All articles by Ed Devlin – Page 33
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NewsEnough secures €40m to produce cheaper meat-free products
The sustainable meat-free ingredients group has raised the funding to boost capacity at its factory
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NewsEx-Warburtons boss Neil Campbell joins Hain Celestial board
Former Warburtons boss Neil Campbell has joined the board of US food giant Hain Celestial
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NewsMedia Bites 18 August: ‘Greedflation’, food waste, Wilko
Official ONS figures show profitability at UK non-financial companies is lower than pre-pandemic levels
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NewsMedia Bites 17 August: Carlsberg, Wilko, Aldi
Carlsberg chief executive Cees ’t Hart said the brewer was “shocked” at the seizure of its Russian subsidiary by the Kremlin last month.
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NewsRegal Food Products creates one-stop shop with acquisition of Packaging ‘R’ Us
World food producer Regal Food Products has expanded into the non-food space with the acquisition of disposable packaging business Packaging ‘R’ Us
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NewsCity snapshot: Food price inflation register sharp slowdown in July
A sharp slowdown in soaring food and drink prices helped drive inflation down to a 17-month low in July, according to new government data. Plus, Glanbia appoints a new CEO after Siobhán Talbot retires and also reports first-half results, and Carlsberg raises profit guidance
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NewsMedia Bites 15 August: Wilko, fuel prices, Harvey Nichols
Wilko continnues to dominate the headlines this morning.
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NewsChallenger brands owed upwards of £100k by Asda third-party distributor Blue Ocean
Third-party distributor Blue Ocean owes a number of challenger brands upwards of £100k for products supplied to Asda since the collapse of Tree of Life
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NewsSpirits startup Goldling secures seed funding to back retail push
The organic canned spirit startup has secured £300k in a seed funding round as it aims to get its drinks into the mults
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NewsLoveSeitan throws in the towel as shoppers renounce seitan
LoveSeitan, which supplied plant-based products to the likes of Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Aldi, has ceased trading after slower-than-expected take-up of seitan as a meat alternative
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NewsRamsden International returns to profitability despite Brexit disruption
Ramsden International has bounced back to the black despite another challenging year
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NewsCoca-Cola HBC lifts growth prospects after better-than-expected first half
Drinks bottler Coca-Cola HBC has hailed a “very good” first-half performance as volumes proved resilient despite higher prices.
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NewsBeyond Meat shares hammered as sales plummet in Q2
Beyond Meat cut losses in the second quarter thanks to lower costs following mass redundancies made in 2022
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Comment & OpinionBeyond Meat’s plunging results are not the final blow for plant-based
Beyond Meat revealed plunging second-quarter sales of almost a third, driven by shoppers’ diminishing appetite for the plant-based meat
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NewsSerious Sweets acquires free-from confectionery brand Lexi’s
The acquisitive confectionery group has added a healthier brand to its portfolio with the takeover of mallow and protein bar brand Lexi’s
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NewsMedia Bites 8 August: Food prices, retail sales, Beyond Meat
It’s a quiet morning for fmcg news in the papers, with stories on food inflation and faltering retail sales.
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NewsCity snapshot: Carr’s CEO Peter Page steps down
Agriculture and engineering group Carr’s has kicked off a search for a new CEO after Peter Page decided to step down from the helm next year.
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NewsMedia Bites 4 August: Wilko, M&S, AB InBev, interest rates, Amazon
Fears over the future of Wilko and its 12,000 employees dominate the headlines this morning.
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NewsMedia Bites 3 August: Brexit, Asda, Co-op Food, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Plenty of fmcg news in this morning’s papers, including further delays to post-Brexit border controls, Asda publishing local fuel prices, shoplifters running riot, a Coca-Cola Europacific Partner deal and results from Haleon.
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NewsXOXO gut health soda startup secures £1.5m to bolster growth
Prebiotic soda startup XOXO has secured £1.5m to support the business’s rapid growth