Foods / beverages

Nestle loses Nespresso refill patent infringement lawsuit against UK’s Dualit

25 Apr 2013

Chinese regulators approve Marubeni-Gavilon merger with stiff conditions

24 Apr 2013

Germany’s Joh A Benckiser to acquire D E Master Blenders 1753 for $9.8 billion

13 Apr 2013

Huge Chinese demand forces UK supermarkets to ration baby foods

09 Apr 2013

EU beef and soy demand driving Amazon deforestation: report

05 Apr 2013

Qatar’s Hassad Food buys majority stake in Bush Foods Overseas for Rs544.50 crore

04 Apr 2013

This is the second time an overseas company is buying majority stake in an Indian basmati rice company after US-based McCormick acquired an 85 per cent stake in a joint venture with Kohinoor Foods in 2011

Dutch food firm CSM to sell bakery business to Rhone Capital for $1.4 bn

26 Mar 2013

World’s biggest study of food allergies gets underway

23 Mar 2013

The world's biggest ever study of allergies, spearheaded by Britain's University of Manchester, officially got underway on Friday, 22 March 2013.

Nestle India board approves hike in royalty rate to 4.5%

22 Mar 2013

Irish company kept discovery of horse meat in beef secret

15 Mar 2013

Horse meat scare: Tesco to double amount of meat sourced from N Ireland

15 Mar 2013

Hostess sells Twinkies to investment firms for $410 million

14 Mar 2013

Horsemeat scare leads to shift in UK consumers’ food habits

13 Mar 2013

Whole Foods to introduce labelling on GM foods

11 Mar 2013

Celebrity endorsement attract kids to junk foods

08 Mar 2013

Cadbury accused of Rs250-cr tax evasion via ‘dummy’ plant

06 Mar 2013

ConAgra, Cargill and CHS to merge North American flour milling businesses

05 Mar 2013

Frozen beef burger and ready meal sales fall steeply in UK

27 Feb 2013

Nestle to buy US medical foods company Pamlab to bolster health and nutrition business

26 Feb 2013

Domino’s Pizza posts record annual profits

26 Feb 2013

And now, Czech authorities find horse meat in Ikea’s Swedish meatballs

25 Feb 2013

Heinz to sell China packaged food business to Zhengzhou Sanquan Foods

25 Feb 2013

UK consumers give meat foods thumbs down after horse meat scandal

22 Feb 2013

Australia urges consumers to shun British meat products

22 Feb 2013

Now donkey meat found at firms in horse meat probe

22 Feb 2013

Investigators in  the UK are reported to have found traces of DNA of donkey flesh ln beef products