Nestlé has offloaded UK recipe-kit company SimplyCook to ingredient and flavour supplier Jardox. In a statement yesterday (3 November), Nestlé said the disposal was part of efforts to “simplify our ...

EU members states are to assess an outline of a potential agreement between the bloc and the UK over agri-food exports. After talks with the UK, Brussels has put together a document that will be ...

A fresh wave of cyberattacks targeting refrigeration systems has disrupted supermarkets in Europe. The breaches were reported in countries including Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg, resembling a ...

Buitoni, the pasta brand and company once fully owned by Nestlé, is closing a factory in the US, with more than 200 jobs expected to be lost.

Hogan Lovells and Fasken Martineau DuMoulin topped two league tables on the M&A that took place in the consumer sector in the first nine months of 2026.

One of Vandemoortele’s bakeries in France acquired through the recent purchase of Délifrance was hit by a fire last week.

Spain-based MaserGrup has snapped up the contract manufacturing operations of North American firm Skjodt-Barrett.

Umios, the Japan-based manufacturer formerly known as Maruha Nichiro, has continued its buying streak with a deal for Canadian seafood peer High Liner Foods. Announcing the deal yesterday (26 October) ...

Credit: Sumita Basak/ Shutterstock.com. The UK government has unveiled plans to phase out the use of high-concentration carbon dioxide stunning for pigs. A public consultation launched today (26 ...

Mondelez International is taking legal action against UK chocolate start-up Catherine’s Originals, claiming a trademark infringement. The lawsuit centres around the US-headquartered confectionery ...

Belgium-based Vandemoortele has taken full ownership of US bakery peer Banneton by acquiring the remaining stake in the business. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed as the Belgian ...