfast-inspired ice cream flavour – Banana French Toast – in The Banana French Toast ice cream flavour features banana custard, Butternut Mountain maple syrup and cinnamon-brown sugar french toast crumbles. Banana French Toast will be available for online purchase on the company's website starting Monday, 29
- Cointreau enters ready-to-serve space with launch of Cointreau Citrus Spritz
French orange liqueur brand Cointreau is making its debut in the burgeoning ready-to-serve (RTS) cocktail Cointreau Citrus Spritz combines the brand's signature orange liqueur with French white wine and natural
- Torani introduces calorie-free beverage sauces
As part of its 100th anniversary celebrations, Torani has launched two classic flavours – the French The French Vanilla sauce will launch in spring, followed by Pumpkin Spice in summer as a seasonal release
- Maison Perrier launches non-alcoholic sparkling range inspired by classic cocktails
Developed in collaboration with a French bartender from one of the World’s 50 Best Bars, the Chic collection coconut and pineapple nod to the Piña Colada; and Citrus Fizz, a lemon-based interpretation of the French








