UK: Haleon to open £130 million in global oral health innovation centre
Haleon, a consumer healthcare firm, has announced an investment of £130 million ($169 million) to build an innovation centre in Weybridge, UK. The new facility will reportedly feature state-of-the-art, digitally enabled research laboratories and a dedicated consumer behaviour research facility, employing 450 staff. This new facility intends to support Haleon’s oral health portfolio, including brands […]
USA: Mart Frozen Foods opens Idaho manufacturing facility
US food manufacturer Mart Frozen Foods has announced it has inaugurated a $65 million high-tech food manufacturing facility in Rupert (ID). The new 100,000 sq ft facility, located adjacent to the company’s headquarters, has reportedly created 80 new jobs and will produce and package fully baked Idaho potatoes, marketed under the OH!Tatoes brand. Julian Critchfield, […]
UK: Kellanova to invest £75 million to expand cereal production in Wrexham
Kellanova, the leading US cereal and snacks firm, has announced an investment of £75 million ($98 million) to expand production at its breakfast cereal facility in Wrexham, North Wales. The Wrexham site, which opened in 1978, is Kellanova’s largest Special K plant globally. It also manufactures other brands, such as All Bran, Bran Flakes, and […]
USA: Flora Food Group acquires facility in Kansas
Global food manufacturer Flora Food Group (formerly Upfield) has announced the acquisition of a factory in Hugoton, in the US state of Kansas In a press release, the company said the facility would become a hub for the group’s cream and cream cheese products in the US and Canada and the rest of Americas, whilst […]
UK: Nestle invests in Purina pet food plant
FMCG giant Nestle has recently announced that the company is investing £150 million ($199 million) to upgrade its Nestle Purina pet food factory in Wisbech, UK. In a press release, the company said it had been investing in its Purina factories worldwide in response to rising pet food sales , noting the category accounted for […]
Spain: Bimbo to close Valladolid factory
Multinational bakery firm Grupo Bimbo has announced the closure of a manufacturing facility located in San Cristobal, in the Spanish city of Valladolid According to sources, the factory manufactures cakes for brands such as Donuts, Bollycao, Donettes and Tigreton. A second factory in nearby Medina del Campo, which was acquired two years ago from Cerealto […]
USA: CK Snacks acquires Axium Foods
CK Snacks, a manufacturer of own brand savoury snack foods, has announced the acquisition of its domestic peer Axium Foods. Founded in 1960, Axium Foods specialises in producing tortilla chips, corn chips, extruded snacks, and pellet snacks for private label brands. Commenting on the move, CK Snacks CEO Jamie Colbourne said: “We are thrilled to […]
UK: Edrington to sell The Famous Grouse and Naked Malt
Edrington, a UK-based spirits producer, has announced that it has reached an agreement to sell the The Famous Grouse and Naked Malt scotch whisky brands to William Grant & Sons, one of the world’s leading whisky producers, through its subsidiary The 1887 Company Limited. Founded in 1887, William Grant & Sons offers whisky and spirits […]
Nigeria: Coca-Cola to invest $1 billion in value chain
Coca-Cola, in cooperation with its Nigeria bottling partners, has announced an investment of $1 billion to expand its investments in the country over the next five years. Coca‑Cola said it intended to double its investment rate to support various areas of the value chain, including suppliers, distributors, retailers and recyclers. The new money comes on […]
Italy: Platinum Equity acquires Polli
Platinum Equity, a global investment firm, has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Polli, an Italian producer of pasta sauces and vegetable preserves Founded in 1872, Polli is Europe’s largest producer of pesto as well as making other pasta sauces, oils, olives, pickles and condiments. The company operates four facilities that process […]