French Senate rejects palm oil tax
The French Senate rejected its so-called ‘Nutella tax’ on Thursday, which aimed to quadruple the tax on palm oil, a key ingredient in the hazelnut-chocolate spread.
Archives for November 16, 2012
Own label trumps brands in the soaring UK home baking market: Mintel
Brand owners must invest heavily in product development and target niche consumer groups to have a slice of the lucrative UK home baking pie, an analyst says.
Graphic Packaging CEO: “Deal takes us into new end markets”
Graphic Packaging has agreed to acquire the European Food Carton Business of Contego for £71m to expand into new end markets.
Rigid losing to flexible packaging in North America
Rigid packaging is visibly giving way to flexible packaging in North America, according to Frost & Sullivan.
Soda-Lo: Tate & Lyle's novel solution to sodium reduction (clue: it's salt, only much, much smaller...)
Engineered using a patent-pending process that re-crystallizes standard table salt to create microscopic free-flowing hollow ‘microspheres’, Soda-Lo can help firms slash sodium and retain their clean labels because it is still listed as ‘salt’ on pack,...
Hostess Brands throws in the towel: Strikes cause full business closure
Twinkies and Wonder Bread maker Hostess Brands has today filed a motion with the US Bankruptcy Court for permission to close the business and sell all assets.