(IN BRIEF) FrieslandCampina and Milcobel have published their final merger proposal, outlining legal, financial, and operational details ahead of member consultations this autumn. The merger aims to create a stronger, future-proof dairy cooperative that secures long-term earnings for member farmers, … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Amersfoort, Belgium, Betty Eeckhaut, competition authorities, cooperative principles, Dairy cooperatives, dairy farmers, Extraordinary General Meeting, FrieslandCampina, INNOVATION, Kallo, member earnings, Members’ Council, merger proposal, Milcobel, milk price, Netherlands, partnership, productivity, sustainability, Sybren Attema
(IN BRIEF) GEA has joined the DAX index, becoming one of Germany’s 40 largest listed companies following a strong rise in its market valuation and successful qualification via Deutsche Börse’s “Fast Entry” process. The company’s transformation, centered on innovation, sustainability, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged AI, automation, Beverage Industry, DAX, DAX 50 ESG, Deutsche Börse, Dow Jones Best-in-Class World, Düsseldorf, energy efficiency, food industry, GEA, Industrial Machinery, ISS STOXX, MDAX, Mission 26, Mission 30, new food, partnership, pharmaceutical industry, Stefan Klebert, stock market index, sustainability, TIME Magazine
(IN BRIEF) dsm-firmenich has launched emotiOn™ social connection, a groundbreaking fragrance innovation proven to encourage real-life human interactions. Drawing on decades of neuroscience, proprietary AI-driven fragrance design, and behavioral testing, the technology decodes olfactive cues that foster closeness and belonging. … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, Food & Beverage, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged AI fragrance design, behavioral science, consumer products, dsm-firmenich, emotiOn, emotional confidence, fine fragrance, fragrance innovation, Gen-Z, isolation, Matteo Magnani, neuroscience, New Next Now Barometer, Sarah Reisinger, social connection, wellbeing
(IN BRIEF) Mutares SE & Co. KGaA has acquired Lineage Spain Transportation S.L. “Fuentes” from Lineage Group, making it a new platform investment in the company’s Goods & Services segment. Based in Murcia, Spain, Fuentes specializes in temperature-controlled food transport, … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged acquisition, European logistics, food transport, fruits and vegetables, Fuentes, Goods & Services segment, last-mile delivery, Lineage Group, Lineage Spain Transportation, Murcia, Mutares, Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, Netherlands, partnership, supply chain, sustainability, temperature-controlled logistics, Vlissingen
(IN BRIEF) Alfa Laval has supplied Stockholm Brewing Co. with its Brew 80 centrifuge, enabling the fast-growing Swedish craft brewery to dramatically increase production capacity, improve efficiency, and maintain product quality as it fulfills a major supply contract with Systembolaget. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Alfa Laval, beer industry innovation, beer production, beer quality, Brew 80, brewery efficiency, centrifuge, craft beer, dry-hopped beers, hazy beers, Lager, Michel Wigardt, partnership, shelf life extension, Stockholm Brewing Co., sustainable brewing, Sweden, Systembolaget, tank capacity, yield increase
(IN BRIEF) A study by the University of Warwick and Bielefeld University has tracked more than two hundred young adults over four weeks, collecting 28,000 mood reports through daily smartphone prompts. The research, published in Nature Scientific Reports, shows that … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Food & Beverage, Germany, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged adenosine receptors, Anu Realo, anxiety, Bielefeld University, caffeine, coffee, depression, dopamine, Justin Hachenberger, mental health, mood, Sakari Lemola, Scientific Reports, sleep problems, tea, University of Warwick, Young Adults
(IN BRIEF) Delivery Hero has launched its new “Last Stop” feature, giving riders the ability to choose the location of their final delivery to better align with their schedules. Already active for foodpanda riders in Hong Kong, Pakistan and Taiwan, … Read the full press release
Posted in Berlin, Business, Financial, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Retail, Technology
Tagged Anastasiia Kokhanova, Berlin headquarters, Delivery Hero, delivery technology, Finland, foodora, foodpanda, fuel savings, Gergely M, global rollout, Hong Kong, Hungary, Last Stop feature, Norway, Pakistan, rider app, rider convenience, shift management, Taiwan
(IN BRIEF) M&S Princes Street is joining the Edinburgh Festival celebrations this August with a programme of in-store entertainment and local food showcases, while also spotlighting team member Michael Garden’s Fringe debut in the spy comedy You Have Failed Me … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Marketing, News, Retail, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged bagpipes, DJ sets, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, Jon Cameron, Kayla Bennie, Kings Trust programme, live entertainment, local producers, M&S Princes Street, Marks & Start, Michael Garden, Scottish food, Taylors Snacks, The Space on The Mile, You Have Failed Me For The Last Time!
(IN BRIEF) A University of Bristol-led study, published in Nature Food, has shown that reorganising the order of meals on a weekly set menu can cut diners’ carbon footprint by around one-third and reduce saturated fat intake, without altering recipes … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Alex Sim, Annika Flynn, behavioural insights, carbon footprint reduction, catering innovation, climate change, Jeffrey Brunstrom, menu design, Nature Food, NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, plant-based meals, public health, Richard Martin, saturated fat reduction, SNEAK project, sustainability, sustainable food choices, Taro Takahashi, UKRI, University of Bristol
(IN BRIEF) Ingka Investments, part of Ingka Group—the largest IKEA retailer—has made its first Chinese investment in the circular economy with growth capital for Re-mall, a leading recycler of post-consumer packaging waste in China. Using proprietary technology, Re-mall produces transparent … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Ireland, Management, Marketing, News, Retail, Technology
Tagged China recycling market, circular economy, food packaging waste, IKEA China, Ingka Group, Ingka Investments, Jiangxi province, Lukas Visser, Morssinkhof Rymoplast, partnership, plastic recycling, Pontus Erntell, post-consumer waste, Re-mall, recycled polypropylene, recycling technology, rPP, sustainability, sustainable materials, waste reduction, ZHU Kuan
(IN BRIEF) Swissport’s new perishable handling center at Liège Airport, fully operational from 1 August, offers a 2–8 °C airside facility for up to 40 ULDs, enhancing the company’s flower corridor and complementing its 27,000 m² cargo footprint opened in … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged airside facility, cargo terminal, cool-chain, direct transfer, Dirk Goovaerts, Dutch flower market, eCommerce & Logistics, flower corridor, Liège Airport, partnership, perishable handling center, Saltend Chemicals Park, specialized cargo, Swissport, temperature-controlled, unit load devices, Wilfried Jans
(IN BRIEF) FrieslandCampina has signed an agreement to sell its Romanian subsidiary—including the Napolact brand and production sites in Cluj-Napoca and Târgu Mureș—to Bonafarm Group. The divestment stems from a strategic evaluation aimed at focusing on core European markets, high-margin … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Hungary, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Romania, Technology
Tagged Attila Csányi, Bonafarm Group, Business Group Europe, Cluj-Napoca, dairy industry, divestment, Dustin Woodward, high value-added segments, milk valorisation, Napolact, partnership, regulatory approval, Romanian Competition Authorities, Royal FrieslandCampina N.V., strategic review, sustainability, synergy, Târgu Mureș
(IN BRIEF) Baladna, the Algerian Government and GEA have inked a €140–170 million agreement to construct the world’s largest integrated dairy farm and milk powder facility in Adrar, Algeria. Scheduled to break ground in 2026 and begin milk powder production by … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Adrar province, Algerian Government, Ali Al‑Ali, Baladna, Baladna Algeria S.P.A., Congress International Centre Algiers, Farm Technologies, food security, FT, GEA, integrated dairy farm, large‑scale plant engineering, Liquid & Powder Technologies, LPT, milk powder facility, Mohamed Moutaz Al‑Khayyat, partnership, Stefan Klebert, sustainability, “Engineering for a better world.”
(IN BRIEF) Tetra Pak has been awarded EcoVadis’s highest Platinum rating, ranking it in the top 1 percent of over 130,000 evaluated companies. The accolade affirms the strength of Tetra Pak’s sustainability management across environment, labour and human rights, ethics, and procurement. Anchored … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Awards, Circularity, Climate, EcoVadis, Emissions Reduction, Environment, ethics, Food Systems, Join Us in Protecting the Planet, Labour and Human Rights, Lars Holmquist, leadership, nature, Platinum medal, science‑based targets, social sustainability, Supplier Code of Conduct, sustainability, Sustainability Excellence team, sustainability management, sustainable procurement, Tetra Pak, top 1 percent, transparency, value chain
(IN BRIEF) The LEGO® Group and the National Museum of Singapore have launched a collaborative LEGO art exhibition to commemorate Singapore’s 60th anniversary. Highlights include a record‑breaking mural of colourful 1960s shophouses built from 265,743 bricks—now part of the Singapore … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Business, Denmark, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Technology
Tagged 3D Hawkerman model, Brick by Brick”, bumboats, CDAC student artworks, Changi Airport Control Tower, chilli crab, Chung May Khuen, Hainanese chicken rice, kaya butter toast, LEGO Group, LEGO mural, Low Yen Ling, Make & Take workshop, Mini LEGO Orchid, National Museum of Singapore, Nina Patricia Da Costa, partnership, shophouses, Singapore 60th birthday, Singapore Book of Records, Stamford Gallery, “Stories of Singapore: Building Our Heritage
(IN BRIEF) The EIB has extended a €20 million venture debt facility to Solynta, a Dutch biotech firm specializing in true potato seeds, under the InvestEU initiative. This funding will accelerate Solynta’s hybrid breeding research, which replaces bulky, perishable tubers with … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Business, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Pharma & Biotech, Technology
Tagged climate resilience, disease resistance, EIB, European Investment Bank, food security, Gelsomina Vigliotti, hybrid breeding, InvestEU, Klasja van de Ridder, late blight, non‑GMO, partnership, Peter Poortinga, Solynta, sustainability, true potato seeds, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, venture debt
(IN BRIEF) The EBRD has extended a €20 million loan to MAY Seed, Türkiye’s leading private seed producer, to shore up its working capital and fund critical investments after the 2023 earthquakes disrupted its operations. The financing also underpins the company’s research … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Turkey, United Kingdom
Tagged 2023 earthquakes, CAPEX, climate‑resilient seeds, EBRD, food security, May Agro Tohumculuk, MAY Seed, Natalia Zhukova, partnership, private sector projects, R&D, seed breeding, supply chain recovery, sustanability, Türkiye investments, working capital, Yusuf Yormazoğlu, €20 million loan
(IN BRIEF) IKEA continues its long-standing commitment to making food an integral part of the store experience, blending Swedish roots with regional flavors at accessible prices. Ingka Group’s Food division, led by Lorena Lourido Gomez, highlights five “local hero” dishes—Belgian … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Art & Culture, Business, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Industrial, Investment, Ireland, Management, Marketing, News, Retail, Technology
Tagged affordability, Älmhult, Belgian mussels, cultural identity, home-style dining, IKEA Food, Ingka Group, Ingvar Kamprad, local cuisine, Lorena Lourido Gomez, menu innovation, MSC certification, partnership, Pastel de Nata, plant-based baby Castella, Provençal lamb shank, sustainability, Swedish Meatballs, UK cooked breakfast, Zuidas
(IN BRIEF) Morrisons has launched Club 60, an exclusive café offer for customers aged 60 and over, across its 344 in-store cafés. Club 60 members can enjoy a Small Breakfast with a refillable hot drink for £6 or an Afternoon … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Retail, United Kingdom
Tagged affordable dining, Afternoon Meal Deal, Chris Strong, Club 60, community hubs, financial support, fish & chips, Heinz Baked Beanz, Morrisons, Morrisons Cafés, over-60s, Small Breakfast, UK supermarkets
(IN BRIEF) The University of Liverpool has been awarded £1.46 million by UKRI to lead SCHOUSE, a collaboration with the University of Cambridge and local partners. The project will explore why social-housing residents in Liverpool have poorer diets—examining income, employment, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Non Profit, United Kingdom
Tagged Alchemic Kitchen, Alexandra Rose Charity, Charlotte Hardman, dietary inequality, epidemiology, Feeding Liverpool, food vouchers, health economics, Health Equalities Group, health geography, interactive food-access mapping, Liverpool, Liverpool City Council, mobile greengrocer, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, Nutrition, Onward Homes, partnership, public health, Rachel Loopstra, Riverside Group, SCHOUSE, social housing, Supporting Communities in social Housing and Optimising Urban food System interventions for Equity, Torus Foundation, UKRI, University of Cambridge, University of Liverpool
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