Dupont confirms Liqui-Box buy
DuPont Canada confirmed the acceptance of its €352 million bid for Liqui-Box which makes packaging for food.
Archives for June 3, 2002
New Dragon 1Q results
New Dragon Asia, the Hong Kong based food processor, has reported a 5 per cent increase in profits and a 7 per cent decrease in total sales for its first quarter of 2002.
Smithfield buys stake in Italian food maker
Smithfield, the biggest US pork processor has bought a majority stake in Italian food maker Stefano Foods, expanding its deli offerings to include convenience foods.
Cargill to cut nearly 200 jobs at starch plant
Cargill, one of the largest US food processors, is to make about 200 workers redundant at the former Cerestar plant in Indiana.
Farmland plants still fully operational
Farmland Industries has said that its pork plants are operating normally on the first working day after the largest US farm co-operative filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.