News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Vilniaus Duona Plius, the leading bakery group in Lithuania, has been cleared to buy compatriot Panevezio Duona by the country's competition authorities, giving the Finnish-owned group complete control of the company. Meanwhile, two Hungarian bakery...
UK retailer Sainsbury is to launch a range of wines that feature specially treated corks. The new technology, which is said to protect the product from cork taint, is being touted as the possible saviour of the wine cork industry - but is it already...
An additional €25 million funding for recycling and a national biodegradable waste strategy were among the new initiatives announced in Ireland's first 5-year report on the country's waste management progress. A report on tackling chewing gum and fast...
The countdown begins to new food allergen labelling rules in Europe that herald an end to the 20 year old '25 per cent' rule. Taken together with escalating incidences of food allergies, new opportunities have arisen in the marketplace for ingredients...
Swiss baked goods group Hiestand has reported strong increases in both pre-tax and net profits for 2003 on the back of a double-digit increase in sales, the first results from a new restructuring programme designed to make the company more efficient.