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French group Danone’s Q3 sales growth slows on China, Morocco woes

October 17, 2018

But warm weather lifts sales of bottled water for firm

Kevin Toland, CEO and Dan Flinter non executive director of Aryzta at the company’s agm in Dublin last year. Photograph: Alan Betson

Aryzta shareholders urged to vote against €800m capital raise plan

Eoin Burke-Kennedy
October 17, 2018

Investor advisory firm suggests plan is being fast-tracked without adequate consultation

Greencore chief executive Patrick Coveney insisted the company’s decision was not taken under duress.

Greencore shares recover following news of planned US exit

Colin Gleeson
October 16, 2018

Company said the $1.1bn sale to rival Hearthside would deliver ‘real value’

Greencore chief executive Patrick Coveney. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Greencore bit off more than it could chew in the US

October 16, 2018

Irish food firm exiting US market just two years after buying Peacock Foods for $748m

Cuisine de France owner is under pressure to hold a second egm over the scale of its planned fundraising. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Aryzta investor calls second egm on €800m rights issue

October 15, 2018

Spanish investor Cobas wants firm to reduce fundraise to €400m and sell €250m in assets

Greencore chief executive Patrick Coveney. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Greencore shares fall almost 9% as it pulls plug on US business

Fiona Reddan
October 15, 2018

Convenience food group agrees to sell entire US business to rival Hearthside for €863m

Siobhan Talbot, group managing director of Glanbia, said the deal complemented Glanbia’s existing portfolio. Photograph: Aidan Crawley/Bloomberg

Glanbia to buy leading brand SlimFast as part of €300m deal

Ciara O'Brien
October 11, 2018

Deal will see global nutrition company increase its exposure to lifestyle consumers

Aryzta pushes €800m share sale as debt ‘inhibiting’ turnaround

Ciara O'Brien
October 11, 2018

Baked goods group’s largest shareholder says scale of the equity raise is ‘excessive’

Burger King, the fast food restaurant, is adding about two or three restaurants a day globally. Photograph: Taylor Weidman/Bloomberg

Burger King looks to expand in sub-Saharan Africa

October 10, 2018

World’s second-largest burger chain sees ‘huge opportunity’ in countries including Nigeria

The dispute concerns two brewing companies that share a premises in Co Wicklow. Photograph: iStock

Craft brewer ‘locked out’ of premises wins interim injunction

Aodhan O'Faolain
October 9, 2018

Award-winning Whiplash shares facility with unrelated microbrewery

Illycaffe has joined the global coffee market’s dealmaking frenzy, looking to extend its European reach by teaming up with JAB-owned Jacobs Douwe Egberts

Illycaffe looks beyond Italy with Jacobs Douwe Egberts coffee pods deal

October 8, 2018

New illy pods will be compatible with Nestle’s Nespresso system

Last May Tesco in the UK removed the “best before” labels from 70 pre-packed fruit and vegetables.

Tesco to remove ‘best before’ labels from packaged fruit and veg

Conor Pope
October 8, 2018

Move to discourage consumers from binning perfectly edible food

Deliveroo riders waiting for their instructions at one of the company’s first “editions” kitchens in France in July 2018, in Saint-Ouen, outside Paris. Photograph: Gerard Julien/AFP

Deliveroo targets rural Ireland as it aims to take a bite out of JustEat

Peter Hamilton
October 8, 2018

Company has over 900 riders in Republic with Dublin its prime focus of business here

Deliveroo chief executive Will Shu at one of the company’s editions sites.

Deliveroo to bring ‘editions’ kitchen service to Dublin

Peter Hamilton
October 5, 2018

Scheme aims to bring delivery services to where people are but restaurants are not

Monaghan-headquartered LacPatrick has been in exclusive talks with Cavan-based Lakeland since June

LacPatrick agrees merger deal with neighbouring Lakeland Dairies

Eoin Burke-Kennedy
October 3, 2018

New entity will become State’s second-largest dairy processor, with 1.8bn litre milk pool

James Marshall, supply chain manager at Nestlé Ireland and Aoibheann O’Brien, chief executive of FoodCloud. Photograph: Naoise Culhane

Nestlé to pay FoodCloud to save surplus food from landfill

Charlie Taylor
October 3, 2018

Food giant to provide a per pallet financial contribution to Irish not-for-profit

PepsiCo has boosted advertising behind its trademark colas – Pepsi, Diet Pepsi and Pepsi Zero – to claw back market share from Coca-Cola. Photograph: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg

PepsiCo puts the fizz back in as profits exceed expectations

October 2, 2018

Shares in soft drink maker rise as US sales and investment in new products pay off

Kate (18) and Annie (16) Madden from Meath were named among the top five in a “20 under 20” list of entrepreneurs by a panel whose judges included Deliveroo chief executive and co-founder Will Shu

FenuHealth founders named among top ‘teen CEOs’ in Ireland and UK

Charlie Taylor
October 2, 2018

Kate (18) and Annie (16) Madden from Meath, set up equine feed business in 2015

Aryzta chief executive Kevin Toland and non-executive director Dan Flinter: must get the €800 million capital raise across the line. Photograph: Alan Betson

No news almost good news for Aryzta

October 2, 2018

Cantillon: Shares in Swiss-Irish food group rise as results broadly meet low expectations

Alberto Lavazza, president of Italy’s biggest coffee maker Lavazza, with vice presidents Marco and Giuseppe Lavazza.

Lavazza to buy Mars coffee business for around $650m

October 1, 2018

Deal expected to close by end of year

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