USA: The Nature’s Bounty Co acquires The Best Bar Ever brand
The Nature’s Bounty Co, a manufacturer of nutrition products, has announced that it has acquired snack bar brand The Best Bar Ever. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to The Nature’s Bounty Co, The Best Bar Ever offer “real ingredients – no fillers or sugar alcohols, and are designed to contain an ideal blend of […]
USA: Edgewell Personal Care acquires Jack Black
Edgewell Personal Care, a US-based manufacturer of shave, sun, skin and feminine care products, has announced an agreement to acquire Jack Black, a luxury male grooming company. Founded in Dallas, TX in 2000, Jack Black is described as the number one brand in the US men’s prestige skincare market and offers a product range spanning skincare, body […]
Netherlands: Spar opens Express format across Texaco forecourts
Global retailer Spar has announced that Spar Netherlands and EG Group have reached an agreement to open Spar Express stores at all Texaco filling stations in the Netherlands, following a successful pilot. According to the retailer, Spar will start the conversion of around 130 Texaco stores from early 2018, planning to re-brand two stores a […]
Rice seeks out breakfast opportunities
The latest innovation insight from Gama Compass MANCHESTER – 22nd January 2018: The latest effort by FMCG firms to get on board with consumers’ changing breakfast habits is the subject of this month’s Innovation Insight. Under the microscope is a launch that melds fuel-rich rice with the convenience of pouch packaging for a new kind of breakfast […]
Portugal: Jeronimo Martins introduces Be Beauty Care
Portuguese retailer group Jeronimo Martins has launched a new beauty care private label brand for its Pingo Doce stores named Be Beauty Care. According to sources, the range includes eight face and body care products that are suitable for different skin types and are made with natural ingredients such as shea butter. They are claimed […]
Australia: Darrell Lea acquired by private equity firm
Darell Lea, an Australian confectionery firm, has been acquired by the investment fund Quadrant Private Equity for A$200 million ($160 million), according to a Foodbev report. The sweetmaker, whose fortunes have been revived since being placed in voluntary administration in 2012, is the manufacturer of products such as Rocklea Road, Soft Eating Liquorice and Little Brittle. […]
Spain: Ebro Foods takes majority stake in pasta firm Bertagni 1882
Spanish food firm Ebro Foods has announced its latest acquisition: the purchase of a 70% stake in filled pasta firm Bertagni 1882. The binding agreement has been reached through Ebro Foods’ 100% subsidiary Panzani and 52% subsidiary Pastificio Lucio Garofalo, the firm said in a statement. Founded in Bologna, Bertagni 1882 is described as the oldest […]
Japan: Nestle launches “ruby” chocolate KitKat
Swiss multinational Nestle has announced the launch of a new KitKat variety coated with cocoa processor Barry Callebaut’s “ruby” chocolate. The new variety, called Sublime Ruby, will go on sale as part of the KitKat Chocolatory series, which is available in Japan in boutique stores of the same name. In a statement, Nestle said that […]
Ireland: Nomad Foods to acquire Green Isle
Nomad Foods, the UK-based frozen food giant, has announced that it is set to acquire its Irish peer Green Isle, a subsidiary of Boparan Holdings and owner of the Goodfella’s pizza brand. Green Isle manufactures and distributes a portfolio of branded and private label frozen pizzas in the UK and Ireland. The Goodfella’s brand, which accounts for the majority of the […]
USA: Nestle agrees to sell confectionery unit to Ferrero
FMCG multinational Nestle has announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its US confectionery unit to the Italian firm Ferrero for $2.8 billion. The Swiss giant first announced it was conducting a “strategic review” of its confectionery operations in the second quarter of 2017. Since then, the firm has been seeking to refocus its […]