Archives for November 26, 2002

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Kamps founder steps down as bakery passes into foreign hands

The founder of Germany's largest bakery chain, Kamps, has stood down from his post as chairman. Heiner Kamps will stay on as a consultant, but said he could not remain as the head of the company now that it had been acquired by Barilla, the Italian...

Hibernia to expand Entenmann's brand

An agressive promotional campaign by rival Heinz has forced Ireland's Hibernia Foods to extend the range of Entenmann's and Sara Lee products it produces under licence for the European market. But the range extension was not enough to stop a decline...

Valio switches to paper packaging

Finnish packaging provider Walki Wisa has developed a new wafer material called WalkiLid, which dairy producer Valio has now switched to.