Brazil: Emmi Group to acquire a majority stake in Verde Campo
Leading Swiss dairy company Emmi has announced the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Verde Campo, a Brazilian maker of yoghurt, milk drinks and other dairy products from soft drinks major Coca-Cola via its Brazilian subsidiary Laticinios Porto Alegre. Verde Campo is described as a “pioneer in protein” and is claimed to be particularly popular […]
USA: Uncle Matt’s Organic opens new manufacturing plant
Uncle Matt’s Organic, a producer of organic beverages, has opened a new 75,000 sq ft manufacturing plant in the US state of Texas, to the west of Dallas and Fort Worth. The facility will reportedly take charge of 100% of Uncle Matt’s chilled juice production. Commenting on the move, Uncle Matt’s Organic founder and chief […]
India: PepsiCo to set up drinks flavour manufacturing facility
PepsiCo, the global snacks and drinks giant, has announced plans to invest 1,266 crore INR ($154 million) to set up a flavour manufacturing facility for beverages in Ujjain, in India’s Madhya Pradesh state. The plant, spanning an area of approximately 22 acres, is expected to enhance PepsiCo’s beverage production capacity and create more employment opportunities, […]
South Africa: Varun Beverages completes acquisition of BevCo
Varun Beverages (VBL), the Indian bottler for PepsiCo, has completed the acquisition of BevCo, a South African beverage company, following approval from the South African Competition Commission. The proposed acquisition was announced in December 2023, valuing BevCo at 1,320 crore INR ($16.4 million). BevCo is described as a leading independent manufacturer and distributor of licensed […]
Brazil: Louis Dreyfus Company to acquire Cacique
Netherlands-based commodities firm Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Cacique, a major Brazilian maker of soluble coffee, for an undisclosed sum. Cacique is described as a leading independent global producer, processor, and exporter of soluble coffee, with two manufacturing sites in Brazil. It has a portfolio of […]
Tradeshow Look Ahead: Francisco López Bago, Salon Gourmets 2024
Gama spoke to Francisco López Bago, president of Grupo Gourmets, ahead of the latest edition of Salon Gourmets. What do you expect from this year’s Salon Gourmets? As in the previous edition, we will fill five halls, which means 65,000 sq m of exhibition space, nearly 2,000 exhibitors, 55,000 products… We also have eight […]
Tradeshow Insight: IFE 2024
IFE, International Food & Drink Event, the annual London-based get-together for the food and drink sector, returned for its latest outing this March, once again proving a key opportunity for a diverse range of brands to pitch their wares to a UK and international audience of industry professionals. With ExCel in London’s Docklands again playing […]
Mauricio García de Quevedo, Director GeneralFIAB
Gama spoke to Mauricio García de Quevedo, Director General at Federación Española de Industrias de Alimentación y Bebidas (FIAB). What are FIAB’s current priorities and challenges? Given the complex international scenario we are facing at the moment, there is a real need to contain cost inflation which is affecting both consumers and businesses. One of […]
Tradeshow Insight: Alimentaria 2024
For four days this March, Barcelona became the focus of attention for the global food and drink industry as the city’s Fira Barcelona played host to the latest edition of Alimentaria and its co-located show Hostelco. Proclaimed the most global edition to date, with 900 of the 3,200 exhibitors hailing from outside Spain, Alimentaria&Hostelco 2024 saw […]
Local provenance increasingly anchoring food and drink positioning
Insight by Gama Compass MANCHESTER – 14th March 2024: In this month’s Insight By Gama Compass, we turn our gaze towards the trend among FMCG suppliers and retailers to tout the use of locally-sourced and traceable ingredients, and explore some of the reasons why provenance is increasingly moving to ‘centre-of-pack’ when it comes to brand messaging. In particular, […]