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Strike looms at Jacobs factory
Strike looms at Jacobs factory

Around 800 GMB members at Jacobs Biscuits factory in Aintree Liverpool voted, in an official strike ballot, by 84 per cent in favour of action in a d...

Nov 12, 2014
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AIB’s new Food Safety head
AIB’s new Food Safety head

Lance Reeve has been named Director of Food Safety Services Innovation at AIB International. He replaces Stephanie Lopez, who was recently promoted t...

Nov 12, 2014
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Yildiz is now third biggest biscuit maker
Yildiz is now third biggest biscuit maker

With the purchase of United Biscuits, the UK’s leading biscuit seller, Turkey’s Yildiz Holding is now the world’s third largest biscuit player, behin...

Nov 11, 2014
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Tromp appoints Sales Director for Americas
Tromp appoints Sales Director for Americas

The Markel Bakery Group, a subsidiary of Markel Ventures, has appointed Scott Bieker as Sales Director for Tromp Group Americas. He has 25 years of b...

Nov 11, 2014
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Biscuit lovers are interested in healthy eating
Biscuit lovers are interested in healthy eating

A bakery study has concluded that consumers are ready to pay for healthier and still tasty products. The research, undertaken by Sensus, debunks the...

Nov 10, 2014
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Idea Labs launched by Ingredion
Idea Labs launched by Ingredion

Ingredion has launched Idea Labs innovation centres in Asia-Pacific, with a flagship centre unveiled at the company’s new regional headquarters in Bi...

Nov 10, 2014
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A good year for Barry Callebaut
A good year for Barry Callebaut

The Barry Callebaut Group this week announced its full-year results for fiscal year 2013/14, ended on August 31, 2014. Highlights included sales volu...

Nov 10, 2014
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Luciano is ADM’s new CEO
Luciano is ADM’s new CEO

Juan R Luciano has been named chief executive officer of Archer Daniels Midland, effective from January 1, succeeding Patricia Woertz, who will remai...

Nov 10, 2014
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Biscuits for breakfast
Biscuits for breakfast

In 2014, $300 million was wiped off breakfast cereal sales in the US. But this money didn’t disappear. Instead, $70 million of it was diverted to inc...

Nov 06, 2014
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Vitamin E update from DSM
Vitamin E update from DSM

DSM will welcome visitors to the satellite symposium on ‘Vitamin E – new emerging data, the way forward’, at the III World Congress of Public Health...

Nov 06, 2014
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