South Dakota has been added to the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), bringing to nine the number of states through which meat processors can smoothly ship products. A Cooperative Interstate Shipment (CIS) deal with South Dakota means that selected inspected meat and poultry processors can now ship across state…
The worldwide alcoholic beverage market is set to grow by 3% (by volume) this year and return to pre-Covid levels by 2022, according to the latest forecasts from London-based drinks analyst IWSR.
SATS, the Singaporean in-flight meals producer and ground-handling services provider, has spent $21 million (€17.3 million) on a majority share of Food City, a Thai frozen-food company.
Lineage Logistics, the US-based cold-storage company, has bought the Kloosterboer Group, a temperature-controlled food storage and transport company based in Holland.
Industry sources have suggested that there may be disruptions to imports of medium and high-end seafood products, as one of the largest seafood markets in China intensifies screening of imported products amid a local flare-up of Covid-19 cases.
Flink, the European on-demand online grocery retailer that launched six months ago, has attracted nearly €200m euros in its latest round of fundraising.
Brewer Anheuser-Busch and the White House have launched a campaign to get as many Americans as possible vaccinated against Covid-19 by Independence Day (4 July). Several parts of the US are in a pivotal transition phase, so the brewer is doubling down on its pledge to connect with consumers and help lead a safe recovery…
In the 12 weeks to April 18, with year-on-year comparisons pointing at the early stage of the pandemic, Kantar reported that the UK meat industry saw a resurgence in those proteins, which took a backseat last year.
