IRI reports consumers are displaying signs of severe ‘inflation fatigue’ that is forcing a range of coping behaviours not seen since the austere late 70s and early 80s, with staying in becoming the new going out.
Macadamia nut marketers Green & Gold (G&G) has teamed up with UK agribusiness company Camellia Group to expand their dual reach in five key markets across three continents.
Winterbotham Darby, which supplies own-label chilled food produced in Europe to UK supermarkets, has expanded from continental meats, olives, antipasti and tapas into fresh pasta, seasonal snacks, bakery and frozen desserts.
BOPP specialist Treofan has created a matte film effect for potato chips, cookies and chocolate in response to consumer demand for retro-look packaging.
Innovate UK, a government agency that helps FMCG firms grow, is developing a five-year strategy to address robotics, traceability, shelf-life and food production systems and resource efficiency.
Wheat supplies have hit record levels across the globe, but for France and some other European markets quality concerns are emerging, warns an analyst.
Recent market intelligence indicates use of active and intelligent packaging for meat products extends the useful life of the foods, while expanding the potential for profit.
Flowers Foods has reported record sales for fiscal 2013, propelled by volume gains from the exit of rival Hostess in late 2012 and the acquisition of its bread brands, its CEO says.
Loma, inspection equipment supplier, which works with Unilever, McCain's, Nestlé and Cadbury’s, has expanded its QuickShip Program for customers who need machinery in time for their pre-Christmas orders.
This year’s almond crop has produced the smallest almonds in 40 years, meaning potential problems for food manufacturers that rely on a particular size of whole or sliced almond, according to Blue Diamond Growers.
Wheat and corn prices have eased over the fourth quarter but will spike again at the beginning of 2013 as impacts from demand rationing take hold, Rabobank says.
Global demand for almonds is increasing, with snacking driving a lot of opportunities. China is the premier snack growth region, says Bill Morecraft, General Manager of Blue Diamond Almonds Global Ingredients Division.
A consecutive deficit in 2012/13 is set to move cocoa prices higher as supply struggles to meet rising demand for chocolate products in Asia, according to financial services group Rabobank.
Food giant Nestle has confirmed to ConfectioneryNews.com that it has suspended trade on its entire product range in Azerbaijan due to ‘supply problems’.
Dutch bakery ingredients supplier CSM is feeling the impact of rising raw material costs, with its first-half 2011 results hit by the price increases the company has been forced to pass on to customers this year.
Colloides Naturels International targets natural market demand with a combination of a wheat fibre and an acacia gum fibre that provides non-soluble and soluble fibre for a wide variety of food applications.
Cost cutting and a drive toward greater efficiency will lead
manufacturers to demand more from their packaging machinery
suppliers, according to an industry survey.
The demand for newer, flashier packaging, especially for
foodstuffs, has spurred the demand for the services of contract
packagers, said Frost & Sullivan in a new analysis of the North
American market.
Stora Enso, the Finnish paper and packaging company, has approved a
€70 million investment in the Baienfurt Mill in Germany to improve
productivity and serve growing market demand. The investment will
increase the Folding Boxboard...
