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Carr's doubles flour business

Carr's doubles flour business

A major UK milling company is set to double the size of its flour
business by acquiring two new flour mills, giving the company a
good footing in new regional markets and helping it to keep up with
ever increasing customer demand,...

Healthy results for Kerry

Healthy results for Kerry

Ongoing demand for healthy products helped Irish food and
ingredients firm Kerry to a strong first half performance. And with
recent acquisitions pushing it into other high growth sectors,
there is little to stop the group from making...

IBC closes Buffalo bakery

IBC closes Buffalo bakery

Interstate Bakeries Corporation (IBC) has continued its
cost-cutting programme with the closure of yet another bakery, in
Buffalo, New York. The closure, which will take place in October,
will see the loss of 200 jobs but will help...

Cirio sells bakery unit

Cirio sells bakery unit

Cirio, the Italian food group which went bankrupt in 2002, has
reached an agreement to sell its industrial bakery unit to a
family-owned group, a further step on the road to recovery.

Danone changes Irish partner

Danone changes Irish partner

Just 10 days after agreeing to sell its Irish Biscuits unit to
Britain's United Biscuits, French group Danone has changed its mind
and sold the business to local player Fruitfield Foods instead -
neatly avoiding a potentially...

Baltic bakeries take off

Baltic bakeries take off

A number of the leading players from the bakery sectors in the
Baltic States have announced strong first half results in the past
week. The results for Latvia's Hanzas Maisnica, together with
Lithuanian players Vilniaus Duona...

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