“Founder-led brands are going to beat big brands,” Distill ventures co-founder Shilen Patel believes. “You have an unfair advantage over the big boys.”
Urban honey producer and social enterprise Bybi works with multinationals, such as Carlsberg, who ‘rent’ its hives in a CSR partnership that benefits both, Bybi founder Oliver Maxwell says.
US giant Ball Corporation is in talks to buy UK rival Rexam, in a £4.3bn ($6.6bn) deal that would combine two of the world’s largest beverage can manufacturers.
entrepreneurs can tap $100,000 funds to help Diageo grow
Diageo will pledge a series of $100,000 funds to technology companies and entrepreneurs it believes have the best ideas to solve its business challenges and drive growth.
German processing machinery specialist Krones has spun-off its food and beverage valves under the Evoguard name as it targets accelerated growth in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors.
Krones has bought homogenizer and reciprocating pump producer HST Maschienbau, and says the deal fits its plans to upgrade its capabilities in juice and milk production.
Stevia supplier PureCircle has released sustainability goals for 2020 - but is sustainability really top-of-mind for stevia users? And why does the company define calorie reduction as part of sustainability? FoodNavigator speaks with PureCircle's...
Expera Speciality Solutions is to acquire the specialty paper business of Wausau Paper Corp and the Thilmany Division of Packaging Dynamics Corporation.
Diageo has announced the successful closure of its public offer to acquire an addition 10.62% state in Hanoi Liquor Joint Stock Company (Halico), as it aims to work with the company in the 'rapidly growing' Vietnamese branded spirits sector.
A decade of structural changes have helped Danisco position itself as “first choice” for customers, suppliers, business partners and employers, its chairman has said.
The ongoing spat between French giant Danone and Chinese
business partner Wahaha is no longer a laughing matter with the
multinational threatening to go to the court over the disagreement.
Crown Iron Works, a leading provider of oilseed processing plants
and equipment, is to consolidate its four China production
facilities into one in an effort to meet increased demands.
Riverwood, parent company of Riverwood International, and Graphic
Packaging International have jointly announced a definitive merger
agreement that will create a global paperboard packaging company
with leading market positions serving...
Ireland-based Ardagh has said that it intends to demerge its Glass
Container Businesses into a new entity - Ardagh Glass Limited - a
move aimed at providing greater opportunities for future
acquisitions.
