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• France's Loc Maria Biscuits buys chocolate maker Mademoiselle de Margaux

  31-01-2017 18:01
  
  France's Loc Maria Biscuits has snapped up Bordeaux chocolate maker Mademoiselle de Margaux from owner Savencia Gourmet for an undisclosed sum.
  
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• Fazer Group jobs in Sweden to go in cost-cutting drive

  31-01-2017 17:39
  
  Finland-based food maker Fazer Group is looking to lower costs within its bakery business in Sweden, which is set to lead to jobs being cut.
  
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• Bridor to double Canada bakery plant

  31-01-2017 17:24
  
  France-based business-to-business baker Bridor plans to increase the production capacity at a facility in Canada.
  
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• Campbell takes Tim Tam national in US

  31-01-2017 17:13
  
  Campbell Soup Co. is embarking on a national push in the US for its Australian biscuit brand Tim Tam.
  
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• German baker Kronenbrot rescued from administration with sale

  31-01-2017 16:49
  One of the largest bakeries in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia region, Kronenbrot KG Franz Mainz, which filed for bankruptcy last year, has been saved from closure after being sold to institutional investors for an undisclosed sum.
  
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• Smucker to build another Uncrustables plant in US

  31-01-2017 14:45
  JM Smucker, the US coffee-to-condiments group, today (31 January) announced plans to build an additional Smucker's Uncrustables sandwiches manufacturing facility, at Longmont, Colorado, for a total potential investment of US$340m.
  
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• Tesco moves for Booker, Carrefour CEO speculation, Wal-Mart & Amazon US job creation - retail round-up, January 2017 

  31-01-2017 14:40
  January saw the shock announcement UK retailer Tesco wants to acquire the country's largest wholesaler, Booker, in a deal that looks set to ruffle feathers in the sector. Carrefour investors speculated over who could be next to head-up the world's second largest retailer. Meanwhile, in the US, retail giants Wal-Mart and Amazon announced job creation plans. Here are some of the highlights from the retail sector over the past month.
  
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• Tesco moves for Booker, Carrefour CEO speculation and Wal-Mart & Amazon US job creation - retail round up January 2017 

  31-01-2017 14:40
  January saw the shock announcement UK retailer Tesco wants to acquire the country's largest wholesaler, Booker, in a deal that looks set to ruffle feathers in the sector. Carrefour investors speculated over who could be next to head-up the world's second largest retailer. Meanwhile, in the US, retail giants Wal-Mart and Amazon announced job creation plans. Here are some of the highlights from the retail sector over the past month.
  
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• French trade body urges more organic pork production to boost sales

  31-01-2017 14:10
  Meat producers in France have been urged to step up the promotion and development of domestic "quality products and brands" and tap into the popularity of organic food, in a bid to reverse declining sales.
  
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• US food industry hesitant amid Trump's dizzying pace - comment

  31-01-2017 13:55
  Donald Trump's first 11 days in the White House has seen a series of executive orders and, while some have provoked a storm of global headlines, the US food industry is trying to digest what impact the new President could have on the sector. As Ben Cooper writes, so far, the US food industry has been reluctant to comment but that may soon have to change.
  
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• EU lifts ban on Ukrainian poultry over avian flu

  31-01-2017 13:39
  The European Union has lifted a temporary ban on poultry exports to the bloc from Ukraine after the two sides agreed on "regionalisation arrangements" for tackling avian flu, Kiev has announced.
  
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• Greencore continues to ride growth in UK food-to-go

  31-01-2017 12:52
  Greencore, the Ireland-based private-label supplier and co-manufacturer, today (31 January) reported a 9% rise in first-quarter like-for-like sales amid "strong growth" from its UK food-to-go business and expansion in the US.
  
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• Taste of the NFL brings food, football to campus - The Daily Cougar

  31-01-2017 12:14
  
  The Daily Cougar
  Taste of the NFL brings food, football to campus
  The Daily Cougar
  The Super Bowl event Party with a Purpose, a fundraiser that unites 32 chefs from NFL cities with athletes to raise money for the Houston Food Bank, will take place Feb. 4 in collaboration with the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant ...
  
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• Huegli revamp aims to rejuvenate profits

  31-01-2017 12:13
  Hügli Holding, the Switzerland-based food group, is embarking on changes to its business structure in a bid to boost its profitability after a year in which margins declined.
  
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• UN World Food Program Head Won't Seek New Term - ABC News

  31-01-2017 12:00
  UN World Food Program Head Won't Seek New Term
  ABC News
  World Food Program head Ertharin Cousin says she won't seek a new five-year term. WFP spokeswoman Bettina Luescher told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday that Ertharin Cousin has informed staffers at the U.N. food assistance agency and U.N. ...and more »
  
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• Lactalis gets clearance for Parmalat takeover offer

  31-01-2017 09:40
  French dairy giant Lactalis has been given the green light to launch a takeover offer to secure full control of Italian group Parmalat. 
  
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• Arla unveils global production investment plan

  31-01-2017 09:15
  European dairy cooperative Arla Foods has announced moves to invest up to EUR335m (US$359m) in its production sites around the world this year to support its plans to "move more milk from bulk into branded retail sales and foodservice"
  
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• Barilla eyes Saudi Arabia with Mayar tie-up 

  31-01-2017 08:59
  Italian pasta group Barilla has entered a distribution agreement with Mayar Foods in a bid to grow its business in Saudi Arabia. 
  
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• McCain Foods plans UK job cuts 

  31-01-2017 08:35
  French fry manufacturer McCain Foods has confirmed plans to shed jobs at its dry and cold store operations at its Scarborough facility in the UK. 
  
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• Agency urges French to cut meat intake in revised guidelines

  31-01-2017 08:35
  The French food safety agency, ANSES, has issued national updated dietary guidelines urging consumers to "considerably reduce" their consumption of meat and delicatessen products and boost intakes of pulses and vegetables.
  
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• Agency urges French to cut back on meat intake in revised guidelines

  31-01-2017 08:35
  The French food safety agency, ANSES, has issued national updated dietary guidelines urging consumers to "considerably reduce" their consumption of meat and delicatessen products and boost intakes of pulses and vegetables.
  
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• One way fast food may actually be 'good' for you - Omaha World-Herald

  31-01-2017 07:33
  
  Omaha World-Herald
  One way fast food may actually be 'good' for you
  Omaha World-Herald
  Donald Trump is known to eat lots of fast food: McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken rank among his favorites. But the new president doesn't just like the taste of Quarter Pounders — he has also said that he believes chain establishments are safer.
  
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• Conference aims to inspire more local food production - Corpus Christi Caller-Times

  31-01-2017 07:09
  
  Corpus Christi Caller-Times
  Conference aims to inspire more local food production
  Corpus Christi Caller-Times
  Grow Local South Texas members are hoping their second annual food growers conference will inspire more residents to take an interest in locally grown food. Loading… Post to Facebook. Conference aims to inspire more local food production Grow Local ...
  
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• Cornell receives $10.5 million from U.K. to fight threats to global wheat supply

  31-01-2017 07:00
  Cornell University will receive $10.5 million in U.K. aid investment from the British people to help an international consortium of plant breeders, pathologists, and surveillance experts overcome diseases hindering global food security efforts.
  
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• East Africa: FAO - 17 Million Short of Food - AllAfrica.com

  31-01-2017 06:48
  AllAfrica.com
  East Africa: FAO - 17 Million Short of Food
  AllAfrica.com
  Dar es Salaam — Over 17 million people in the Horn of Africa face food crisis, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (Fao). Those people are from Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda ...
  Warning of dire food shortages in Horn of Africa, UN agriculture agency calls for urgent actionUN News Centreall 12 news articles »
  
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• States see value in backing food hubs - Huntington Herald Dispatch

  31-01-2017 06:06
  
  Huntington Herald Dispatch
  States see value in backing food hubs
  Huntington Herald Dispatch
  In New York City, where shoppers and diners can find delicacies from all over the world, there is hefty demand for food grown closer to home. The taste for products from farms in the Northeast has led South Bronx-based Greenmarket Co., a nonprofit ...
  
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• State's food bloggers help out in the kitchen - Great Falls Tribune (blog)

  31-01-2017 06:02
  
  Great Falls Tribune (blog)
  State's food bloggers help out in the kitchen
  Great Falls Tribune (blog)
  If you would have asked me 10 years ago what a blog was, I couldn't have gave you a clear answer. I knew it was something online, but what it was for, I was clueless. I was also clueless, and never imagined, that one day I would be a blogger and ...
  
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• New food handler regulations take effect March 1 - Farmington Daily Times

  31-01-2017 05:47
  
  Farmington Daily Times
  New food handler regulations take effect March 1
  Farmington Daily Times
  FARMINGTON — New state requirements for food industry workers will go into effect March 1 for all food service outlets outside the city Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. The New Mexico Environment Department regulations require each location to have ...
  
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• Ghana Eyes 1.5 Million Jobs in Farming Push for More Food - AgWeb

  31-01-2017 03:18
  
  AgWeb
  Ghana Eyes 1.5 Million Jobs in Farming Push for More Food
  AgWeb
  Ghana targets creating 1.5 million jobs in the next two years with plans to invest in agriculture as the West African nation seeks to produce more of its own food to cut the cost of imports, according to the minister for agriculture. The plan comes ...
  
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• Skip the GMOs: Park Slope Food Co-op Fights Over Its Pension Fund - New York Times

  31-01-2017 02:36
  New York Times
  Skip the GMOs: Park Slope Food Co-op Fights Over Its Pension Fund
  New York Times
  Members shopping at the Park Slope Food Co-op in Brooklyn. Unrest over the co-op's pension fund has resulted in a vote on a reform proposal scheduled for Tuesday. Credit Jake Naughton for The New York Times. The Park Slope Food Co-op, bastion of ...
  
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• SLO Food Bank celebrates grand opening of new headquarters - KEYT

  31-01-2017 02:26
  
  KEYT
  SLO Food Bank celebrates grand opening of new headquarters
  KEYT
  "It is so exciting to open it to the community officially and welcome the community in to show how much their efforts support what we do,” said Food Bank Chief Operating Officer Wendy Lewis. With dozens of staff, community members, local dignitaries ...and more »
  
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• Mayor Barry issues food waste challenge to Nashville restaurants - The Tennessean

  31-01-2017 01:59
  
  The Tennessean
  Mayor Barry issues food waste challenge to Nashville restaurants
  The Tennessean
  Mayor Megan Barry has called upon Nashville restaurateurs to waste less food in a broader effort to minimize landfill gases, help feed the hungry and reduce food costs. Barry announced the Mayor's Food Saver Challenge on Monday in conjunction with a ...and more »
  
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• Bill seeks to steer food from trash to food banks - The Courier-Journal

  31-01-2017 01:53
  
  The Courier-Journal
  Bill seeks to steer food from trash to food banks
  The Courier-Journal
  Every year, Houchens IGA supermarkets load dumpsters with up to $2 million worth of canned goods and other foods near or past their "sell by" date. That's what Spencer Coates, president of the Kentucky grocery chain, told fellow members of a statewide ...and more »
  
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• Won Fun plays with Chinese food - Chicago Reader

  31-01-2017 01:47
  Chicago Reader
  Won Fun plays with Chinese food
  Chicago Reader
  The Bar Marta crew approximates the food of the Sichuan Province—and introduces 2Fun, a lounge with karaoke and tropical drinks. By Mike Sula @MikeSula. click to enlarge. Chongqing chicken. Danielle A. Scruggs. click to flip through (8) Dan dan ...
  
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• Food Bank Reaching More Older Adults In Need With Mobile Food Pantries - Wisconsin Public Radio News

  31-01-2017 00:46
  
  Wisconsin Public Radio News
  Food Bank Reaching More Older Adults In Need With Mobile Food Pantries
  Wisconsin Public Radio News
  Employment may be up in Wisconsin, but some families are still struggling to put food on the table, and it can be even more challenging for older adults. Seniors make up close to 10 percent of the more than 44,000 people served each year in northern ...
  
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• Arkansas One Step Closer To Taking Chips Away From Food Stamp Recipients - Daily Caller

  31-01-2017 00:20
  
  5newsonline.com
  Arkansas One Step Closer To Taking Chips Away From Food Stamp Recipients
  Daily Caller
  The Arkansas state House of Representatives narrowly passed a measure that would ban food stamp users from purchasing certain unhealthy food items, local CBS affiliate THV 11 news reports. Other states have attempted to pass restrictions to the food ...
  Proposed Bill Limiting Food Stamps To “Healthy Foods” Passes Through House5newsonline.com
  Arkansas House votes to stop junk fo
  
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