Category Archives: Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage Press Releases & News distributed via EuropaWire

Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. Supervisory Board appoints Bas van den Berg to the Executive Board

The Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. has appointed Bas van den Berg to the Executive Board. With effect from 1 November 2015, Mr van den Berg will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for the Cheese, … Read the full press release

Mondelēz to partner with Barry Callebaut and Solidaridad to scale up the implementing capacity of its holistic Cocoa Life program

Mondelēz International scales up Cocoa Life in Côte d’Ivoire with Barry Callebaut and Solidaridad Will Contribute to Doubling Farmers Reach to 26,000 by 2016 Supplier and Development NGO Work Side by Side on the Ground By 2022, $400 Million Investment … Read the full press release

National Farmers Union of England and Wales: The amount of British lamb on the shelves in Tesco stores has fallen dramatically

Warwickshire, England, 29-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — New figures that show the amount of British lamb on the shelves in Tesco stores has fallen dramatically, is another kick in the teeth for sheep farmers in this country, according to NFU livestock board … Read the full press release

Daniel Craig and world’s first ever selfie from space featured in new TV ad of Heineken

Amsterdam, 23-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of its integrated global Spectre campaign, Heineken® has unveiled a new TV ad featuring Daniel Craig as James Bond, in a high speed boat chase. In addition, it also announced an exciting digital … Read the full press release

Barry Callebaut and Petra Foods settled their Cocoa Ingredients Division dispute

Barry Callebaut and Petra Foods settled their dispute regarding the purchase price for the Cocoa Ingredients Division, which Barry Callebaut acquired from Petra Foods in 2013. The settlement consists of a one-time lump sum payment of Petra Foods to Barry … Read the full press release

Freme Project For Multilingual And Semantic Content Enrichment

Turin, Italy, 24-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Many industries are coping with new challenges and finding opportunities in the growing amount of digital content across languages, sectors and domains. Functionality like machine translation, entity recognition, or multilingual linked data sets – based … Read the full press release

Heineken to sponsor the internationally renowned Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam for 3 years

Amsterdam, 19-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Heineken N.V. (‘HEINEKEN’) today announced a three year commitment to sponsor the internationally renowned Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The commitment will go beyond a mere donation, and will also see the company use its flagship … Read the full press release

Free public workshop on making healthy meals more appetising to young tastes at the University of Bristol’s Elizabeth Blackwell Institute

The factors that drive children’s choices of food and the most effective ways of making healthy meals more appetising to young tastes, will be the focus of a free public workshop hosted by the University of Bristol’s Elizabeth Blackwell Institute. … Read the full press release

Orkla ASA to initiate a share buyback program for up to 2 million shares

OSLO, 12-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Orkla ASA (”Orkla”) has decided to initiate a share buyback program for up to 2 million shares in the market. The buyback program will be conducted in accordance with the authorization provided by the annual general … Read the full press release

SABMiller names Johann Nel as Group Human Resources Director with effect from 14 September 2015

LONDON, 7-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — SABMiller has appointed Johann Nel as Group Human Resources Director with effect from 14 September 2015, in succession to Tony van Kralingen, whose intended retirement was announced in April 2015. Johann is currently running his … Read the full press release

UCL researchers developed novel artificial intelligence to predict price fluctuation of fine wines

LONDON, 5-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The price fluctuation of fine wines can now be predicted more accurately using a novel artificial intelligence approach developed by researchers at UCL. The method could be used to help fine wine investors make more … Read the full press release

tastecard and the Gourmet Society acquired by Bridgepoint Development Capital from DIDIX

LONODN, 4-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — tastecard and the Gourmet Society, the UK’s number 1 and number 2 restaurant discount card clubs, have been acquired by Bridgepoint Development Capital (‘BDC’) with management for an undisclosed sum from DIDIX, a Dutch gift … Read the full press release

DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH invests in rice production in Cambodia

USD 15 million for a local rice producer Safeguarding income for small-scale farmers Rice husks for producing renewable energy COLOGNE, 30-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH is investing in rice production in the future market … Read the full press release

Forum for the Future and FrieslandCampina release report on addressing food and nutrition security in Southeast Asia

Businesses, governments and civil society need to forge trust, find alignment and foster collaboration and coordination to secure the future of food and nutrition, as food systems in Southeast Asia and the world hang in delicate balance. Amersfoort, Netherlands, 29-6-2015 … Read the full press release

Orkla Foods to acquire 100% of the shares in the Austrian company Bioquelle GmbH

OSLO, 25-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Orkla Foods, through its wholly-owned subsidiary FELIX Austria GmbH, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 % of the shares in the Austrian company Bioquelle GmbH. Bioquelle holds strong positions in Austria in categories … Read the full press release

AVEBE launches ELIANE™ GEL 100 potato starch for creamy fat reduced soups, dressings and sauces

50% fat reduction without compromising on creaminess Veendam, Netherlands, 25-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — ELIANE™ GEL 100 is a potato starch with unique properties that allow food manufacturers to create high quality, creamy and indulgent fat reduced soups, dressings and sauces. … Read the full press release

Autogrill to operate 8 points of sale at Antalya Airport in Turkey through an agreement with ICTur

The number of points of sale operated by the Group in the country increased to 24 Under an agreement with ICTur, the Company expects to generate total revenues of around 110 million Euros over the 10-year contract MILAN, 9-6-2015 — … Read the full press release

Carlsberg: Jacobsen Craft Brewery turns 10

Ceremonial barrel to be opened at Copenhagen Beer Festival  COPENHAGEN, 4-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — At exactly 20:05 Copenhagen time today (5/28/2015), Morten Ibsen, Jacobsen Brewmaster, will uncork a 100-litre wooden barrel of Jacobsen Original Dark Lager. The time (20:05) is … Read the full press release

Tetra Pak released new edition of its industry reference book providing guidance on the key operational steps of dairy processing

With expanded chapters on milk and whey powder, whey processing, concentrated yoghurt and updates on commercial sterility regulations.​ Lausanne, 2-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Tetra Pak has released a new edition of its ‘Dairy Processing Handbook’, an industry reference book providing guidance … Read the full press release

Peak of FrieslandCampina Wamco celebrates 60 years of nourishing Nigeria with quality dairy nutrition

Amersfoort, the Netherlands, 29-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The colourful milestone ceremony to celebrate 60 years of nourishing goodness was held on Saturday, 23rd of May 2015. Rahul Colaco, Managing Director of FrieslandCampina Wamco in Nigeria, expressed happiness and appreciation of Nigerian’s … Read the full press release