Maple Leaf Foods is to shut two US plant-based meat manufacturing sites as the Canadian food company seeks to improve profitability amid weaker demand. In a statement yesterday (22 September), the ...

Cargill plans to boost its cooked poultry operations in Thailand, with investment in capacity expansion and automation. The US-based, privately-owned meat giant is ploughing Bt2bn ($60m) into the ...

Credit: Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com. Abbott Laboratories has agreed to pay $385m to settle US government claims linked to the 2022 recall of infant formula made at its Sturgis facility in Michigan.

Unite claims a strike by Hovis drivers planned for this week in south-west England will lead to bread “shortages” in affected areas of the UK. The industrial action is scheduled for this Thursday 24 ...

Long-running speculation over the future of Hain Celestial’s business in Europe has finally come to a head with the disposal to a private-equity investor. Nasdaq-listed Hain Celestial said in a ...

Pilgrim’s Europe and a unit of Associated British Foods (ABF) are teaming up to launch a range of Asian-inspired branded ready meals in the UK. The ten-strong Patak’s and Blue Dragon line-up features ...

Conagra Brands has named former JM Smucker executive John Brase as its new president and CEO to replace Sean Connolly. Brase will step into the roles on 1 June and will also take a position on the ...

Conagra Brands has run up an annual loss of $1.9bn on the back of impairment charges. The US manufacturer said the $2bn non-cash goodwill and brand impairment charges, recorded in its fourth quarter, ...

McCormick’s acquisition of Unilever’s food assets is to face the scrutiny of the UK watchdog as the regulator assesses any competition impacts. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it is ...

Holly Baumgart has spent a decade at Sargento Foods, one of the largest dairy companies operating in the US. Baumgart has just started in a new role – SVP for innovation – and, speaking with Just Food ...

Nestlé insists there has been no “change of ownership” in its Russia business despite the Kremlin placing the Swiss giant’s local assets under “temporary administration”. In an announcement yesterday ...

The Compleat Food Group is making redundancies at a pie-making factory in north-west England, just weeks after plans for job cuts were announced at another UK facility. The news of the latest round of ...