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ABF gets go-ahead for French yeast acquisition
26-Sep-2008 - The European Commission cleared the acquisition of the baker’s yeast division of Gilde Bakery Ingredients by Associated British Foods on Tuesday following ABF’s acceptance of conditions to ensure that sufficient market competition is retained.
EU glass bottle makers accused of price fixing
25-Apr-2008 - A German member of the European Parliament (MEP) has called on the European Commission (EC) to investigate claims that glass bottle makers have been fixing prices.
Union disputes draw unwanted public attention to workplace
22-Sep-2006 - Two union actions -- one involving worker safety, the other a pay dispute -- highlight the unwanted public such conflicts can draw to UK food processers.
Creative set to unveil latest in cosmetics packaging
19-May-2006 - The Beyond Beauty Expo, to be held in Paris 11-13 September, is readying to host the second Creative packaging exhibition and intending to build on its initial success.
Asda Wal-Mart backtracks on workers' rights
09-May-2006 - The UK's second largest retailer is today facing the possibility of mass strikes at leading depots, after failing to honour agreements with the GMB workers union to improve employee conditions.
Asda Wal-Mart guilty of anti-trade union activity
14-Feb-2006 - Asda Wal-Mart has been fined £850,000 in the UK for offering employees a pay rise to give up union rights, spelling a PR disaster for the company already suffering from a scathing US documentary circuiting Europe.
UK union threatens action over use of electronic tagging
07-Jun-2005 - Warehouses supplying supermarkets across the UK must change the way they use electronic tags to track their employees' movements so as not to create "battery farm" style workplaces, the GMB workers' union said yesterday.