Archive of all JBS articles – Page 12
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Analysis & FeaturesHave the giants grown too big for their boots?
Global fmcg giants are losing out to smart smaller operators in emerging markets, according to the 10th Global 50 ranking.
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NewsMeat giant threatens Greenpeace with court over deforestation claims
Brazilian meat giant JBS is to take legal action against Greenpeace for a report in which the NGO accused the company of failing to ensure cattle from deforested areas did not enter its supply chain.
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NewsOliver launches chicken range
Four years after he took the poultry industry to task in an animal welfare exposé…
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Sara Lee is target for Brazilian meat group
Sara Lee has emerged as a takeover target for Brazilian beef processor JBS. The US manufacturer, which is currently valued at around $12.5bn (£7.88bn), could be broken up in the event of a takeover, with private equity giant Blackstone reportedly poised to bid for its drinks business.
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Moy Park appoints agriculture director
Moy Park has appointed David Gibson as its director of agriculture. Gibson has been with the company for 26 years and will be responsible for the whole division across Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He will be based at...
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NewsThe OC&C Global 50: Survivors, thrivers and divers
After the storm of recession, dead calm. Sales have flattened for the top 50 fmcg giants of today but a few are speeding along, writes James Ball
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Moy Park enters turkey by gobbling up O’Kane
Moy Park is to move into turkey for the first time following its acquisition of fellow Northern Irish supplier O'Kane Poultry. The purchase this week, for an undisclosed sum, will result in Moy Park acquiring O'Kane's Ballymena site,...
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Moy Park acquires O’Kane Poultry
Moy Park is to move into turkey for the first time following its acquisition of fellow Northern Irish supplier O’Kane Poultry.
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Moy Park brings on board the expertise of former NFU chief
Richard Macdonald, the former director general of the NFU, has been appointed a non-executive director for chicken processor Moy Park. Macdonald left the NFU in December last year after 13 years at its helm.
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Moy Park to increase use of Brazilian meat
More Brazilian meat will go into Moy Park's supply chain as part of plans by parent company Marfrig to make its European operations more efficient.In a sales update last week, Brazilian business Marfrig said it had been working on...
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Moy Park to unveil new brands to boost margins
Moy Park is planning a major rollout of branded products to spur a new era of growth under Brazilian owner Marfrig.The £779m Northern Irish chicken processor, which supplied 95% of its lines under supermarket own label, was working on a...
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Another one bites the dust at Moy Park as Rooney departs
The commercial director of poultry and food processor Moy Park, Seamus Rooney, has become the latest in a string of high-profile departures from the company since December. Rooney, who has led the UK sales and marketing team for 10 years,...
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UK chicken industry set for merger wave
So it’s finally started. For years, experts have been predicting a wave of consolidation in the meat processing industry. And now, two of the biggest poultry producers have fallen into foreign hands. First, there was Grampian Country…
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Marfrig buys Moy Park
Leading UK poultry producer Moy Park has been sold to Brazilian meat giant Marfrig.The announcement came as Moy Park's parent company, the Chicago-based OSI Group, sold all of its chicken businesses in both Europe and Brazil to the South...
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In Brief: New leadership; Dairy UK elections; Sandell heads south; An Irish move; O'Sullivan's beef
New leadership Allan Burns, former executive director of Diageo Scotland and global procurement director for Diageo worldwide, has been appointed chairman of Scotland Food and Drink. The newly created organisation aims to boost the Scottish grocery...
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Investment for Moy Park
Poultry processor Moy Park opened a state-of-the-art £28m factory this week in Anwick, Lincolnshire.Modelled on its larger plant in County Tyrone, the Republic of Ireland, it will handle 1.4 million birds per week for the fresh retail...