09-Jul-2020

C&C Group Plc (CCR.L), a premium drinks company, announced Thursday the appointment of David Forde as Group Chief Executive Officer. Forde, who is currently with beer and cider brands producer Heineken, will join C&C at the latest in early 2021. Further, C&C announced the appointment of Patrick ...

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Unilever sets out actions to fight climate change, and protect and regenerate nature, to preserve resources for future generations

18-Jun-2020

Today, Unilever set out a new range of measures and commitments designed to improve the health of the planet by taking even more decisive action to fight climate change, and protect and regenerate nature, to preserve resources for future generations. Unilever will achieve Net Zero emissions from ...

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Pioneer of great tasting food made from plants and sustainable packaging solutions

16-Jun-2020

Upfield Group, the global leader of plant-based margarines, spreads and cheeses today announced its intent to invest €50m in a new state- of-the-art Upfield Food Science Centre in Wageningen, Netherlands. According to plans submitted to the local Works Council, the intent to open the facility ...

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Performing daily large-scale cleaning and disinfection

05-Jun-2020

Vion Food Group will open the production location in Groenlo tomorrow, following approval of the Security Region for northern and eastern Gelderland. Vion will introduce a compliance protocol for the entire organisation, with additional measures based on the protocol that went into effect in ...

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It is becoming increasingly clear that loss of taste and smell are symptoms of a corona infection

04-May-2020

People who have contracted the coronavirus may be infectious before showing any symptoms such as coughing or fever. However, many seem to lose their sense of taste and smell in the early stages of infection. Wageningen scientists are collaborating at an international scale to collect data on the ...

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One of the main challenges cultured meat faces is consumer acceptance

29-Apr-2020

If people are properly informed about cultured meat, most are willing to pay nearly 40 percent more for it than for regular meat, according to research at Maastricht University (UM), where Professor Mark Post created the world's first lab-grown hamburger in 2013. Now at UM, for the first time a ...

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28-Apr-2020

BioChek, the specialist company to offer innovative and user-friendly veterinary diagnostic tools, today announced the successful acquisition of BIOTECON, specialised in development and manufacturing of PCR based solutions for food safety diagnostics. The merger creates a new, leading global ...

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14-Apr-2020

The food delivery service Takeaway.com brings significantly more food to customers through a takeover last year. For the first quarter, the company has 46.7 million orders, 50 percent more than a year ago. In Germany, deliveries have even increased by 126 percent, the Dutchman explained in ...

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02-Apr-2020

Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, today announces the completion of its acquisition of Glycom A/S (“Glycom”), the world's leading supplier of Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMO) for an enterprise value of €765 million. The acquisition of Glycom ...

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31-Mar-2020

Heineken N.V. today announces the appointments of Soren Hagh as President of the Europe region and Jacco van der Linden as President of the Asia Pacific region, both per 1 June 2020. Soren Hagh and Jacco van der Linden will join the HEINEKEN Executive Team per that same date. Soren Hagh will ...

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