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LIDL’S UK EXPANSION HELPS CREATE 1,200 NEW WAREHOUSE JOBS BY 2025

14 Apr 2022 Read: 2 min.

Discount supermarket Lidl is set to open a giant new warehouse in Luton, UK, next year – the company’s largest regional distribution centre worldwide – creating 1,200 new jobs and positioning the grocery retailer for speedy growth over the next four years. As grocery prices soar, Lidl – part of the Schwarz retail group –…

MEAT NEWS

ALLIED MARKET RESEARCH: MEAT SUBSTITUTE MARKET TO REACH $11.2BN BY 2030

14 Apr 2022 Read: 2 min.

The global meat substitute industry is anticipated to generate $11.2 billion (€10.2bn) by 2030, witnessing a CAGR of 7.6% from 2021 to 2030, according to the latest analysis by Allied Market Research.

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UK INSECT FARM START-UP BETTER ORIGIN RAISES £12M INVESTMENT TO BOOST GROWTH

13 Apr 2022 Read: 3 min.

Better Origin, the UK insect mini-farm start-up, has secured £12 million (€14.5m) in

AMERICAS NEWS ORGANIC & WELLNESS

USDA ORGANIC CERTIFICATION LESS EFFECTIVE AT CONVINCING CONSUMERS THAN MANUFACTURERS’ CLAIMS, SURVEY FINDS

13 Apr 2022 Read: 2 min.

Consumers are more likely to be swayed by claims such as “cruelty free” or “raised without antibiotics” than “USDA Organic” accreditation, according to a new study.

ASIA FRUITS & VEGETABLES TRADE TALK

MARKETSANDMARKETS REPORT SHOWS AGRI-MICRONUTRIENTS MARKET SET TO GROW TO $6.4BN BY 2027 AND ASIA LEADS THE WAY

12 Apr 2022 Read: 2 min.

The market for agricultural micronutrients is projected to grow at a CAGR of 8.6% to reach $6.4 billion (€5.8bn) by 2027, according to the latest market analysis from MarketsandMarkets.

AMERICAS FOOD PROCESSING NEWS

NEW LONG ISLAND FACILITY TO PROCESS 180,000 TONS OF FOOD WASTE ANNUALLY

12 Apr 2022 Read: 2 min.

Later this month the groundbreaking ceremony will take place for a proposed anaerobic digester project in Long Island, New York, claimed to be “the most sophisticated food waste processing facility in the world”.

AMERICAS ASIA EUROPE FOOD PROCESSING MIDDLE EAST AFRICA NEWS OCEANIA

FOOD PRICES ROSE 12.6% IN MARCH REACHING NEW ALL-TIME HIGH, SAYS UNITED NATIONS

11 Apr 2022 Read: 4 min.

Despite the war between Russia and Ukraine sending wheat and other commodity food prices – as well as fertilisers – soaring by 12.6% in the past month, the United Nations (UN) says that the worst impacts can be contained.

EUROPE FROZEN PRODUCTS NEWS

OOPS! GROWS FAST AS IT CUTS COSTS AT A TIME OF FOOD PRICE INFLATION

11 Apr 2022 Read: 2 min.

Oops!, a frozen food chain that helps to cut waste and prices by offering surplus products at reduced prices, is continuing to expand.

GROCERY MIDDLE EAST AFRICA

DUBAI’S FOOD TRADE SURGES ALMOST 10% TO €14.2 BILLION

08 Apr 2022 Read: 2 min.

Dubai enjoyed almost a double-digit increase in its food trade last year, reports have indicated, with imports, exports and re-exports all growing

AMERICAS FOOD PROCESSING FRUITS & VEGETABLES SIAL NEWS

HOW THE FRESH CHILE COMPANY STRUCK GOLD AT SIAL AMERICA WITH NEW FREEZE DRIED HATCH CHILE

08 Apr 2022 Read: 3 min.

When Lane Gardo, who carries out creative product development for The Fresh Chile Company, based in New Mexico, US, investigated who was selling freeze dried chile, he was surprised at the answer.

AMERICAS BEVERAGES NEWS

FRESHBREW SELLS VENDING BUSINESS TO COMPASS GROUP AFTER 25-YEAR RUN

07 Apr 2022 Read: 2 min.

Private-label coffee and tea producer FreshBrew is divesting its vending division to Compass Group North America, the owner of Canteen Vending Services. The sale is part of a strategic move from the Houston-based company to focus on its core business.

NEWS TRADE TALK

NEW IPCC REPORT INTO CLIMATE CHANGE PUTS FOOD SECTOR AT FOREFRONT OF POSITIVE CHANGE

07 Apr 2022 Read: 3 min.

A new report from the IPCC, (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) has found that changing food practices on a global scale could be one of the most significant and most efficient factors in mitigating the effects of climate change, if more action is taken now.

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