Brynwood Partners has acquired the licence holder for the Bob’s Big Boy salad dressings and dips brand. The Chicago-based firm has bought The Flavor of California from an ownership group comprising ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued rules allowing manufacturers to swap salt for “safe” alternatives in everyday staples. Announced yesterday (13 October), the regulation covers 139 ...

Major French supermarket chains have been hit by a cyberattack that has affected their refrigeration systems. Dominique Schelcher, the CEO of Coopérative U, confirmed in a post on X this morning (12 ...

Pilgrim’s Pride board is reviewing whether to accept the latest takeover offer from Brazilian meat giant JBS. The US poultry business, which is already majority-owned by JBS, is setting up a “special ...

Credit: Alesia.Bierliezova/ Shutterstock.com. Italmobiliare has agreed to sell its controlling stake in Italian cured-meats producer Capitelli Fratelli to European agri-food group CA Animation. In a ...

Huel has been rapped by the UK advertising watchdog after an online video was ruled “irresponsible” and found to feature unauthorised health claims. The meal-replacement brand, acquired by Danone in ...

Saudi Arabia poultry company Tanmiah Food has signed a halal partnership agreement with Malaysian food and palm oil business Tradewinds. The memorandum of understanding will see the two companies ...

Lerøy Seafood Group is to end production at one of its domestic factories by the end of the year. The Norway-based business is to shut its processing plant in Hestvika amid “structural market changes ...

Tandem Foods, the US snacks co-manufacturer, is expanding a production facility in Pennsylvania. The company is investing $42m in its site in O’Hara Township, close to Pittsburgh. Tandem Foods leases ...

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 ...