Canadian investment firm acquires premium bakery English Bay Batter
Kilmer Van Nostrand has acquired dough and premium cookie specialist English Bay Batter and plans to drive the business deeper into North America.
Archives for September 29, 2014
Packing nutritional punch: Weetabix calls out low salt, fat and sugar front-of-pack
Weetabix has redesigned its pack to draw attention to the cereal's nutritional value in a crowded marketplace, its senior brand manager says.
United Biscuits to roll out waste cooking oil for lorries
United Biscuits (UB) has developed a sustainability initiative by using waste cooking oil to power 12 of its lorries and plans to roll out the project further across the business.
Crunchy, chewy, and fizzy? PepsiCo seeks to patent chewy granola snacks with carbonated candy
PepsiCo is seeking to patent a method of making chewy granola bars, bites and other snack products containing carbonated ‘fizzy’ candy.
The sky’s the limit as Iggesund Paperboard wins airline deal
Iggesund Paperboard has won a partnership with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) to supply its passengers with its folding box board Incada.
Colored potatoes double antioxidant activity in extruded snacks: Study
Extruded snacks made from colored-flesh potatoes have antioxidant levels two to three times higher than regular potato varieties, a study finds.
Smurfit Kappa to acquire US Bates Container for $150m
Smurfit Kappa has agreed to acquire Bates Container, a non-integrated corrugated packaging manufacturer in the US.
Graze targets mums with ‘big box’ subscription snacks
Graze realizes subscription snacking opportunities stretch far beyond its desk-friendly concept and is taking a leap into sharing with big box varieties, its CEO says.