Sales of French cheesemaker Groupe Bel’s flagship cheese products have partially offset a decline in revenues at the company’s industrial products business, the company has revealed.In a regulatory...

Marks and Spencer is aiming to become the “world’s most sustainable retailer” by 2015, with the addition of 80 more commitments under the UK retailer’s Plan A ‘eco-plan’.The...

Diamond Foods, Inc. announced on Thursday (25 February) that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Kettle Foods, makers of premium potato chips, from Lion Capital LLP for US$615 million...

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, has again set out its stall to reduce its impact on the environment and issued plans to lower its carbon emissions.The company said today (25 February) that...

Wessanen CEO Frans Koffrie today (25 February) insisted organic food has long-term potential in Europe as the Dutch food group looks to rebuild after a tumultuous 2009. The downturn has dampened organic...

The annual GM industry-funded survey of global GM crops, by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agro-biotech Applications (ISAAA), shows 7 of the 25 GM countries grew less genetically manipulated...

Researchers from the University of Buffalo in the US have published a study suggesting that increasing the prices of unhealthy foods could do more to prevent obesity than subsidising healthy foods. In...

America’s most popular mayonnaise brand, Hellmann’s, yesterday announced that it would convert US production of its Hellmann’s Light product to use cage-free eggs. The mayonnaise, production...

The UK government yesterday (23 February) launched plans to state the origin of pork in processed products comes in a bid to promote “clear, honest labelling”. The Department for the Environment,...

Sara Lee, global manufacturer and marketer of consumer products, announced last week that in 2009 it expanded its lead as the world’s largest buyer of UTZ CERTIFIED® coffee by exceeding target of...