The UK food and drink industry has pledged to limit emissions of
greenhouse gases and use recycled packaging wherever possible.
Other targets included reducing the amount of water used in
production and to look at switching to cleaner...
Sales at Hero, the Swiss consumer foods and baking aids group,
increased by more than 10 per cent in the first half of the year,
helped by the acquisition of a majority stake in the German
business of Schwartau in April.
Transporting food and drink over long distances uses less energy
than domestic refrigeration and cooking, the UK food industry has
claimed. The Food and Drink Federation said consumers would not
support any moves to restrict the year-round...
Rexam, the UK-based global consumer packaging company, said it has
completed its exit from coated films and papers with the sale of
its weatherable films business in Lancaster, South Carolina, US,
according to a report from AFX News.
Shares of Mexico's Pepsi-Gemex rose sharply on after US-based Pepsi
Bottling Group has confirmed that a deal has been reached to buy
Mexico's main Pepsi products bottler.
Two top officials with Nippon Meat Packers have expressed their
intention to resign in order to take responsibility for a meat
mislabelling scandal, reports the Asahi Shimbun.
Gordon Food Service, a US broadline foodservice distributor, has
implemented Maximo Mobile Suite, the wireless deployment of MRO
Software's strategic asset management solution, Maximo.
In the US Sealed Air Corporation has announced that the federal
court overseeing the W. R. Grace bankruptcy proceeding did not
grant an immediate appeal.
