News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Offloading Skippy peanut butter - which still generates the majority of its $370m annual sales in the mature US market - will continue to skew Unilever’s portfolio towards faster-growing emerging markets, says one industry analyst.
Amcor Flexibles has filed a patent for a multilayer film for lidding or flow pack applications.
Dow and Mitsui have postponed phase two of their joint venture to build a production unit to manufacture biopolymers for packaging from sugar cane-derived ethanol.
Cereal giant Kellogg has said that parents should make cereal choices for children and not government in rejecting what it calls a "silver bullet" proposal for a 30% sugar limit on cereals in the UK.
A US manufacturer of survival food bars has boosted capacity at its Kinder, Louisiana, plant by a whopping 125% through radical improvements to its packaging line.
UK savoury snack manufacturer Intersnack has appointed Sam Thain as factory general manager for its Corby site, home of its Pom-Bear snack brand.