Supply Chain

Cargill Buys Salmon Feed Maker EWOS for $1.5bn

Cargill agreed to pay €1.35 billion for Norwegian salmon-feed supplier EWOS AS in a deal Rabobank International says will make the world’s large...

Sysco Rises After Activist Trian Takes Stake In Food Seller

Sysco Corp. rose the most in 20 months after activist Trian Fund Management disclosed a 7.1 per cent stake in the food-distribution company and said it may...

Russia Adds Iceland And Other Nations To Import Ban

Russia dealt a blow to the fish trade by blocking imports of some foods from Iceland, adding the major supplier of cod and mackerel to a blacklist drawn up...

Sainsbury’s Halts Hypermarket Construction

As a result of what retail analysts have termed “the massive impact” of Lidl and Aldi on the British FMCG sector, Sainsbury’s has ab...

Maersk’s Profit Beats Analyst Estimates on Deeper Cost Cuts

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S’s container line, the world’s largest, reported a bigger-than-expected profit in the second quarter after the unit deep...

Dolcitalia to Distribute Storck and Fructal Products in Italy

Italian food, confectionary and beverage company Dolcitalia has signed exclusive direct distribution agreements with German multinational Storck and Sloven...

Welsh Food Centres Support Food And Drink Action Plan

Three food centres in Wales have agreed to support the Welsh government's Food and Drink Action Plan. The plan aims to grow the sector by 30 per cent to...

Cattle Slumps After Tyson Announces Iowa Beef-Plant Closing

Cattle futures fell to a three-week low after Tyson Foods Inc., the largest U.S. meat producer, said it will close beef operations permanently at an Iowa p...