News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra announced today that it has pulled out of the three month bidding war to buy National Foods, crowning San Miguel the new owner of Australia's largest publicly traded dairy company, Tom Armitage reports.
Latest Defra figures suggest that some packaging firms may have failed to comply with the UK Packaging Waste Regulations in 2004, according to compliance expert Valpak.
A fresh round of price cuts from the two biggest UK food retailers increases the pressure on suppliers' margins and intensifies competition between own-label and branded producers, forcing them to find new ways to adapt, writes Chris Mercer.