Saudi Arabia’s Savola Group has signed a binding share-purchase agreement through its subsidiary, Savola Foods Company, to acquire nuts company Bayara Holding for $260million. “This acquisition is a continued activation of Savola Foods Company’s announced strategy to enter attractive, value-added categories with increasing appeal within the food sector,” Savola said in the filing. The group …
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Packaging and paper giant, Mondi, Dutch cheese packaging company Hazeleger and have worked together and developed EnvelopeForm, a new fully recyclable polypropylene (PP) mono-material solution for packaging Westland Kaas’ Maaslander cheese slices. The light-weight solution, fully recyclable solution replaces a heavier multi-layer plastic solution. Mondi’s mono-material meets the high oxygen and moisture barrier properties required …
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Danone announces the launch of the first ever formula milk in the United Kingdom to be sold in a pre-measured tab format. Danone is introducing this format innovation in the UK in response to parents’ desire for greater convenience and ease when preparing formula milk feeds. In commenting on the launch, Gustavo Hildenbrand, General …
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Mars Food will begin to use the industry’s first recyclable, food-safe, mono-polypropylene plastic (PP) for microwavable rice pouches on its brands. Launching in the first half of 2021, the business has ambitions to further scale the technology across its portfolio, beginning at the back half of the year. The use of high-performing mono-PP …
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The fast food giant has introduced an ingenious new packaging design that does away with the perception that burgers are a two-handed meal, making its menus accessible to all McDonald’s India (West and South) has launched a new packaging range to mark International Day of Person with Disabilities, designed for specially abled customers. …
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UK – KitKat launches yet another flavour to its classic four-finger bar brand – Zebra, is a combination of marbled dark and creamy white chocolate. The new four-finger bar will be available nationwide in UK this month. KitKat Zebra features trademark crispy wafer on a dark chocolate base, topped with marbled dark and white …
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Unilever has joined forces with the Alibaba Group to launch the country’s first large-scale closed-loop plastic recycling system. The joint initiative – called Waste-Free World – is part of Unilever’s drive to tackle the root cause of plastic waste and think differently about packaging. As a company Unilever has set a goal to halve …
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McDonald’s franchise, Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc. is expanding its environmental impact initiatives, announcing today an unprecedented partnership with the Israeli company UBQ, which has developed a patented process for converting unsorted household waste into a plastic substitute that reduces carbon emissions. The goal of the alliance is to begin using this new environmentally-friendly material in …
Mars Food, in partnership with global packaging company Amcor, will bring the first food-safe, mono-material microwavable rice pouch to market beginning in 2021. The project will bring to market the industry’s first food-safe, mono-material microwavable rice pouch. The breakthrough packaging technology will make the pouches for Mars Food’s household brands such as Ben’s Original® and …
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Maggi has become the first major brand to use recyclable paper packaging to wrap individual bouillon cubes, for its organic range in France. The paper used for the wrapper is from sustainable sources – pulp and paper mills certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and The Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification – and …
