Conagra Brands creates jobs in Missouri with plant investment project
Conagra Brands is investing almost $30m to upgrade equipment at a plant in Missouri producing the company’s Healthy Choice and…
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Simon Harvey
Simon has been writing about the food industry with Just Food since 2017. Prior to that, he was a financial news editor at Bloomberg and Dow Jones for around 17 years, working out of bureaus in London, Singapore and Malaysia.
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UK-US trade deal welcomed with enthusiasm but with a touch of apprehension
The UK-US trade deal has of course been applauded for opening up access to British and American beef but disappointment…
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Beyond Meat treads precarious path as economic uncertainty adds to category woes
One has to wonder how much longer loss-making Beyond Meat can weather the storm of muted demand for plant-based proteins…
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BellRing Brands looks to inflation-related margin pressure but “minor” tariff impact
BellRing Brands expects margins to be pressured by inflation in the back half of the year, along with a sales…
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HKFoods flags further beef shortages while cost of strikes yet to be felt
HKFoods has suggested a beef shortage in its home market of Finland is likely to continue, while a recent strike…
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Hershey seeks “exemption” from cocoa-linked tariffs
Chocolate giant Hershey is seeking an “exemption” from US tariffs of cocoa imports, the company's management has confirmed. Speaking to…
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Tyson Foods preps for tariffs as $200m savings eyed from cold storage disposals
Tyson Foods has factored tariff uncertainty and the pressured consumer into its unchanged guidance for the year but also aims…
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Lactalis “proposes to acquire” Fonterra dairy assets, Australia’s ACCC says
Australia’s competition authority has flagged interest by dairy giant Lactalis to acquire Fonterra’s up-for-sale consumer-facing dairy assets. The Australian Competition…
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Lactalis, Saputo among parties ‘eyeing up Fonterra’s up-for-sale dairy assets’
Global dairy giants Lactalis and Saputo are reportedly interested in acquiring the consumer-facing assets of Fonterra in New Zealand. Japanese…
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Pacific Seafood plans EU expansion as first office lands in Europe
Pacific Seafood, a US-based fishing to processing and distribution business, has opened its first office in Europe as a “gateway”…