Italy: Ferrero to develop new packaging based on hazelnut shells
Ferrero, which purchases a quarter of the world’s hazelnut supply and produces 180 million kg of Nutella chocolate spread per annum, is collaborating with Stora Enso, and PTS, a German research institute, to develop a new material called EcoPaper which is based on waste hazelnut shells. Miguel Sanchez, mill manager at Stora Enso, describes that […]
UK: MBG Group completes the acquisition of Feel Good Drinks
German drinks business and firm MBG Holdings GmbH (MBG) is to complete the acquisition of The Feel Good Drinks Company (FGD). The initial partnership was established 2 years ago and included a major investment resulting in rapid growth, MBG said in a statement. The recent launch of Feel Good Fruit Teas in Germany and Dubai […]
Germany: Rewe to introduce DocMorris healthcare brand
The German supermarket chain Rewe has increased its cooperation with DocMorris, Europe’s biggest online pharmacy, with the launch of a new private label line under the DocMorris brand, according to a report in Finanz Nachrichten. The new DocMorris brand range includes medicinal products and health related items such as vitamin supplements, sun screen and nasal […]
Italy: Latteria Merano launches lactose-free yoghurt drink
Latteria Merano is expanding its range of yoghurt drinks under the Bella Vita brand in Italy with the launch of Bella Vita Free, a new vitamin-enriched yoghurt drink that is free from lactose. The product, made 100% from milk from the northern Italian Alto Adige region, is targeted at the almost 7 in 10 Italians […]
Norway: Orkla extends distribution agreement with PepsiCo
Orkla ASA has announced that it has signed a new agreement to manage PepsiCo’s brands in Northern Europe. In a statement, the company said that it had begun sales of Tropicana juice in Sweden and Denmark in January 2015, followed by Finland in April. The new agreement also covers Tropicana in Norway, as well as […]
Tradeshow Insight: Natural & Organic Products Europe 2015
Migrating across London for its latest edition – from its established home at Olympia in Kensington to the more ample surroundings of ExCel in Docklands – Natural & Organic Products Europe returned this April to unveil the latest in “natural, organic, fair trade, free-from, vegan, vegetarian, and eco-living” products from across the world. Along with […]
Switzerland: La Prairie to introduce Creme Hydratante Eclat Caviar Nacre
La Prairie is expanding its range of high-end skincare products with a new launch described as a “luminous lightweight firming cream”, targeted at mature skin. Made using extracts of liquorice root and watercress and also containing ‘golden caviar’, La Prairie Creme Hydratante Eclat Caviar Nacre “brilliantly reduces discolouration as it brightens and firms” and is […]
France: Intermarche launches juice with ‘time stamp’
Intermarche is rolling out a new concept for the fresh juice category through the use of branding that tells the consumer the precise time the product was made. Featuring a predominantly white label, the primary ‘brand’ of the supermarket’s new orange juice is a time stamp in 24-hour format that is said to indicate the […]
Germany: Henkel in the running to acquire Wella from P&G – reports
Household and personal care company Henkel is said to be contemplating a bid to acquire the Wella division from P&G, according to an article in German newspaper Handelsblatt, quoting Reuters. Last November, Reuters reported that P&G was exploring options to offload its Wella business, which is valued at around $7 billion. A move to divest […]
UK: Iglo Group to be sold to Nomad Foods
Iglo Group, the company behind the Birds Eye brand, is to be sold by private equity house Permira to Nomad Foods for £1.9 billion ($2.88 billion). Permira has reportedly previously struggled to sell the company it bought from consumer goods giant Unilever for €1.76 billion ($1.91 billion) in 2006. US firm Nomad Holdings, which will […]